longjohnsilver
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Please tell us more, are these UK or abroad?
Buying A Berth
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Please tell us more, are these UK or abroad?
Tranona
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This seems very simplistic and a sweeping generalisation.
Another generalisation, but it is almost impossible to hold freehold rights on a mooring as the seabed or river bed owner - usually the Crown or a statutory authority such as a water company, harbour authority, National Trust etc has those rights. It then grants leases or licences to others to lay moorings for commercial or private use. It is possible - indeed quite normal for shoreside facilities to be owned freehold and such freehold may also include a right to a lease on moorings. For example ourr club owns the freehold on its shoreside facilities up to and including the harbour wall. The marina including the bund walls is subject to a 999 year lease from the Harbour Commissioners.
The sort of facilities you are talking about rarely come on the market (unless you have found a new and secret source) and their value depends on the specific nature of the rights on offer.
There is a useful summary of mooring and anchoring ownership and rights on the RYA site.
ProDave
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Interesting thread.
Here's a house with mooring for sale, not too far from me. http://www.hspc.co.uk/details.asp?id=40988
You have to register (free) to view the full details. But basically it's a detached house that has a separate garden (the other side of the road) going down to the beach.
There's what looks to a be a running mooring laid. There is a small stone pier in the photo's but I don't think that is part of the sale.
As to who owns the freehold of the sea bed it does not say, or what lease agreements may be in place.
It leads out straight to the Moray Firth, oh and there looks to be a few rocks to avoid on the way out.
Here's a house with mooring for sale, not too far from me. http://www.hspc.co.uk/details.asp?id=40988
You have to register (free) to view the full details. But basically it's a detached house that has a separate garden (the other side of the road) going down to the beach.
There's what looks to a be a running mooring laid. There is a small stone pier in the photo's but I don't think that is part of the sale.
As to who owns the freehold of the sea bed it does not say, or what lease agreements may be in place.
It leads out straight to the Moray Firth, oh and there looks to be a few rocks to avoid on the way out.
