I live on a boat & it’s currently so cold my cups of tea turn to solid ICE – but I save £1.2k a month so it’s worth it
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A WOMAN has revealed how she's saved herself over £1,200 a month by moving onto a narrowboat - but now, there's a major drawback. In an area where the average rent for a one-bedroom flat is £1,600, Shannon Lane, 29, a freelance producer, is now paying an average of £350 a month for her narrowboat home including utilities.
![[Woman sitting on the roof of a barge named Little Drifter.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fe7dd801-6d27-4730-b5d9-5c559e7e4ad0.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The freelancer explained that she was looking for somewhere "more affordable" with space for her and her adorable pug, Gilbert. She took out a loan to buy a £24,000 30ft narrowboat which she moved into in January 2023. Ever since Shanon moved, her mental health has drastically improved and she no longer suffers from "bad anxiety and depression", she previously said.
![[Woman holding a small black dog in a doorway.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/af0506fe-c8c6-4eab-834d-cc167935e696-1.jpg?strip=all&w=934)
But it's not all been smooth-sailing for the 29-year-old beauty who recently shared with her 75k TikTok followers what really happens once the temperatures plummet. According to Shannon, the inside of her unique home gets so cold that even her pooch's water freezes practically solid - and the fate of her cuppa was the same.
![[A hand holding a frozen disc of water.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/5a48786c-eda1-4a2e-b705-97c352f6cacb.jpg?strip=all&w=576)
Holding a cup of tea she had left in the sink for a few hours and turning it upside down, Shannon showed viewers that the brew wasn't coming out. It wasn't until the 29-year-old gave the ceramic mug a good smack against the sink that the leftover tea finally came out - as a solid circle, with the round teabag fully intact.
