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Nodder
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12 Apr 2013 : 21:12:47
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| When buying a boat at what point do you have a survey done? Can the survey be used as a tool to negotiate price? How much does a survey normally cost? |
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Deano
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Apr 2013 : 23:24:48
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After you have agreed an initial price, then river trials, then a survey, then use it to negotiate a drop in the price or use it to pull out.
Costs usually include the cost of the lift/slip and can be from £100 to £200 ish, ask the broker what is normal in those parts.
In my experience, with a small boat, a knowledgeable friend is better value than a survey, mostly they have so many exclusions that it may not be worth the money. They generally only include the obvious and exclude anything mechanical or electrical.
Dean - Boating on the Great Ouse.
Freeman 30 "Silver Gem"
See the photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/54758027@N00/ |
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Nodder
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Apr 2013 : 21:23:01
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| Had a look at some boats today and talking to the chap who was showing us round them thought it wasn't worth having a survey done as he thought if there was any problems then we would have already seen evidence of them and would be paying for our fears to be confirmed. As it was I had a very good look around nosing around all over the place and couldn't find or see anything I couldn't sort out myself, no wet patches or stains. I was very happy with what I saw the problem is I can't think of anything else so I guess I have fallen for it, even my wife has mentally moved in. Still looking for others to view so I can compare, we'll see. |
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trevork
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Posted - 13 Apr 2013 : 22:49:14
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I'm afraid that if the fella trying to sell me a boat said don't need a survey then my fire alarm might just go off!
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merlin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Apr 2013 : 05:51:47
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bear in mind if you have your eye on a boat that is older than 30years it might be worth checking an insurance quote first,some insurance brokers might want a survey "anyway" mind you there are brokers that are more flexible
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Nodder
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Apr 2013 : 15:22:40
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Trevork I appreciate what your saying but I didn't get the feeling that he was trying to stiff me over (I'm the sort of person who doesn't trust salesman after all its there job to sell) he seemed genuinely helpful to a couple of novices he even told us about his retirement plans for later this year, buying a boat (which he showed us and was a bigger version of what we were looking at) and travelling through France.
Both the boats we looked at were over 30 years old. |
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