Hogwash

Thank you Allen, Sal, seadog and magic. I have been looking at leisure mooring and the information from Sal interest me. I was wondering if I could get away with living on my boat at one these type of mooring. I did once work with someone who did just that and said he had no hassle at all, he had a large boat about 50 feet I think and paid 35 pounds a week. After all your help and information I think by planning well head and asking you great poeple on this site it could be possible. Please remember that my mortgage supplier has given me 2 month window in which to decide what I shall be doing with my property. I do not want to end up in a bedsit, I would prefere to live on a boat which I own.

Thank you Mike, I did look into mobile homes at first, but they want nearly £2000 in insurance once your classed as full time living, plus the cost of road tax. And I don't like the idea of parking on the streets, it wouldn't take long for police or council to give me hassle.

Oh, my. Allen that boat would be perfect for me, but sadly out of my price range. I can only get extra cash once house is sold. And your offer to offer advice is too kind for words, thank you so much.

Thank you magictime. It was my wording, but yes you are right it is a good thing that I can CC in Yorkshire, and you advice was spot on. Because I will be of no fixed abode as long as I sign on and follow the correct job search plan set out for me at my job centre then it will not matter where I am on the canal as long as I turn up for my appointments. Thank you Allen, I will do more research.

Thanks for the advice and info Y`all. I haveBeen looking at GRP boats in my price range and I have seen two. One has a built in wall gas heater with instant hot water boiler and out board engine. The other has no heater but a calorifier and a Volvo Penta on-board engine. Any advice please.

Thanks again Allen. I did not know that about the portable heaters. Scrap that idea, what about a esperpacher type heating systems.

Thank you all for your friendly advice and information. I see now that it is not straight forward and could be loads of hassle. The DWP would still pay JSA to me but I would be classed as no fixed abode. I foolishly thought that I could move the boat as CCer, say every 11 days to another parish. Here in Yorkshire one does not need to go too far to be in another area classed as a different county, for example...Midfield comes under Kirklees, Halifax under calderdale and Skipton under Bradford. After that one enters Lancashire.I would only be about 15 miles from the job centre I use at the most, Rochdale in Lancashire is only 15 miles from where I live. So I was thinking area-A 11 days stay, area-B 10 days stay, area-C 12 days, area-D 5 days and then back to area A. I was thinking that if I got the boat and pay license keep moving the river trust would leave me alone. For heating I could use one of those heaters that take the gas bottle in the back, I am hardy I don't have heating on in my house because I can not afford it. I can do loads of jobs myself on the boat including engine service and repairs. When I said about staying put, I meant if I found a job say in Lancashire, I would then look for a residential mooring.

Oh, I never thought of that Allen. Thank you for your input, I will need to think more deeply about my next move in life will be.

Thank you Allen, I do have some experience with a narrow boat as an ex girlfriend had one as a pleasure boat and we would spend a lot of time aboard. I understand about the caravan, but I want to be able to move to a different area as and when I please until I find d were I want to stay put.

Thank you for the advice cal

Thanks Rusty.

Thanks hounddog.

Hello boat people, I would like some advice please about G R P boats. Basically things are going pretty bad for me at the moment as I have been unemployed for nearly 2 years now, and the prospect of getting a job are low because I'm ashamed to admit that I have criminal record which will not be spent for another 2 years. So I have had loads of interviews but no offers. I thought I would give you a bit of background so u wouldn't think that I was losing the plot. As it stands the debt collectors are a pain, and my mortgage company are threatening to kick me out of my home. I have to getting things moving more for my own sanity than anything else. The problem is I want to sell my house by Auction, but my home will have to be empty and I only have about £5500 in borrowed cash from my dad. The only boats I have seen in this price range are the fiberglass GRP type. As I don't have much cash I cannot really afford a survey. I know I know, stupidity. But I don't have the cash right now until house sold and debts settled. Are GRP boats a safer option because they are not metal and will not rot? So will stay afloat with less upkeep. I'm only looking at living on the boat until house sells, if I like the boat life I can then by a narrow boat later on. Thanks for reading Hogwash