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marigold



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 4:40 pm    Post subject: Yes, it would be UTTER madness... Reply with quote
    

...but it makes a nice fantasy for a while .

 
sally_in_wales
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

how much Thats almost twice what my 4 bedroom house is worth

 
marigold



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You wouldn't get much of a house for twice that here!

 
Ecocentric



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I rather liked the "Galleon style" stern..

 
Bebo



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not madness at all. Looks like a bargain and the quarterly mooring fees are very reasonable. I used to pay more than that for mooring at 27ft boat on the Thames nearly 15 years ago and I wasn't allowed to live on it.

 
chez



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lovely!

 
AnnaD



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sally_in_wales wrote:
how much Thats almost twice what my 4 bedroom house is worth


Really? Around here we're lucky if we can get a nasty one bedroom flat in a dodgy area for �90,000! Maybe we should move to Wales!

 
LynneA



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Seeing as we can't afford anything anyway, I'm hoping our numbers come up.

Have spotted a farm not far from the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, near the village we stayed in a cottage two years running. Nice conservatory - perfect as a greenhouse with added sofas.

 
marigold



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bebo wrote:
Not madness at all. Looks like a bargain and the quarterly mooring fees are very reasonable. I used to pay more than that for mooring at 27ft boat on the Thames nearly 15 years ago and I wasn't allowed to live on it.


The madness is that I'm not fit enough to live on a boat (various friends do and I know what's involved), but you are right it's a bargain (possibly too much of one). Still, I'd love to live where I could smell the estuary...

 
sally_in_wales
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

AnnaD wrote:
sally_in_wales wrote:
how much Thats almost twice what my 4 bedroom house is worth


Really? Around here we're lucky if we can get a nasty one bedroom flat in a dodgy area for �90,000! Maybe we should move to Wales!


We were told a couple of years ago when we had it valued that 'we might possibly get �40K for it of we were lucky', sadly the days of being able to get a house round here for �10grand have passed, but I saw a couple in the estate agent a few weeks back at �27k, so prices are still failry low round here although something modernised and 'nice' will cost you about �60k

 
earthsoul



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

could you get a mortgage for a boat though?

 
Bebo



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

earthsoul wrote:
could you get a mortgage for a boat though?


You used to be able to. I looked into it years ago when I was considering buying one near Hampton Court. Sanity returned and I didn't go through with it in the end.

 
Jo S



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The dog would be thrilled if I lived on a boat.

 
wellington womble



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It says pets are allowed but no children!

My gran used to live on a narrowboat. She designed it herself, and it included a room for Grandad's homebrew hobby (it was bigger than her kitchen, as I recall!) They used to pootle off all over the place - I remember crewing them up the locks as it got a bit much for them.

 
marigold



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 11 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sally_in_wales wrote:
AnnaD wrote:
sally_in_wales wrote:
how much Thats almost twice what my 4 bedroom house is worth


Really? Around here we're lucky if we can get a nasty one bedroom flat in a dodgy area for �90,000! Maybe we should move to Wales!


We were told a couple of years ago when we had it valued that 'we might possibly get �40K for it of we were lucky', sadly the days of being able to get a house round here for �10grand have passed, but I saw a couple in the estate agent a few weeks back at �27k, so prices are still failry low round here although something modernised and 'nice' will cost you about �60k


Why is your area so low-priced compared to other areas?

 
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