Buying her
The survey, the licence, the mooring and the running numbers, joined up before you commit to anything.
The purchase price is the part everyone quotes and the smallest part of the decision. What follows is the money side in the order you meet it, with the figures traced to the Canal & River Trust and the legislation rather than to a forum thread.
Read these in this order
- Buying a narrowboat
- What they cost to buy
- How long they last
- The cost of living aboard
- What one costs to run
- What a licence costs
- Do you need a licence?
Buying for someone in their first year afloat?
The next lock
Once this stage is behind you, what follows is living aboard: Handling her, the day-to-day, and the questions nobody puts in the brochure.
Written by Craig Fearn, Narrowboat Gifts.