inflating Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I've never seen one before, perhaps a few others haven't either http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29464796.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffneck Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Seems pricey. Are houseboats usually that easy to pick out? Looks like someone just stuck a military dormitory on an old hull that was lying around the scrapyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inflating Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Seems pricey. Are houseboats usually that easy to pick out? Looks like someone just stuck a military dormitory on an old hull that was lying around the scrapyard. I don't know anything about them, I thought it was a bit north in the price department as well but that's just my comparing to my own ideas on what prices should be I once met a lady of about 60 who owns a houseboat apparently not far from there, she said it was great and she'd never have a conventional house again, but doesn't appeal to me one jot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pent Up Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 It's not too far from me. Doesn't look to bad for the price (comparing today's inflated prices of course) but You'd have to pay for moorings and also you have no garden. But looks relatively big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 £200k? I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole! If it came with a mooring in central London I could understand it.. but otherwise I reckon you'd be crazy. How about a proper boat you can always sail around the world in if you get bored? My link My link My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 They don't show any of the accomodation below the cabin, which will be cavernous. Once saw a Thames lighter conversion, which had shipping containers mounted end to end and suspended above. As these are much narrower, yet you could have stored a few family vehicles down below. Onced costed it all, and I think a Thames lighter hull. some shipping containers, plus conversion would be at least £20-25k, plus moorings etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkman Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I've never seen one before, perhaps a few others haven't either http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29464796.html This is a nice example, but I still wouldn't go near it. Here are the problems: 1 Finding a mooring for a boat like that will be virtually impossible. 2 Even if you do find a mooring, it'll cost you an arm and a leg. And you've already spent a whopping £200K! 3 If/when you lose your mooring, where do you go then? 4 It's not worth anywhere near £200K in the first place. 5 Boats have to come out regularly for hull inspection and work. Big boat means big expense all round. 6 Good luck heating that thing On the plus side, it's a nice dream. But I'd only rent one, never buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl1 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Seems pricey. Are houseboats usually that easy to pick out? Looks like someone just stuck a military dormitory on an old hull that was lying around the scrapyard. That's what I thought. Someone has just literally dumped a flat pack on top of an old barge. I don't even think a group of Eastern Europeans would be dumb enough to rent it out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 £200k? I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole! If it came with a mooring in central London I could understand it.. but otherwise I reckon you'd be crazy. How about a proper boat you can always sail around the world in if you get bored? My link My link My link My idea of a proper boat is one with at least 2 engines, where you don't spill your gin when going along at 25 knots. Fairline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 My idea of a proper boat is one with at least 2 engines, where you don't spill your gin when going along at 25 knots. Fairline Looks nice for a day out with Hooray Henry's.. Pimms on deck. Don't think I'd ever afford the fuel to get to Cape Horn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erat_forte Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I would guess the boat itself is worth 20-30k max. A secure residential mooring on the river in a city would be worth perhaps £50-70k in real life (so £150-200k+ in the current fantasy market). So this is just a joke. I was in Oxford 10 years ago and it was always fun to see the absolute wrecks for sale, a sinking crate with a secure serviced mooring 100 yds from the town centre, (post box, telephone, mains electric and water) selling for as much as a 2 bed house in the suburbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Looks nice for a day out with Hooray Henry's.. Pimms on deck. Don't think I'd ever afford the fuel to get to Cape Horn Convert to run on used chip oil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Convert to run on used chip oil! I'd never heard of that for boats before (infact, I thought a lot of them ran on petrol rather than diesel). Every port in the world must have a greasy spoon somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 That's what I thought. Someone has just literally dumped a flat pack on top of an old barge. I don't even think a group of Eastern Europeans would be dumb enough to rent it out though. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I would guess the boat itself is worth 20-30k max. A secure residential mooring on the river in a city would be worth perhaps £50-70k in real life (so £150-200k+ in the current fantasy market). So this is just a joke. I was in Oxford 10 years ago and it was always fun to see the absolute wrecks for sale, a sinking crate with a secure serviced mooring 100 yds from the town centre, (post box, telephone, mains electric and water) selling for as much as a 2 bed house in the suburbs. The other thing is that marine mortgages are dearer, have higher deposit requirements and shorter terms. So to ask the price of a house is ridiculous unless this is to attract the "seen you coming" brigade. You approach a bank to buy an old barge with a portakabin on top, moored in an Essex mud estuary, they will doubtless show you the door (after they have stopped laughing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timebandit Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 This one pops up with different agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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