An advertising¹ executive who struggled to get on the property ladder is now living in her dream home after building a houseboat.

一位为拥有属于自己的房产而苦苦挣扎的广告经理建造了一艘船屋，如今她住上了自己梦寐以求的“房子”。

Karen Boswell, 35, designed the ￡182,000, 21 meters long vessel², called Maybe Tomorrow, which took four months to create from scratch.

历时4个月，35岁的凯伦·博斯韦尔设计并装修了一艘名为“也许明天”的船，该船价值18.2万英镑、长约21米。

Boswell said despite earning a six figure salary in her job, she couldn't afford her own home even though she saved for years for a deposit.

博斯韦尔称，尽管她能通过工作赚到6位数的薪水，也存了好几年钱，但却仍买不起属于自己的房子。

Her friend then gave her the idea of living in a houseboat, and she realized she could create her very own home for a fraction of the budget.

后来朋友为她出了一个住在船屋上的主意，于是她意识到只需买房预算的一小部分，就可以建造自己的家了。

The boat, which includes a king sized bed, a bathroom with a double shower, concrete kitchen counter-tops and full height ceilings, is moored³ in a private marina in the Grand Union Canal, in north west London.

这艘船内有一张特大号的床，一间带双淋浴设备的卫生间，水泥厨房台面和挑高的天花板。目前船被停在伦敦西北部大运河上的一个私人码头。

She pays 8,000 pounds a year to keep it docked in the marina, and her outgoings, including electricity and a three-yearly treatment of the hull⁴, work out at about 3,000 pounds a year.

她每年需给码头支付8000英镑作为停泊费，除此之外，包括电费、每三年一次的船体检查的支出，每年花费约3000英镑。

And because she has designed the boat with such a high spec, it is already worth 30,000 pounds more than she paid for her.

由于博斯韦尔设计了如此高规格的船，其价格已比博斯韦尔当初买时高出3万英镑。