Residential mooring

[rog]

Hello everyone,

I've literally only just registered with you and need a little advice before myself and my wiser half take our first leap into the water.

We have definately decided that life onboard is for us and have the house on the market. Finding a boat doesn't seem a problem but searching for a residential mooring was proving a headache. That was until a couple of weeks ago when we stumbled across a fantastic little place not far from our home with a great bunch of friendly people and very reasonable mooring prices. Not only that but they had a vacancy.
The dilemma is, to secure the mooring we were advised to take it on as from the 1st of May to avoid losing it. The mooring would be ours as soon as we started paying monthly for it. The problem is our house could feasibly take months or even longer to sell. Is this common practice or would we potentially throwing money away?

Could anyone please throw any advice or info our way?

Cheers,

Rog

[Roy]

Hi Rog,
And welcome to the forum.


Just my opinion, but,
If you can afford to take on the mooring now, even if you don't sell your house for some time.
Might be worth securing it as residential moorings are hard to find.
When you come to look for a residential mooring in a few months, there may
be nothing available at that time, in the area you want.

A chance you take...

Good luck in your venture.

PS what river/canal are you looking at?

[rog]

Thanks Roy,

That was the reply I was hoping for. We really want the mooring but was just a little edgy about taking the leap and being called idiots for parting with money before selling the house, let alone buying a boat. But he who dares wins!

Cheers,

Rog

[billy]

Hi Rog, welcome,

I would tend to agree with Roy, hens teeth are less valuable. Certainly the yard here does not hold a berth unless it is paid for.

Good luck with your venture, myself and Mrs Barge have not looked back and we don't have the benefit of a residential mooring.

billy

[lockhart]

Hi Rog (and wiser half), Welcome aboard the Forum.

I would also say go for it now if that's possible financially as Res. moorings can be very hard to find. It sounds like you've found a good one.

Best of luck with the house sale.

[andy04]

Hi Rog

Tend to agree with all above - you have to go for it - hope all goes well on your venture.