You don't have to leave London for relaxing water views, but riverside homes come with one catch

telegraph.co.uk:

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In her floating, boutiquey haven, Moore likes nothing better than to kick back on her slouchy sofa and soak up the big, blue views through the double glass doors to the deck. “Sometimes I get up at 6am to work while I watch the sun rise and the activity begin on the harbour – the jet skis, the fishing boats, and people walking their dogs along the beach,”.