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Ben Harp Narrowboats

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    Ben Harp Narrowboats
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  1. Hi There, Read you post regarding a new build and thought i would offer some help. Our customers who are liveaboards go for a narrowboat between 58 and 60 ft. We seem the get more customers looking for a 60ft narrowboat now as storage is an important issue when living aboard. You do need to consider where abouts you will be crusing and as mentioned the cost of moorings and licences are higher the longer the narrowboat. We have just completed a 60ft which will be going in Water Ways world in the Feb or March issue. This customer lives aboard on his own but still requested storage to be the most important thing in his design. He has had a 60ft narrowboat but it has not all been used up as cabin space because he wanted a larger deck to use and because he thought it looks nicer. Please visit the website if you would like anymore information or contact me. www.benharpnarrowboats.co.uk Thanks Kelly
  2. http://nb4evermoore.blogspot.com/ click to see the build of narrow boat 4 Ever Moore.
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  4. Hi All, Just like to introduce my self this time after the misunderstanding before. I am from Ben Harp Narrowboats, Great Haywood, Stafford. We build bespoke and spec boats using Tyler hulls and paint work by Andy Russell. If i can answer any questions relating to people wanting new builds etc.. please contact me. Thanks for your time, Kelly Harp
  5. We are a small company who concentrate on putting our customers first. Quality, detail and excellence in craftmanship comes as standard to all our boats. We use the award winning hulls from Tyler/Wilson and have all our boats painted and signwritten by Andy Russell. Our recent boat (sept2007) will be on test in waterways world very soon, keep an eye out! If you would like anymore information contact us on 01785 251494/ben.harp@ntlworld.com or visit the website www.benharpnarrowboats.co.uk We can offer customers a viewing on our boat in build or completed boat , appointment only.
  6. Hi Gary, We mainly get requests for narrowboats rather than wide beams or dutch barges due to the area we live in. We are based on the Trent and Mersey so bigger boats are not an option. Not saying that we do not like the bigger boats though and would build one if a customer wanted us too. We mainly concentrate on the quality of our boats rather than weird designs etc.. I think there is far too many budget narrowboat companies building boats at the moment and customers are only keeping them for a year so the brokerage companies end up with a big glut of them. Customers want quality boats at a reasonable price. Everyone has such a different opinion though so thats why there is now such a lot of different builders about. Kelly
  7. Hi Are you looking at buying this boat? Cauldon are based in stoke-on-trent, they usually advertise in one of the magazines. Kelly
  8. Hi Ben, From my experience the marine mortgages do work the same as a regular but they have more risk and so usually ask for a bigger deposit. Barclays offer a good service and are helpful when explaining the differences to a regular mortgage. Hope this helps if you have not looked into it yet. Kelly
  9. Hi Ken, You did well then getting the good weather, did you enjoy your trip. I will pass the message on to Bill. You will be ok in October if the weather stays like it is now. (Thats if its nice where you live). Kelly
  10. Hi There,Thanks for the good feedback, i will be sticking around as i can be some use to people from my experience. The blogs look very useful for people looking to have a new build or even self build so i will make sure our customers add one. I can understand why people would not be happy for companies to use this site of it does not interest them but by looking myself i can see a huge amount that will find it very useful for the future.Kelly HiYes the paintwork is excellent, Andy Russell is very skilled at his work and i would recommend him to anyone looking for a painter. Kelly
  11. Hi Ken, Nice to hear from you. Are you enjoying boating still? Our previous customer was looking at posting his photos on the site now his boat is completed and our next customer is in the process if collecting his photos to start a blog. I noticed a lot more boat builders are on this site and thought i would add our details so that people know who were are and can ask me any questions they may have. I will pass your message to Bill and Lorraine. Kelly
  12. Hi Everyone , I do apologise for that, i will make sure i give advice to people from now on. I wanted to help people who are interested in buying a new boat and noticed our company name was not coming up very often. Thanks Kelly
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