Ventana - after

Three months of hard graft and a lot of messy macerator incidents later and we have our home as we want it.

Wheelhouse - view towards Hammersmith

View of Barnes from the wheelhouse

Controls - this thing actually moves!

You can see how much light there is downstairs - helped by lots of portholes and skylights.

The living area (stairs leading to the wheelhouse)

The only dark room is the master bathroom which we made a bit more decadent with painted black gloss surfaces and black flock wallpaper. The bath took a whole tank of water to fill.

Master bathroom

The most amazing thing about living on her? Living on the river day in and day out means you see the changing of the seasons in detail - often missed if you live in a house with just a small or non existent garden. The wildlife - I could watch the cormorants diving for eels all day! When you have to think about every drop of water you use, every bit of oil used to heat the place in the winter and planning where all the dirty water is going, it makes you think twice about how you live.

Do I miss it?  I miss the views but I don’t miss the problems - living on a boat is like living on a vintage car - things are always going wrong and there are some memories I would never want to re-live (macerator incidents referred to above - nuff said).