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Premier Houseboats are pleased to present this extremely rare open concrete barge, offered on a secure residential mooring and providing a unique opportunity to create a bespoke floating home.
Believed to have been constructed during the Second World War, this substantial barge offers enormous conversion potential. With an impressive wide beam and approximately 8 feet of internal headroom, the vessel provides a vast internal footprint, ideal for the creation of a three to four bedroom family home.
A major advantage of this vessel is its ferro-cement construction, meaning it does not require the regular hull maintenance associated with steel barges — offering significant long-term savings in both cost and inconvenience.
Opportunities of this nature are exceptionally rare. Most concrete barges constructed during the war period were tanker-style vessels, making an open barge of this size, in good condition and with a secure residential mooring, particularly desirable.
The mooring is situated in a popular and well-served village location. Within walking distance are a general store and restaurant/diner, along with a bus terminus providing services to neighbouring areas.
The village offers a wide range of amenities including schools for all ages, doctors, dentist, chemist, local shops, restaurants and takeaways, as well as a swimming pool and leisure centre.
For commuters, the A2/M2 is less than ten minutes away, providing quick access to both London and the coast. Strood Station offers high-speed rail services to London with journey times of approximately 40 minutes. The River Medway, sailing facilities, and open countryside walks are also close by.
This is an outstanding and highly unusual opportunity to acquire a large concrete barge with residential mooring, offering the chance to design and build a truly individual floating home. Early viewing is highly recommended to fully appreciate the scale and potential on offer.
Specifications
Vessel name: Concrete Cargo Barge
Condition: Good
Constructed: 1944
Length over all: 85'
Beam: 24'
Maximum draft: 3'
Hull material: Ferro Cememt
Hull type: Flat
Disclaimer
Premier Houseboats offers the details of this advert in good faith as it was presented by the seller or his representative but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the described item within this advert. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. The Item described within this advert is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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