{"id":273882,"date":"2026-01-31T14:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/273882\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:55:13","slug":"if-you-buy-an-old-boat-for-e40000-and-think-that-youre-going-to-get-a-permanent-home-thats-just-not-possible-how-much-does-it-really-cost-to-live-on-a-houseboat-in-ireland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/273882\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;If you buy an old boat for \u20ac40,000 and think that you&#8217;re going to get a permanent home&#8230; that&#8217;s just not possible&#8217; &#8211; How much does it really cost to live on a houseboat in Ireland?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">While houseboat dwellers spend significantly less on monthly bills, upfront costs and regular maintenance have to be factored in\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jenny Wren pictured on her Collingwood barge. Photo: Tom Honan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/74ec11fb-cdf7-49c2-bfa6-3c8d3ae928a8.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Jenny Wren pictured on her Collingwood barge. Photo: Tom Honan<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">At a time of soaring rents, some people are taking to the waterways as an affordable alternative to a house or apartment. Living on a boat can come with simple pleasures, beautiful scenery and a supportive community \u2013 but how much does it really cost?<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">While this lifestyle can save you money, experienced boat dwellers say it can also involve large upfront costs, unexpected expenses and a lot of work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While houseboat dwellers spend significantly less on monthly bills, upfront costs and regular maintenance have to be factored&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,75200,61,60],"class_list":["post-273882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-emer-harrington","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}