What Happens If Your Boat Fails Survey?
The phrase "failed survey" causes significant anxiety for both buyers and sellers in the narrowboat market. For buyers, it raises the fear of having found a boat they love only…
Narrowboats for Sale Near Warwickshire: A Buyer’s Guide to the Grand Union Canal
Introduction Warwickshire sits at the heart of one of the most attractive stretches of the Grand Union Canal in England. The canal passes through Warwick and the neighbouring Leamington Spa…
Narrowboats for Sale UK: A Buyer’s Guide
Selling a Narrowboat in the UK: What Owners Need to Know Introduction Selling a narrowboat is an important decision, whether your vessel is based on a canal, river or marina…
How boat brokers handle surveys and negotiations
Introduction For most narrowboat sellers, the survey and negotiation stage of the sales process is the most unfamiliar and, potentially, the most financially consequential. When a buyer commissions a professional…
Can a Boat Broker Get You a Higher Selling Price?
Introduction The claim that using a professional boat broker will get you a higher selling price for your narrowboat is one that sellers hear frequently, but it is worth examining…
Understanding Narrowboat Hull Thickness | The Boat Brokers
Of all the checks carried out during a pre-purchase narrowboat survey, hull thickness readings are the single most important, and yet they are also the most commonly misunderstood by first-time…
Best Narrowboat Lengths for Different Lifestyles | The Boat Brokers
One of the first and most consequential questions any prospective narrowboat buyer has to answer is not which boat, but which length. Narrowboat sizes range from compact 30ft weekenders to…
Are Boat Brokerage Fees Worth Paying?
Are boat brokerage fees worth paying? Introduction It is a question almost every narrowboat seller asks at some point: are boat brokerage fees actually worth paying, or would I be…
The Best Narrowboat Brokers in the West Midlands
If you are buying or selling a narrowboat in the West Midlands and you want to find the best possible brokerage to work with, the challenge is not finding someone…
The Boat Brokers Can Help You Advertise Your Boat for Sale Online in the UK
If you are wondering who can help you advertise your boat for sale online in the UK, the answer depends on what you actually want that help to look like.…