Have you ever dreamed of a complete lifestyle change? Live-aboard boaters can often feel part of a supportive community.

Would you choose to live in a marina or are you up for the challenge of reaching your swinging mooring, even in the winter? Consider that a drying mooring would mean a muddy access route to your home. While some marinas do not allow boat owners to live on their boats, others will accept discrete live aboards. An authorised residential mooring will attract bills such as council tax, TV licence and electric if provided. You may need to have your personal post sent to a private mailbox service such as Mailboxes Etc. Consider also the inland waterways of Essex: The Chelmer and Blackwater or the River Stort.

This week we are able to introduce three live-aboard boats that have had their asking prices reduced. If you’re looking for a live aboard boat for sale in Essex we may have the boat you are looking for. Click on the links below to see an extensive slideshow of images for each home for sale.

Houseboat Thames Lighter Barge now £79,000

The owners of this spacious 4-Bed Houseboat (pictured) have done a lot of work on it since purchasing it in 2009. The interior fit out has all but been completed.

Below deck there are four bedrooms and a bathroom and then on deck you have a large open plan living area with kitchen, utility room a dining areas a large comfy saloon. Up a level and you have the boating equivalent of a large patio area ideal for a few garden chairs and a barbeque.

The boat does needs the exterior painting and some of the interior fit out is not quite complete; but there is not too much that the average DIY enthusiast could not finish off.

This Thames Lighter Barge has been converted to a house boat and does not have an engine. It is not on a residential mooring. The current berth contract is renewable annually; and the new owners should be able to renew. However, this will be subject to agreement with the mooring owners.

Ferro Cement Schooner 43ft now £35,000

This unique yacht was built in Germany to exacting standards under the guidance of her first owner. The vessel was constructed with only the best materials available to match the owners requirements of a sophisticated cruising yacht capable of Bluewater cruising. The result is a yacht with lot of character and the complex qualities of this yacht are difficult to convey without you seeing it for yourself. The photographs and specification outlined in the full listing can only whet your appetite. If you are looking for capable and unique yacht, suitable for living aboard in Essex this could be the one for you.

And finally, this Bourne 43 is now £59,995

Our broker Steve says, “This trawler yacht style motor cruiser has been extensively refurbished in recent years. She’s suitable as a live-aboard and also capable of long distance with 4 x 500 litre fuel tanks.”
See also our Full list of live aboard boats for sale.

Living aboard provides its own challenges but if you feel you could fall in love with being close to the water, perhaps fishing from your deck, and being part of an eclectic community, it could be for you.
Perhaps you will congregate with your neighbours in the marina, sipping beer and barbequing fish, and later in your cabin be lulled to sleep by the gentle motion of the water. ..

If you’d like to look at any of these live-aboard boats contact us: we’d be happy to arrange a viewing. You may also like our Free ebook: Boating in Essex which offers advice on how to choose a marina and where to go boating in Essex.

Peggy

Image credit: Thames Lighter Barge for sale

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