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The barge during the refurbishment.
A 100-year-old barge once used to ship cargo up and down the River Thames has been transformed into a plush four-bedroom house that is now on the market for £450,000.
The 90ft boat was salvaged from the banks of Thames in the 1970s and turned into a floating dormitory for schoolchildren at an outdoor activity centre.
But it has since been given a complete makeover and now looks more like a cosy country cottage than a boat.
The two-storey houseboat runs off mains electricity, has wifi access, electric heating, and hot water, and it also has a reserve water tank stored in its funnel.
And buyers can count the picturesque River Hamble near Southampton, Hants, as their back garden.
Pic: RiverSales&Lettings/BNPS
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The barge during the refurbishment.
A 100-year-old barge once used to ship cargo up and down the River Thames has been transformed into a plush four-bedroom house that is now on the market for £450,000.
The 90ft boat was salvaged from the banks of Thames in the 1970s and turned into a floating dormitory for schoolchildren at an outdoor activity centre.
But it has since been given a complete makeover and now looks more like a cosy country cottage than a boat.
The two-storey houseboat runs off mains electricity, has wifi access, electric heating, and hot water, and it also has a reserve water tank stored in its funnel.
And buyers can count the picturesque River Hamble near Southampton, Hants, as their back garden.
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