With interest rates having risen to eye-watering levels, more and more Britons are looking for new ways to beat the mortgage trap. In the first of this series, The Independent spotlights residents across the UK who swerved soaring monthly payments while still managing to secure their dream home.
Given the low likelihood of being able to afford a house big enough for them and their furry family, Max Hart-Walsh, 32, and Sorcha Elspeth, 30, chose instead to join the estimated 10,000 Londoners living on the capital’s waterways.
