OK folks so apologies first as I don't yet have time to hunt through all the old posts nor am I intelligence net enough to know how to filter.....so based on the fact that I am what I am...
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buying my first boat....to liveaboard (under no dillusions, and looking forward to it like Christmas in one sense) are there any boat makers / engines, avoid full replating jobs, don't buy from them, flooring types/states ...to avoid?
..my biggest fear is buying a boat make or Year that is not good....I trust the older pre-2000 steels as opposed to the modern Chinese steel ....is that sound in narrowboats?
I am so green on what the flooring should be, how do you check the water and sewage tanks, not sure about cassettes, is that part of the initial survey?
I am having to use finance to buy after a split but have a VERY modest budget pre-arranged and now hunting in earnest.....what makes a boat worth £100,000 compared to £40,000 - or in my books....why is my target half the price of a seemingly same type, make, layout, etc.?
sorry but have to ask and can only hope someone has the patience to answer! :-)