Turnbull started looking around online for a narrowboat. After nearly buying a boat with a gas leak, she found a blue boat called The Tanglewood that seemed like the perfect place for her to make her own.
It had a kitchen, a living area, one bedroom, and one bathroom, but it wasn’t in great shape, which was OK with Turnbull.
“I always knew that I wanted to put my touch on it, so I wasn’t as fussed about the interior,” she said.
Using her savings and loans, Turnbull bought the 50-foot boat for £30,000, or around $40,000, which she said was pretty affordable for a narrowboat in the UK at the time.
“You’d probably be looking at paying £50,000 to £60,000 to get a decent one interior-wise,” Turnbull said. “I was mainly focused on making sure the outside was OK, so it doesn’t sink, and then the inside I could do whatever I wanted to it.”
