Monday 22 June 2009

One bedroom property with hall and brass engine room


I came upon this on an estate agent's website:

The Green, Frampton On Severn, Gloucester £46,000 - 1 bedroom property for sale.

The "property" is, of course, actually a narrowboat, and is being marketed by Frowens of Gloucester. Despite the heading, it's described as being moored at Sellers Bridge, Hardwicke, on the Sharpness/Gloucester canal. (The location map marks it as being very much on land!)

The ad continues:

This traditional narrow boat has all the comfort of a modern home plus an engine room with polished brass and authentic boatman's cabin. Built in 1992 by G.T.Boatbuilders in the west midlands this craft has a boat safety certificate for the next four years.

Fore Deck
With cratch cover; doors to:- Saloon Area 4.37m(14'4'') x 1.83m(6'0'') With Morse Squirrel stove in tiled surround; radiator; wall cupboard, 3 windows; open entrance to:- Galley/Kitchen 2.13m(7'0'') x 1.68m(5'6'') With inset sink unit (mixer tap); gas hob; gas oven; Electrolux room sealed gas refrigerator; range of fitted base units; two side hatches. Double Bedroom 2.54m(8'4'') x 1.83m(6'0'') With built in double bed; radiator; two port hole windows.

Hall
With radiator; door to:-

Bathroom
With bath incorporating shower over, washbasin, cassette toilet, window. Engine Room 2.13m(7'0'') x 1.52m(5'0'') With Kelvin K2 engine, two side hatches; radiator; plumbing for automatic washing machine; hot water cylinder with immersion heater. Boatmans Cabin 2.36m(7'9'') x 1.52m(5'0'') With built in bed, boatman's range and a wealth of traditional storage areas.


The ad fails to extol the virtues of "outside", i.e. the thousands of miles of garden, all with water feature, no maintenance.

But perhaps the most important omission is whether the "property" comes with a mooring.

Looks like a nice boat, though (certainly ticks lots of my boxes). I wonder how long it is (and how many others try to sell their boat through an estate agent).

2 comments:

Vallypee said...

It happens quite frequently here that sellers use estate agents, but if that one being sold with the mooring too, then it is real added value. Seems to be something they forgot to say!

Anonymous said...

Maybe estate agents fees are less than boat brokerage, but I bet they don't deem it important enough to put a picture in the window next to the million quid mansions ...

Then again it could be that they're that desperate for sales(in the current climate) caravans & RV's are on the list too...

H