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  1. It does - thank you! In terms of the laundrette thing it isn't a high street one - it is in a little building on the pontoons so I'm hopeful on that. I'll probably run out of money for doing it now so haven't looked into it seriously but did think to swap one shower for a mini-bath/high sided sit-shower though - to wash children and filthmuts in with reduced splashing - as you're right I won't need two. You, and others, have confirmed it is right to be less hopeful on not needing secondary heating of some description... How many times do (quite flammable) filthmuts and children burn themselves on stoves before they learn? I think it could be a right mess with ash, fire guards etc. There is a Facebook group for people with babies on boats and I know some with teens. But it is the 'self-propelled but not yet Darwin-aware' age range I'm worried about...
  2. I know what you mean. There are some very lovely new(ish) <60ft boats around. I particularly want/need this layout as it is for (at least a while) live-aboard and the mooring is 'end on' to the pontoon so I want something reverse layout to avoid visitors having to traipse through a child's room. (Save adult feet from Lego!). As many of the menagerie are somewhat flammable I was really only looking at boats without a walk-through engine room. Which narrows down the choice of narrowboats quite a lot!
  3. Fair enough. I need all the advise I can get though :-)
  4. Never mind. I posted for views on what to do with a boat but am happy to hear how people think it best to use this forum too. :-) On a different forum I'm on (non-boating) posting links to ads is actively discouraged in case people put a 'what do you think of this [non-boat?]' post up just to get extra hits on their own ad. Maybe boaters are less sneaky! And, for clarity, I'm not advertising this boat myself :-)
  5. It is a 'historic mooring' - ie one that existed before the current scheme (not a buy it now/auction type of thing). It is fully transferable given that I buy the boat currently there (not the one shown above) and don't owe the CRT money or anything. And yes, I have checked with them. I do know these are rare though! Presumably 'driving' the boat to the pump out every few weeks would be do-able? Would I need to do a longer trip in it? i.e. like nipping to to the corner shop in your car isn't great for it?
  6. Oh, yes, they do. I'm OK with anything on that general stretch of canal really if it is just for maintenance. For long-term I do need the hook ups that come with though.
  7. Perfect! My enamel kettle and lovely velvet (I shall be *such* a hipster) it is then. The quickboil one can be relegated to my new storage unit until such a time as I decide how permanent this whole boat venture is going to be ? There are not static caravan options in the location I'm looking at mooring. And this is supposed to be 'fun'. I didn't think it was right to post blatantly identifying details of a boat I don't own.
  8. Thank you! I *think* it may just be becasue the particular space is at that end of the moorings? I honestly may be wrong but I looked at the boat 'next door' and they were definitely close enough to the pump place to stay put. (They showed me how to connect the pipes etc). It was somewhere towards the land end of the pontoon but I can't honestly recall. Edited to add - within the 'basin' anyway. And land based.
  9. Oh, Jen-in-Wellies, we cross-posted. That is helpful, thank you. I'd been thinking of blinds but maybe the time is right to indulge my vintage velvet inclinations! OldGoat - yes, definitely to fun trips/weekends away etc, I just meant I couldn't be a continuous cruiser as there are things we need to be near for work etc. There is actually a boat with no engine at all on the moorings, basically a floating flat, but I do want one that I can play with too :-)
  10. I knew this forum would be helpful (I have been lurking until ready to (hopefully not) dip my toes as a boater) - thank you all! So, for heating, best plan is to see how it goes with the radiators/hot water powered by the diesel (I think they are?!?) and then work out how to supplement when I see how cold it really gets? Or maybe work on the idea that cooking (and kettle boiling) can be gas based so really it is only lighting, laptop, fridge and whatever electric heater I'd be looking to power and then do some sums...? Maybe fit a few extra solar panels? With regard to removing the beds they aren't ones with water tanks under or anything and I have a quote I'm comfortable with. For the insulation is there anything I can ask the surveyor (clearly I'm someone who needs a full survey) to check specifically? It is supposed to be spray foam but presumably not all spray foam is equal/equally thickly applied... Similarly for the broken hours counter - I'm guessing this is like mileage on a car - indicative of likely wear and tear - so, again is there anything I can ask to be checked for or is it just a question of how much of a gamble to take? The mooring is a CRT one so I was thinking it would be less liable to the vagaries of life than a private one? I mean I know they can put up the prices and so forth but was hoping actual eviction unlikely? Or is that a real possibility? Thank you so much!
  11. Yes. Or at least, sale/deposit agreed (it is a transferable one, and yes, more of a financial commitment than the boat itself long term really) and discussions with moorings manager about boat swap underway. Am moderately unprepared - but not a fantasist ? Thanks for confirming about the license.
  12. Hello All, This is my first post and I'm contemplating my first boat... with excitement, trepidation and a keen awareness that there will be things I have not thought of at all. If you could help me spot some that would be really super-helpful! The boat will be moored on a permanent mooring with electric, phone, pump out and water facilities all not requiring it to be moved. (I appreciate this is not a great value/fully entering into the spirit option but it is necessary for a fixed location near where I need it to be and should be quite handy in some respects for a new boater - it also has laundry near by so I won't need to fit a washer/drier in to a relatively small space). As far as I know there is also a fuel-delivery boat which visits every so often for gas and so forth. I was thinking of converting the boat in the attached to a live-aboard style. I know it will need (or I will want) a ring main and I have a quote for that. There is some water damage from condensation/leaks around the bottom of the windows. A few beds (berths) will be removed (I do not want too many visitors but will value the space!) so I will be able to fit a little solar fan to at least one or two of the mushroom vents without reducing the ventilation for BSS too much I think - and increasing it in practice. It will also be heated more frequently which should help. I'm contemplating if I should have (super-expensive but possibly worth it?) thermal break double glazing fitted when the windows are fixed. With regard to heating I would really prefer to avoid a solid fuel stove because of the mess and danger (there will be animals and young children aboard at times) so am thinking of adding the least naff electric stove I can find for use with shore power as an addition to the central heating and assuming that I'll mostly be using the boat for trips in better weather. Does this sound sensible? I appreciate that ppl LOVE their burning stoves so will be fine with admitting I don't cope without if that proves to be the case but would prefer to have at least an alternative plan worth trying first! For cooking I may swap the stove which is there for one I already have (it is a land based one but new, so has the right cut-off things, is v small and a conversion kit is available for the gas type) but am unsure what to do about fridge/freezing. Do people who are mostly moored use larger domestic fridge-freezers? Or does one get used to the boat ones? Oh, and do I need a CRT boat license separately if it is moored on one of their permanent moorings or is that included so to speak? I thought I'd read not somewhere but am unsure... Edited to add: I think I do need a license. Must remember to get one! Many thanks in advance!
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