"Fitting Out A Liveaboard We Tell You How And The Costs Involved" Whilton Marina Article

[churchward]

The boat was an Ownerships one built by Pat Buckle. The fridge was in the original build and never modified. In the time I had a share it passed two BSC's in the days when share boats had to meet the higher standards of the "hire" BSC. However as I am not familiar with the installation requirements for these fridges, I cannot say whether it met the manufacturers requirements or not.

We had a similar arrangement on our boat when we first bought it (built in 1995) but it was changed to a 12v only fridge when the gas one didn't work. There was a steel pole of about 1.5 inches diameter going to the roof and venting out under a mushroom vent.

 

I kept the mushroom vent but removed the pole in the end.

Edited November 21, 2014 by churchward

[snigsnig]

I was thinking all the costs were on the high side! £300 on a cupboard?! £36 from IKEA, slightly more with a more posh door on it....

 

Hear hear. I refurbished my 70 foot liveaboard for the amount I suspect some people on this forum might spend on their weekly grocery shopping!! Extravagant doesn't even cover it!

 

If you consider £3000 reasonable for a couple of overhead cupboards (and btw LMAO!!!) then I fear that not only that living on a narrowboat may not be for you, but you should possibly seek psychological help.

 

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p.s. I bought a 'custom made' mattress from a company online, they cut it to the exact measurements that I needed for the two pieces for my pull out double bed. Cost me £100, and I've never slept so well.

[Alf Roberts]

p.s. I bought a 'custom made' mattress from a company online, they cut it to the exact measurements that I needed for the two pieces for my pull out double bed. Cost me £100, and I've never slept so well.

Do you have a link for that?

[Laurence Hogg]

Cheaper to buy a house that doesn't depreciate at the rate a boat will!!

[Southern Star]

Cheaper to buy a house that doesn't depreciate at the rate a boat will!!

Just wait until interest rates return to normal and then say that!

[snigsnig]

Do you have a link for that?

 

Will dig out the details for you no probs.

[Ally]

Huh, if those costings were correct,....and complete....I'd be sitting very pretty right now!

I can tell you I'm not.

Admittedly, we didn't buy in tat, or make tat, and non tat costs, but I costed carefully, yet I think twice before sticking a tin of corned beef in my basket now.

 

Not a realistic or full costing for a live aboard boat, but then it depends on expectation and scrounging ability, which is simpler for a self build.

 

If anyone wants actual advice/planning etc, on self fitting, I'm available.... But it wouldn't be free!

[FadeToScarlet]

Cheaper to buy a house that doesn't depreciate at the rate a boat will!!

Funny you should say that, Barnet cost (IIRC) £900 new in 1936, or the equivalent of £55,780 today - which seems a reasonable price to pay for an unconverted motor in good order.

 

You could argue that it's not depreciated at all!

Edited February 1, 2015 by FadeToScarlet

[blackrose]

 

Whilst i agree that two overhead cupboards for £300 is somewhat optimistic, if haveing them made by a joiner, but £3000 is extravagent, something between £600 and £900 should cover two decently made cupboards.

 

I suspect their costing is based upon DIY joinery, in which cas they would cost me somewhere around£100 doing the work myself.

 

I agree. Anyone who spends 3 grand on a couple of cupboards for a boat must have more money than sense.

 

These aren't overhead cupboards, but I guess they cost me about £200 to make myself including the pine doors which I bought for a fiver each and stained.

 

 

I think my whole kitchen cost less than £2,000 including the overhead cupboards!

[Loafer]

That's very nice, Blackrose. What beam is your boat? Looks quite wide.

[blackrose]

Thanks, it's 12ft beam.

Edited February 2, 2015 by blackrose

[Loafer]

Not quite a fatso! Still, very nice. I had been puzzling over trying to make my kitchen look like that!