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Do you get a contract with Three until Dec 2025? Or a promise that Scancom will pay Three until that date? With the latter, if Scancom fail in 6 months time, it will have cost almost £35 per month. (Not saying provider is a scam, just trying to understand the deal).

Does it need them? Oddities like this can slip through the requirements because no-one envisaged them when writing the rules. It may fit the CRT definition of 'portable', because the crew can get it into and off the water without assistance. It may only need a short-term visitor licence.

Last week's episode was more interesting. IIRC it was a couple commissioning a new build narrow boat, and going on a boat handling course, before heading for a marina. Would be interesting to know how they are doing some months later. Should be available on 4od.

Should be river Wey, not Way, in a few places.

Isn't the perfect boat always the next boat ... ?

Is it acceptable to put a mooring stake through these surfaces (whether self binding, tarmac, resin or whatever)? May not be needed if they leave an adequate grass verge between path and water, but in some places that may not be the case.

Haven't CRT already been to court to get permission to remove his boat(s), so the opportunity to challenge that was then?

Of course it is. Driving a vehicle over the speed limit is illegal, irrespective of whether you are stopped or prosecuted for it.

Tiverton is south of Godalming

Some years ago we hired a boat in late December for a week. Cruised all daylight hours available, i.e. about 8 until 4. Minimal electricity use in the evenings (lighting, gas cooking, no TV). But on the first few nights the battery alarm still went off at about 9 pm. And hire boats rarely have stoves to give a bit of ambient light. We had deliberately moored in the countryside well away from other boats (although never knowing if there was someone just around the next bend), so running the engine for an hour wasn't a big problem. Possibly then, and now at the start of the season, batteries need a few days of discharge / recharge to get back to a reasonable capacity.

There isn't any 'accrual' of CGT allowances; any gain over the current annual allowance (£12,300?) Is potentially taxable. With current prices there may be quite a few people selling a boat for £15000+ more than they bought it for - but, as others have said, boats may not be within scope.

To summarise many issues above, I think the position is as follows. (Although as someone said, perhaps this is just another opinion, which may or may not be right!) When you register a business with HMRC, which you have to if your turnover is £1000+, you have to declare if you are a sole trader or a company (or a few other options). If you are a company you have to register with Companies House. but this comes with both setup and ongoing costs. Most companies have limited liability, giving some protection to owners / directors. Both sole traders and companies can employ, or subcontract as many people as they like. Even if a sole trader you can legally name your business "the xyz company", because 'company', unlike many other terms, is not a reserved word for business names (although perhaps it should be). But even such a name does not make it (legally) a company, so anyone with such a business should be wary of describing it as such.

Paragraph 9 (of Companies Act 2006) requires all companies to be registered, whether public or private, limited or unlimited.

As Tony indicates, I am not sure that's right. I think a company would need to be registered at Companies House. If you are not registered (and as a sole trader you don't have to be) then better to not use "company". Becoming a company has some advantages, in terms of limiting your liability if things go seriously wrong, but also means some significant extra costs. Only you can decide if it is worth it.

Again we see a new member being rapidly exposed to the worst of the forum. It really isn't surprising that some find it unwelcoming. It was fine to raise a query about the OP's bona fides, but for two posters to then divert into a childish spat (before the OP even had a chance to reply) was puerile. Unless the mods clamp down a bit harder I fear others may leave. If I recall correctly it was C W Boatmover who was spotted moving Miles Away from Dunchurch to Wigrams a few months back; which (even if many disagree with the boat itself on that bit of canal) does show some ability.

Not sure it's quite as simple. Aged parent has a property with no mains gas, but no oil either, just electric storage heaters. On your logic she would automatically get the new grant. But she is already receiving the £400 rebate from her electricity supplier, so I don't think she is eligible for this new one as well.

I think it will be that you make a claim to your Local Authority. They check that you pay Council Tax, and that your property is not connected to mains electricity/ gas (so you didn't get the automatic rebate). They pay you, and record that a payment has been made for that address - so it isn't paid twice.

It's as I said on p26: eligibility is tied to a residential address, as that is the only way a Local Authority can control it. Anyone with a CC, i.e. non-home mooring, licence has to be excluded as they don't have an address, and there would be no way of stopping them from claiming in multiple LAs every few days. They are in the same position as Travellers using 'transit' (i.e. non-permanent) sites. Similarly, anyone with a non-residential home mooring (or park home) will be excluded, as the assumption will be that they are claiming for their residential address (or received the automatic rebate) and share their time between those locations. If you have a residential mooring, paying council tax, you should be eligible.

Which is the only practical solution. Local Authorities will be able to verify that any address (not individual) applying is paying them council tax, and is indeed either off (electric / gas)-grid or in one of the other eligible categories, such as care homes. And also ensure that each address receives just the one payment. Otherwise true CCs, and CMers moving just enough to cross an LA boundary, could be applying for multiple payments via a different LA every few days / weeks.

At under 45' you might be able to lift it out at Byfleet (Parvis Wharf / TLC), avoiding the Thames.

Welcome to the forum. You don't give many clues as to your location or expected use or lifestyle. Working or retired? Location? Looking to liveaboard fulltime or weekends only? Moving only the minimum required, or travelling around the system? Just you, or others/pets as well? This is a London-priced boat. Even if you want to live in London you could probably get better value elsewhere in the country, and move it there. It is always worth keeping some money in a reserve fund; there will be unexpected expenses arising however good the boat looks at first sight. Not sure I would want to take a 24ft narrowboat on a river much, as it may tend to bob around a bit, but if you are sticking to canals that wouldn't be an issue. As others have said, if have lived in a van in the past a small boat may suit you.

I've still got a ventile anorak, bought from an army surplus store 50 years ago. But it is now worn out, and I have been searching unsuccessfully for a replacement in second hand shops for about 5 years. I also want it for rough outdoor work, so have been a bit reluctant to shell out £400 for something that will quickly get mucky. It doesn't get stiff when wet, but it does get heavy: as the outer layer absorbs water.

And this suggests they HAVE altered the access, and not for the better: https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/23180040.montgomery-canal-wharf-welshpool-blocked-powys-council-barriers/ If they can't even get a canoe trailer in there then a narrowboat will be impossible