susie

Hi thanks for all the advice so far! This topic has probably been done to death many times on this forum, but I really worry about not having a 'proper' residential address. I've worked for a bank most of my career (don't hate me!) and I know how strict these things are now. Even to put my own house on the market I had to provide a recent utility bill and driving licence even though the estate agent was sitting in my kitchen at the time!!!! So it's not so much for receiving post, I know there are ways around that (PO boxes, care of etc), it's more for official things like insuring my car, what address to put on my drivers license, having utility bills (even if just council tax), what to put in the directors register for my company, applying for personal or business banking / phone / supplier facilities etc etc. Am I worrying too much??!!! On the point about having a residential mooring but not actually being there I understand the points made. I guess what i'd be looking to do is be away from the mooring (on the boat) maybe half the time either cruising or moored up near Warwick etc etc. Shame about the large flight of locks between Warwick and Brum otherwise I could go back and forth a bit more!!!! On the other hand it might be easier to just get the train to Warwick every day as the service is pretty good and come back to Brum in the evening. Thanks for the comments on Gas Street and Hockley - from what I can see with Hockley you get more space, quieter moorings, more facilities etc but with Gas Street you have less worries about coming home late at night on your own - quite important to me as a single girlie! See what you mean about the toast rack though!!!! Susie

Hi everyone i'm new to this forum and thought I would post on the offchance I have missed something in my research! I am hoping to move onto a boat in the next few months and have come up against the 'residential mooring' challenge - I have found several marinas where you can effectively live aboard all the time on an unofficial basis but I am trying to find an 'official' mooring because I run my own business and therefore need to be on the voters roll / have a proper residential address etc etc (I don't have the option of using family or friend's addresses). I live in Warwickshire and I think i've tried everywhere now - most don't have residential moorings and those few that do (Saltisford, Copt Heath, one near Southam i've forgotten the name of) have huge waiting lists.... Does anyone know of any I might have missed?! I think the nearest BW moorings are Birmingham and they do have one up for tender in Hockley Port at the moment - anyone know what this is like? Also, i've been told that one will be coming up in Gas Street Basin shortly - again anyone got any knowledge? If I do tender and win a mooring in Birmingham, does anyone know how often you actually have to be on the mooring? I ask because I will need to be around Warwick a lot of the time, and returning to Birmingham will involve a lot of locks (i'll be single handed)! Is it OK to just use your residential mooring every now and then? Finally, as my family live in the Burton on Trent area, i'd also consider moorings around there eg Tamworth, Willington - any suggestions? Sorry for all the questions! Susie