charlotteandharry

thanks Paul

And that is a definite “not much”! 😊 thank you!

Hi Alan - thank you, this is really helpful to know as I wasn’t sure what the market was like. we are using a finance company for some of it who require a survey as a condition, so this will be fun ha!

Thank you - really helpful. We have spoken to private sellers only so far.

Hi all, We are just starting out and buying our first narrowboat (warning: novice!). We have read lots of advice about getting a pre-purchase survey prior to buying. I have spoken to a few sellers this week but they don’t seem to be very open when I ask them if we can arrange a pre-purchase survey? They don’t have the time to do one, or there’s no point doing one because we had a survey x months ago which they have provide, etc etc. I’m not sure if it’s just me being new to this whole process, but would you expect to sell a boat without arranging a pre-purchase survey paid for by the buyer? We are looking in the region of £45k-£70k, so I’m really hesitant to hand over that amount of money without some kind of independent assurance, what do you guys think?