nb Innisfree Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 can anyone tell me the rough/average/near as dam it cost per year it is to live on a canal boatas a permanent cruiser, this is after you have paid for the boat I'm talking about the day to day cost, licence fuel gas replacing 4 leisure batteries every 5 years blacking service and certificates etc has anyone worked out the yearly cost over say...a five year plan I'm trying to work out a budget thanks terry Me 'n' the missus reckon about £5k pa, 60' nb, liveaboard (24/7) ccers, DIY maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cl@rkey Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 thanks one and all will look into it some more only 2.11 years to go Apologies to one and all for dragging up this old thread. Terry, I was re-directed to this thread from another site and noticed, by sheer chance, that it's now "2.11 years" later. Any news/progress to report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) can anyone tell me the rough/average/near as dam it cost per year it is to live on a canal boat as a permanent cruiser, this is after you have paid for the boat I'm talking about the day to day cost, licence fuel gas replacing 4 leisure batteries every 5 years blacking service and certificates etc has anyone worked out the yearly cost over say...a five year plan I'm trying to work out a budget thanks terry Hi Terry As others have said this is impossible to say. There are far too many variables. I can only add one thing realy and it is this. If you do n ot want a sudden minimilist lifestyle but wish to live similar to in a house if you add all costs together and possible depreciation of boat then the cost is about the same as living in a 2/3 bedroom house. As I have said to many people over the years it is NOT a cheaper lifestyle than a house just a BETTER one IF you like it. I think the many and growing number of people that look at living aboard as a cheap option and dont realy want to live on a boat just do it because they think its cheap soon realise their error and leave the system. I know a hell of a lot of people who I have met over the years and still in touch with that found it a costly lesson. I love these old threads they help others out. Edited March 14, 2012 by mrsmelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottle Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Any news/progress to report? Yes it has got even more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Has he not bought and sold his boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Has he not bought and sold his boat? Perhaps you bullied him off the site Carl. It does seem reading another thread that you deliberately pick on some people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Perhaps you bullied him off the site Carl. It does seem reading another thread that you deliberately pick on some people Well he did advertise his boat for sale here so I can't have been that intimidating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) Well he did advertise his boat for sale here so I can't have been that intimidating. * Richard Edited March 14, 2012 by RLWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 I would point out that, to my recollection, I have never had a cross word with Terryvanman...before the sneering little shits elsewhere use it against me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelaway Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 I would point out that, to my recollection, I have never had a cross word with Terryvanman...before the sneering little shits elsewhere use it against me. Sic 'em Carl Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryvanman Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 yes sad to say, am in the process of selling Marmaduke. I will miss him very much, in the two and a half years I have owned him I've had a blast even if it was just for the odd weekend and extended few weeks holiday....but the back injury has put paid to any more owning a canal boat, but I will keep in touch and pop in and make stupid remarks and sit back and take the flack like a man.....and the plan is [if I can get a crew together ] I will rent a boat [river or canal] and have the odd holiday..... take care and dont fall in...till the water warms up a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulG Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 ..before the sneering little shits elsewhere use it against me. Tut Tut. I hope you know these people, because I seem to remember you saying "I merely pointed out the inconsiderate nature of someone who is happy to call strangers "Dickheads"" in another thread. "Sneering little shits" is just constructive criticism then, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Tut Tut. Oh oh! I've got a stalker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulG Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Oh oh! I've got a stalker! ROFL Fair cop guv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 ROFL Fair cop guv. Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cl@rkey Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 yes sad to say, am in the process of selling Marmaduke. I will miss him very much, in the two and a half years I have owned him I've had a blast even if it was just for the odd weekend and extended few weeks holiday....but the back injury has put paid to any more owning a canal boat, but I will keep in touch and pop in and make stupid remarks and sit back and take the flack like a man.....and the plan is [if I can get a crew together ] I will rent a boat [river or canal] and have the odd holiday..... take care and dont fall in...till the water warms up a bit Sorry to hear that, Terry. Good luck assembling your holiday crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 On the subject of costs, I have recently been astounded at the monstrous difference in car insurance premium for those living on a boat compared to those on the bank. A friend of ours will be paying far more than our teenage son!! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanLincs Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 On the subject of costs, I have recently been astounded at the monstrous difference in car insurance premium for those living on a boat compared to those on the bank. A friend of ours will be paying far more than our teenage son!! Eep! Hadn't considered this! Does anyone else have experience of this matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Eep! Hadn't considered this! Does anyone else have experience of this matter? They never asked what I lived in, just where I lived so the cost was the same and I made 2 successful claims whilst living aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Don't ask, don't tell may be the best option. Any other experiences anyone? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanLincs Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Don't ask, don't tell may be the best option. Well I suppose as long as they don't get suspicious about an address that includes the lines "Pier D, Erewhon Marina"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Well I suppose as long as they don't get suspicious about an address that includes the lines "Pier D, Erewhon Marina"... My address, for a number of years, was "c/o British Waterways, The Stop House, Braunston, etc. If the question "What type of home do you live in?" appeared on a form then I would have answered "a boat". One thing that did annoy me, though was, during a telephone quote, I was informed that keeping my car in a locked barn, behind a locked gate, did not count as "in a garage" so I paid as if it was stored on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Ibis Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Never had to insure a car but I certainly wouldn't tell them I lived on a boat if I could avoid it! I notice this thread's been bumped (probably because I linked to it in my blog the other day!) Edited March 20, 2012 by Black Ibis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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