Living Free

Hovel_lady

Genzzry wrote: »

I'd love a link to that story if possible?

Might be this story but she appears to be living off the generosity of others rather than "living for free".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161966/Woman-lives-money-16-years-wealthy-family-lost-she-happier.html

StumpyPumpy

Genzzry wrote: »

Both me and a friend of mine that is thinking of coming with are experienced in sailing and the type of yacht we are after is normally about £60k (2nd hand). We nearly had one for £40k from the last owners family due to the owners death but couldnt raise the £10k deposit they wanted at such short notice.

The boat we have our sights set on is a Bavaria 42 (42' sailing yacht).

Good look in saving £60k (or £40k) on ESA, I'm sure lots of people here would be interested in knowing how you plan to manage it.

But good luck and to help you on your way, this is the cheapest Bavaria 42 I could find (that still floats) : http://www.yachtworld.co.uk/boats/1999/Bavaria-42-2360166/Greece

SP

Genzzry

Hovel_lady wrote: »

Might be this story but she appears to be living off the generosity of others rather than "living for free".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161966/Woman-lives-money-16-years-wealthy-family-lost-she-happier.html

Dunno... that report seems like she started living for free based on direct bartering of skills/time which is what I've done so far. Then she just stopped giving back and continued living for free off people

Shovel_Lad

According to this DLA is for people who have a physical or mental disability (or both) and whose disability is severe enough for them to need help caring for themselves or they have walking difficulties, or both.

Surely someone who qualifies to claim DLA would not be physically capable of building their own house?

princess*daisy

I'm not sure how saving that much while on ESA will work. I assume you will start off on contributory ESA, but from 30th April 2012 it is limited to 365 days for which you can receive it. Following that, you will need to claim income-related ESA, but you can't get that if you have savings above £16k.

Hovel_lady

Have you heard of Mark Boyle "the moneyless man"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Boyle_(Moneyless_Man)

His website is here:

http://www.justfortheloveofit.org/

sistafromanothermista

Hovel_lady wrote: »

Might be this story but she appears to be living off the generosity of others rather than "living for free".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161966/Woman-lives-money-16-years-wealthy-family-lost-she-happier.html

That's the article i meant

Genzzry

Hovel_lady wrote: »

Have you heard of Mark Boyle "the moneyless man"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Boyle_(Moneyless_Man)

His website is here:

http://www.justfortheloveofit.org/

I have and am also a member of it, along with landshare.net

Also, incase anyone wants free accomodation while touring or planning a holiday:
couchsurfing.org

flippin36

Fair enough and good luck to you with your dreams. But having a son with disabilities I thank my lucky stars everyday that we live in a country that provides us with financial support and also an excellent NHS. Our civilisation is far from perfect, but I wouldn't want to raise my son anywhere else....we are very lucky indeed. Maybe whilst you are saving for your dream you could also begin to change some of the things that you find unfulfilling in your life right now.

princess*daisy

Also, please don't take this the wrong way, but how can you say you are anti-money while claiming state benefits to pay your rent and save for your future? State benefit payments are still money, are they not? You will also be using such money to fund your future lifestyle, i.e. buy your boat. So I'm failing to see how you are living for free when your current and future lifestyles rely on money, albeit money from welfare payments rather than money you have earned.