I too looked at this boat. It is the right size but a (little) bit dear. I am not blind or on a galloping horse but did not realise you would be very flexible on price. What did I miss?
What would I need to do to to make it a liveaboard? Is there anything stopping this from being achievable?
What would be the cost?
It attracted me as being well engineered, having a good quality engine (I'd assumed not may parts would be required - German/Japanese engineering is a positive not a negative for me - as an engineer myself)
Aslo having a sort of wet cabin/engine room to keep things in instead of on top of the boat appeals from a security perspective even if it takes up room.
Whaley Bridge is a long way go to see the layout if it is wrong. What about a sketch of the layout using one of the free design a boat things?