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I'm looking at buying a narrowboat to live on. What quality of boat can
I expect for £20,000 to £30,000? Obviously it would need to be second
hand at this price?
--
John Cheever

John Cheever wrote:
> I'm looking at buying a narrowboat to live on. What quality of boat
can
> I expect for £20,000 to £30,000? Obviously it would need to be
second
> hand at this price?
> --
> John Cheever

Hi John

You could get quite a good boat if you look in the right place and
don't mind it not being too big.

Try http://www.vcmarine.co.uk they have boats around your price range.
If you want to live on board check out moorings as well as they can be
a big part of your living expenses.

Paul
NB Tafelberg
http://www.tafelberg.co.uk
http://www.lightupyourboat.com < Turn on some lights todaY!

We're having terrible trouble finding a mooring, had loads of chances of
buying boats though! We're looking for somewhere on the Thames or the Wey,
somewhere commutable (by motorbike or easy train) to Wimbledon and Mitcham.
We're not terribly fussy, but just can't find anywhere. True, our travel and
"walking around meeting people" has been a bit stunted (a) due to me
breaking both wrists in a recent motorbike accident and (b) not knowing
where to start!

Anyone got any ideas? We're thinking we could probably afford up to about
£300/month ish for mooring

Oli Howson wrote:
> We're having terrible trouble finding a mooring, had loads of chances of
> buying boats though! We're looking for somewhere on the Thames or the Wey,
> somewhere commutable (by motorbike or easy train) to Wimbledon and Mitcham.
> We're not terribly fussy, but just can't find anywhere. True, our travel and
> "walking around meeting people" has been a bit stunted (a) due to me
> breaking both wrists in a recent motorbike accident and (b) not knowing
> where to start!
>
> Anyone got any ideas? We're thinking we could probably afford up to about
> £300/month ish for mooring
>
>
My mortgage is only just above £300 a month. If I have to pay that I
might as well stay put.

--
John Cheever

"John Cheever" <nosp@mhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm looking at buying a narrowboat to live on. What quality of boat can
> I expect for £20,000 to £30,000? Obviously it would need to be second
> hand at this price?
> --
> John Cheever

Make sure it is suitable for living in. Some boats are not insulated
properly. We spent a winter on a hire boat it was very cold & damp. We had
to insulate the bed from the wall & the base and then had water dripping on
us from the uninsulated cross members in the ceiling.
We met someone who was sold a boat to live on that had no form of heating
and had no hot water to the shower.
--
Sue nb Nackered Navvy

"Sue" <sue@nonavvy.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>
> Make sure it is suitable for living in. Some boats are not insulated
> properly. We spent a winter on a hire boat it was very cold & damp.
We had
> to insulate the bed from the wall & the base and then had water
dripping on
> us from the uninsulated cross members in the ceiling.
> We met someone who was sold a boat to live on that had no form of
heating
> and had no hot water to the shower.

Was that the fault of the vendor or purchaser?
I assume the purchaser was aware of the lack of heating and hot
water?
Phil

There are NO residential moorings on the Wey full stop ever never...

The Thames there are but it depends on the size of the boat. I don't
expect you'll find any proper residential moorings but there are quite
a few places that turn a "blind eye".

My boat costs £6500 a year to moor but she is 70 feet long. So if you
have a smaller boat it is obviously going to be less, something else to
be aware of is we only pay mooring fees for 8 months of the year. I.e.
£750 a month for 8 months then nothing for 4 months....

Hope that Helps

Paul
http://www.lightupyourboat.com

"NB Tafelberg" <paul@retireuk.net> wrote in message
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There are NO residential moorings on the Wey full stop ever never...

Wrong!

There was one at Farncombe that was occupied by a very close frind of mine.
In fact I found the mooring for her.
Fully legit council tax and all.
It was vacated just under a year ago dont know who is on there now.

Julian

Julian wrote:
> "NB Tafelberg" <paul@retireuk.net> wrote in message
> news:1109677950.381018.320870@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> There are NO residential moorings on the Wey full stop ever never...
>
> Wrong!
>
> There was one at Farncombe that was occupied by a very close frind of
mine.
> In fact I found the mooring for her.
> Fully legit council tax and all.
> It was vacated just under a year ago dont know who is on there now.
>

I think that one is for a voluntary lengthsman now, Julian.

The NT have a definite policy against live-aboard moorings now. The
words were, "We're not in the business of offering cheap accomodation,"
or something similar.

Tone H
off the Wey

"Drifter" <thedrifters@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>
> I think that one is for a voluntary lengthsman now, Julian.
>
> The NT have a definite policy against live-aboard moorings now. The
> words were, "We're not in the business of offering cheap accomodation,"
> or something similar.
Yes thats true but this mooring was the exception that proved the rule.
It used to be the yard managers mooring I believe, there are I believe
several other residential moorings on the Wey for voluntary lengthsmen but
these are tied to the "job".
I would be surprised if Farncombe had let it go as its on "their" land and
it would have deprived them of quite a bit of income.

J

> My mortgage is only just above £300 a month. If I >have to pay that I
> might as well stay put.

Lucky you! We pay £600 for rent!

Where abouts is that, if you don't mind me asking? The Thames is a big bit
of water

Does anybody have any other suggestions of where may be
suitable?

"Tony Brooks" <marine@reading-college.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>
> I agree about the first time buyer bit, but having had a surveyor who
> recorded his ianbility to distingish between various fuel conditioning
> devices, his inability to differentiate between a thermostst and pressure
> switch, and marked a number of items as requiring imidiate attention that
> were only less than good practice, but quiet safe, and missing BSS failure
> points, I would only use a surveyor again if several people off this group
> recomended him. Now if only I had a ultrasonic hull tester!
>
> Tony Brooks
>
>

In view of this I would suggest that only a surveyor who is also a BSS
inspector should be used. Of course there is still a chance that he will
miss things - we are all only human after all.

--
JOhn

NB Ernest (that one, not the other one)

John Gwalter wrote:

> In view of this I would suggest that only a surveyor who is also a
BSS
> inspector should be used. Of course there is still a chance that he
will
> miss things - we are all only human after all.

At present we have surveyors... we have BSS inspectors.... and some of
us have, or will soon have MCA inspectors checking our boats... all
with their own regimes.

Should we be looking towards some kind of comprehensive standardisation
in the near future?

Tony H

"Drifter" <thedrifters@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> John Gwalter wrote:
>
> > In view of this I would suggest that only a surveyor who is also a
> BSS
> > inspector should be used. Of course there is still a chance that he
> will
> > miss things - we are all only human after all.
>
>
> At present we have surveyors... we have BSS inspectors.... and some of
> us have, or will soon have MCA inspectors checking our boats... all
> with their own regimes.
>
> Should we be looking towards some kind of comprehensive standardisation
> in the near future?
>
> Tony H
>
Which - wandering even further off topic? - reminds me of a project to
standardise the part numbering within a group of 8 merged engineering
companies. The project started well, but got lost amongst some recession
cutbacks resulting in 9 systems instead of the original 8.

--
JOhn

NB Ernest (that one, not the other one)

	#1
John Cheever	Narrowboat around =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=A320=2C000?= I'm looking at buying a narrowboat to live on. What quality of boat can I expect for £20,000 to £30,000? Obviously it would need to be second hand at this price? -- John Cheever

	#2
NB Tafelberg	=?iso-8859-1?q?Re:_Narrowboat_around_=A320,000?= John Cheever wrote: > I'm looking at buying a narrowboat to live on. What quality of boat can > I expect for £20,000 to £30,000? Obviously it would need to be second > hand at this price? > -- > John Cheever Hi John You could get quite a good boat if you look in the right place and don't mind it not being too big. Try http://www.vcmarine.co.uk they have boats around your price range. If you want to live on board check out moorings as well as they can be a big part of your living expenses. Paul NB Tafelberg http://www.tafelberg.co.uk http://www.lightupyourboat.com < Turn on some lights todaY!

	#3
Oli Howson	Re: Narrowboat around £20,000 We're having terrible trouble finding a mooring, had loads of chances of buying boats though! We're looking for somewhere on the Thames or the Wey, somewhere commutable (by motorbike or easy train) to Wimbledon and Mitcham. We're not terribly fussy, but just can't find anywhere. True, our travel and "walking around meeting people" has been a bit stunted (a) due to me breaking both wrists in a recent motorbike accident and (b) not knowing where to start! Anyone got any ideas? We're thinking we could probably afford up to about £300/month ish for mooring

	#4
John Cheever	Re: Narrowboat around =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=A320=2C000?= Oli Howson wrote: > We're having terrible trouble finding a mooring, had loads of chances of > buying boats though! We're looking for somewhere on the Thames or the Wey, > somewhere commutable (by motorbike or easy train) to Wimbledon and Mitcham. > We're not terribly fussy, but just can't find anywhere. True, our travel and > "walking around meeting people" has been a bit stunted (a) due to me > breaking both wrists in a recent motorbike accident and (b) not knowing > where to start! > > Anyone got any ideas? We're thinking we could probably afford up to about > £300/month ish for mooring > > My mortgage is only just above £300 a month. If I have to pay that I might as well stay put. -- John Cheever

	#5
Sue	Re: Narrowboat around £20,000 "John Cheever" <nosp@mhere.com> wrote in message news:4222504b_3@x-privat.org... > > I'm looking at buying a narrowboat to live on. What quality of boat can > I expect for £20,000 to £30,000? Obviously it would need to be second > hand at this price? > -- > John Cheever Make sure it is suitable for living in. Some boats are not insulated properly. We spent a winter on a hire boat it was very cold & damp. We had to insulate the bed from the wall & the base and then had water dripping on us from the uninsulated cross members in the ceiling. We met someone who was sold a boat to live on that had no form of heating and had no hot water to the shower. -- Sue nb Nackered Navvy

	#6
Phil Rushton	Re: Narrowboat around £20,000 "Sue" <sue@nonavvy.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message newslMUd.2123$Pl5.859@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net... > > > Make sure it is suitable for living in. Some boats are not insulated > properly. We spent a winter on a hire boat it was very cold & damp. We had > to insulate the bed from the wall & the base and then had water dripping on > us from the uninsulated cross members in the ceiling. > We met someone who was sold a boat to live on that had no form of heating > and had no hot water to the shower. Was that the fault of the vendor or purchaser? I assume the purchaser was aware of the lack of heating and hot water? Phil

	#8
Julian	Re: Narrowboat around £20,000 "NB Tafelberg" <paul@retireuk.net> wrote in message news:1109677950.381018.320870@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com... There are NO residential moorings on the Wey full stop ever never... Wrong! There was one at Farncombe that was occupied by a very close frind of mine. In fact I found the mooring for her. Fully legit council tax and all. It was vacated just under a year ago dont know who is on there now. Julian

	#9
Drifter	=?iso-8859-1?q?Re:_Narrowboat_around_=A320,000?= Julian wrote: > "NB Tafelberg" <paul@retireuk.net> wrote in message > news:1109677950.381018.320870@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com... > There are NO residential moorings on the Wey full stop ever never... > > Wrong! > > There was one at Farncombe that was occupied by a very close frind of mine. > In fact I found the mooring for her. > Fully legit council tax and all. > It was vacated just under a year ago dont know who is on there now. > I think that one is for a voluntary lengthsman now, Julian. The NT have a definite policy against live-aboard moorings now. The words were, "We're not in the business of offering cheap accomodation," or something similar. Tone H off the Wey

	#10
Julian	Re: Narrowboat around £20,000 "Drifter" <thedrifters@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:1109695386.351529.301050@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com... > > > I think that one is for a voluntary lengthsman now, Julian. > > The NT have a definite policy against live-aboard moorings now. The > words were, "We're not in the business of offering cheap accomodation," > or something similar. Yes thats true but this mooring was the exception that proved the rule. It used to be the yard managers mooring I believe, there are I believe several other residential moorings on the Wey for voluntary lengthsmen but these are tied to the "job". I would be surprised if Farncombe had let it go as its on "their" land and it would have deprived them of quite a bit of income. J

	#11
Oli Howson	Re: Narrowboat around £20,000 > My mortgage is only just above £300 a month. If I >have to pay that I > might as well stay put. Lucky you! We pay £600 for rent!

	#12
Oli Howson	Re: Narrowboat around £20,000 Where abouts is that, if you don't mind me asking? The Thames is a big bit of water Does anybody have any other suggestions of where may be suitable?

	#13
John Gwalter	Re: Narrowboat around £20,000 "Tony Brooks" <marine@reading-college.ac.uk> wrote in message news:38lm2sF5qeevgU1@individual.net... > > I agree about the first time buyer bit, but having had a surveyor who > recorded his ianbility to distingish between various fuel conditioning > devices, his inability to differentiate between a thermostst and pressure > switch, and marked a number of items as requiring imidiate attention that > were only less than good practice, but quiet safe, and missing BSS failure > points, I would only use a surveyor again if several people off this group > recomended him. Now if only I had a ultrasonic hull tester! > > Tony Brooks > > In view of this I would suggest that only a surveyor who is also a BSS inspector should be used. Of course there is still a chance that he will miss things - we are all only human after all. -- JOhn NB Ernest (that one, not the other one)