Dutch Barge 24.5m for sale in Reading United Kingdom

Houseboat Barge - 'The Barge'

If you are looking for an alternative lifestyle afloat the 'The Barge' is ideal as a spacious floating home which can be used on or off grid and is offered with a transferable Thames Mooring in Reading.

This Circa 1930's house boat barge is a converted dredger first fitted out in 2015. There is a bright open plan upper wheel house saloon that opens out with bi-fold doors to the aft cockpit. The lower saloon is both light and bright with a spacious open plan feel to her galley. The forward cabin has a large central island berth with plenty of wardrobe space and a good sized en-suite.

This houseboat barge can moved under her own power and be used off grid due to her new 5 large 360w solar panels with charge master, new Mastervolt Alpha III powerful 24v engine alternator connected to a huge 24v battery bank all new in 2023. Other 2023 updates include, new aft deck canopy enclosure, new water tanks, new hot water tank and pump, new 24v Mastervolt Pro Combi 35000w/100amp battery charger/Inverter, 6 x new 200ah domestic batteries at 24v, new 12v engine battery charger, new wooden panel flooring throughout, new Mastervolt Easyview control panel, complete new galley with extractor. new 240v panel heaters, new 8kw multi fuel wood burner, new ropes and fenders, new Saniflo WC, new 24v 230kgf bow thruster with new 220ah AGM batteries, new shore power leads and fuse boards, new rudder indicator, new holding tank gauge, new deck handrails, new isolation transformer, new gas oven and hob, costing a total of £78,000 (copy invoices available)

Further inventory items include, second Isolation Transformer, washing machine and a holding tank.

This vessel further benefits from her out of the water survey in 2022/3 where the entire flat bottom section of hull was fully re-plated with 20 sheets of steel, Intertuff protected and 10 new aluminium anodes costing a further £80,000.

Engine is a 6 cylinder Perkins shaft drive diesel w/bow thruster.

Boat Safety Certificate valid until 2027.

Dimensions: 24.5m x 4.4m x 1m

Asking £199,950. Tax exempt. Plus transferable mooring available on the Thames in Reading.