London leaver: 'I moved 22 times in 17 years in London, it's calming mooring my boat in Ware'

Emily Garland on her houseboat - (Supplied)

During her long stint as a London renter the thing that really got Emily Garland down was the constant moving.

“I was just really unlucky with landlords,” she says. “They always seemed to want to sell the flat I was in and I think that I moved 22 times in 17 years. I was exhausted and I never felt settled.”