@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

never been but looks nice

I've been a couple of times when we've been on the broads

@Baz posted:

I’ve never been to Suffolk

nor me bazzy

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I've been a couple of times when we've been on the broads

@Baz posted:

I’ve never been to Suffolk

I thought I hadn't for years, I thought I was still in Norfolk

@Baz posted:

Yes ….we often used to drive over and look at the boats and barges ….

you know where I mean

Not sure about having a toddler on a floating home

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

you know where I mean

@Kaytee posted:

A holiday one or to live on Ros?🥰

live on with her newish partner

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I thought I hadn't for years, I thought I was still in Norfolk

@Baz posted:

Not sure about having a toddler on a floating home

not sure abut adults and partying

Only been to Suffolk once…..it’s where one side of my family came from.…Miss KT was researching stuff most of the time🤣

@Kaytee posted:

Only been to Suffolk once…..it’s where one side of my family came from.…Miss KT was researching stuff most of the time🤣

🤣🤣

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

live on with her newish partner

It's nice for a holiday, I am far from convinced about living on one full time

So they can’t be short of a bob or two

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

live on with her newish partner

Good move…costs are reasonable 🥰👍

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I thought I hadn't for years, I thought I was still in Norfolk

this made me RL

@Kaytee posted:

Only been to Suffolk once…..it’s where one side of my family came from.…Miss KT was researching stuff most of the time🤣

I've only been to Beccles as far as I can remember, and that was just choosing a direction to travel on the broads. It wasn't planned, but it was lovely

@Kaytee posted:

Good move…costs are reasonable 🥰👍

yes circumstances made buying a barge the best option

@Baz posted:

Not sure about having a toddler on a floating home

They seem to do ok round here, but most of the houseboats are floating mansions🤣

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I've only been to Beccles as far as I can remember, and that was just choosing a direction to travel on the broads. It wasn't planned, but it was lovely

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

this made me RL

It's true honestly, when you're young and tipsy most of the time on holiday, you don't notice crossing county borders

@Kaytee posted:

They seem to do ok round here, but most of the houseboats are floating mansions🤣

Goes without saying 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes circumstances made buying a barge the best option

cheap , once you have the barge..a couple of thousand a year berthing with electric point. You only have your electric bill

@Kaytee posted:

They seem to do ok round here, but most of the houseboats are floating mansions🤣

yes -those are very expensive -anything up from a barge is apparently-didn't know much  about it until my work friend was buying one

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes circumstances made buying a barge the best option

And the mooring costs are much smaller than council tax etc…..and connected to the mains…..lots have log burners for heating in the winter

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

cheap , once you have the barge..a couple of thousand a year berthing with electric point. You only have your electric bill

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes -those are very expensive -anything up from a barge is apparently-didn't know much  about it until my work friend was buying one

@Kaytee posted:

And the mooring costs are much smaller than council tax etc…..and connected to the mains…..lots have log burners for heating in the winter

@Baz posted:

Goes without saying 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The one I love was sold recently for over a million….😱

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

cheap , once you have the barge..a couple of thousand a year berthing with electric point. You only have your electric bill

yes thinkthey had to get a bit of a barge mortgage but cheaper than renting

@Kaytee posted:

And the mooring costs are much smaller than council tax etc…..and connected to the mains…..lots have log burners for heating in the winter

yes all the above kaytee and  other amenities and a pub

@Kaytee posted:

And the mooring costs are much smaller than council tax etc…..and connected to the mains…..lots have log burners for heating in the winter

Yes, a friend of mine owns one, he pays just over 2 thousand for his berth, I'm sure in cities it must be a bit higher though

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes thinkthey had to get a bit of a barge mortgage but cheaper than renting

definitely

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

cheap , once you have the barge..a couple of thousand a year berthing with electric point. You only have your electric bill

They’re getting solar panels on the barges now as well👍

@Kaytee posted:

The one I love was sold recently for over a million….😱

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yes, a friend of mine owns one, he pays just over 2 thousand for his berth, I'm sure in cities it must be a bit higher though

think theirs is the same but bit extra with the mortgage 

@Kaytee posted:

The one I love was sold recently for over a million….😱

😱😱

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

think theirs is the same but bit extra with the mortgage

still, it must be a far cheaper option for them

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Yes, a friend of mine owns one, he pays just over 2 thousand for his berth, I'm sure in cities it must be a bit higher though

Think it’s 350; a month on the Thames through the environment agency….but some houses with moorings let them out cheaper

@Kaytee posted:

The one I love was sold recently for over a million….😱

wow

That looks well dodgy

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

It’s  bigger than my house….think it has three stories