Houseboat Accommodation

DEFERRED PAYMENT SALE TO GRAB:
DOWN PAYMENT: €19,750 + INSTALLMENTS: €458 PER MONTH FOR 10 YEARS (120 MONTHS) OR FULL PAYMENT: €74,750

RARE! This habitable barge built in 1928 by Chantier des Deux Saintes, measuring 39 meters in length by 5 meters in width, is located between Reims and Soissons in Aisne (02).

The barge features the boatman's accommodation in the center, in its original oak condition. Only 2 or 3 boats of this model remain. It therefore has 2 separate holds.

Entry is through the front hold, converted into a habitable apartment: a 50 m² living room including a kitchen equipped with appliances (electric cooktop, fridge-freezer, washing machine, and dishwasher), and the lounge area. A wood stove (France Turbo) installed in 2011 heats the entire space.

An economical electric heating system (2004), which can also serve as air conditioning, is installed. Light is provided by polished brass round portholes and a skylight (to be replaced? leaks during storms).
The front peak is separated from the kitchen by a watertight door and fitted out as a pantry and wood storage.

A 10 m² cabin with a porthole (same model), heated either by the wood stove's radiation or by the same reversible air conditioning system (see main room).
A bathroom (10 m²) with bathtub and shower (to be replaced) + a dressing room and a porthole.

Adjacent is the captain's cabin (renovations needed, especially insulation) (also with independent external access), in original oak, with an original cupboard bed (view outside), a central room that can be used as an office/library. Two rear windows. Possibility to install a wood stove.

Below the accommodation: an isolated and closed technical area, including a 150-liter electric water heater, a 1000-liter water tank, a tank for wastewater treatment. Possibility to install the washing machine, water inlet and outlet prepared. A black water treatment system still needs to be installed.

An empty hold (about 50 m²) remains to be fitted out (insulation, electricity, creation of a shower room?). Many possibilities, polished brass round portholes installed, floors laid. Ideal for conversion into an additional bedroom or guest rooms or independent apartment.

The barge also has a canopy including the pilot station, and the sailor's apartment in its original condition (renovations needed, especially insulation) with direct access from the hold to be fitted out.

A 40 m² wooden terrace, very accessible, is installed on the fitted apartment.

A rowboat, ropes, life jackets, buoys, fire extinguishers...

The community ownership is valid until August 6, 2024. The ten-year inspection will thus need to be arranged and covered by the buyer.

The bottom of the barge was reinforced in 2004, with port and starboard hull plates refurbished in 2014.
To be expected: exterior painting, replacement of the slatted floor in the living room, replacement of the current bathroom shower, insulation of the central cabin, completion of the second hold’s fitting out, creation of another shower room, installation of a black water treatment system, renovation of the cabin boy's cabin and the canopy.

VHF radio with license.

Current mooring fees amount to €2,621 (€218/month), including mooring fees as well as water and electricity (2023 rate).

This barge was acquired in 2009 and €80,000 of maintenance work has been carried out since.

You purchase this vessel through price spreading without bank loans. You will be the sole owner as soon as the sale is signed. Sale deed fees are included in the down payment price (lawyer, mortgage...).

For any information or to schedule a visit, contact us by email at viager.bateaux@gmail.com or call: 06-07-33-75-35 (If unavailable, please contact us via WHATSAPP at the same number). Thank you!