Canal boats in London are not much cheaper than apartments. Nor is anything else. I used to work Monday-Friday in London and head home (Manchester) for the wee

Canal boats in London are not much cheaper than apartments. Nor is anything else. I used to work Monday-Friday in London and head home (Manchester) for the weekend for about six months. During the week I'd stay in the cheapest hotels I could find (£50/night average). It was horrible, and after six months I ended up doing super cheap Air BNB just so I could cook some food once in a while. Still not great. Eventually we just moved here. It's fine if you look for beyond zone 1, ideally near where you're working, and get paid London rates.