For sale - For rent - For mooring

For Sale


1930s Regent's barge, 72 x 14 foot (22x4m). 

Floating shell, no engine.

Weight 40 tons

Scrap value £16 K

 

For moorings

 

 

Neighbours downstream

4 mins walk


110 metres of river side frontage available for moorings, short or long term. All moorings are taken at present.

70p per foot of barge per week.

For sale or lease


There was 275m of river front x 50 metres inland available for sale, lease or rent in 2016. Most of the plots for sale have been sold.

As of November 2018, all plot holes on this stretch of river have been in dispute with Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) Planning Dept who would rather we weren't here and the area return to scrubland. They were so incompetent, dishonest and two faced that the they they had to withdraw their Enforcement Notices wholesale upon meeting organised resistance by a small number of plot holders. The dispute is not over as the council have warned of us of impending (presumably better thought out) Enforcement Notices. As a result, most economic activities (sales) have ground to a halt, until the matter is resolved. To put it bluntly, I'm not bothered as we'll win in the end and as a result, the land will be worth more.


My aim

I wanted to put my barge on the land to make something of it but ran into strong opposition from the authorities, in particular, a Mrs Ronson from Maidstone Planning Dept.   As a result  I'm now looking to sell the barge and make use of the land.  All suggestions welcome; allotments, events, temporary accommodations, community/family moorings, etc. It is now under offer.