Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
that's right veggie,don't know the situation now,but moorings didn't count legally as accomodation rental so weren't eligible. There was a way round it, but some of the waterways authorities weren't willing to reword agreements so people in those areas were snookered!
Thanks Slinki, yep that's what I thought. I used to have loads of mates who squatted all over London but they never squatted the houseboats - just the moorings.
In London, around Camden and Hackney the moorings were extortionate in the early and mid 90s, way over 100 quid a week plus you then got hit for council tax let alone the cost of the boats.
Hence squatting the moorings.
I've been told that around where I grew up (Teddington, Twickenham etc) the moorings can cost 500 quid a week but I don't know if that's true