Selling Boat with Osmosis

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What are the views of the forum on whether it is better to have the osmosis cured before selling a boat or to sell in its osmotic state. Which is likely to achieve the overall better value for the seller.
 
If you reduce price by the cost of treatment the risk transfers to the buyer, the problem is will you find a buyer prepared to take it on? I would personally be sceptical about buying any boat that had been treated without overseeing the treatment myself and therefore would be unlikely to pay the premium for a treated boat. That however is only my view as somebody who has treated osmosis on my own boat. I would try and sell at
a price that reflects the need for treatment, you may broaden the market and find somebody prepared to live with the osmosis for the pleasure of buying a relatively cheap boat.

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depends on value of boat,
how bad the osmosis is (that is if it actually exists at all)

I know of two boats that had been condemned by surveyors as having osmosis, (blisters removed during survey) no evidence was visible to mere mortals before or after surveys and not since despite the years of sailing....
 
I bought a boat with osmosis, at a suitable reduction in price, and have no intention of getting it 'fixed' as it will see me out. For me it just means that I got a cheap boat to enjoy.
 
Don't fix the Osmosis, you will not recoup the cost assuming it is an average type of boat. If it is an expensive class of yacht, that would sell second hand for +£150k then it may be worthwhile having it fixed.
 
The boat I currently have, apparently had osmosis - the broker let me look at a survey done for a potential purchaser who then pulled out. I made a silly offer, subject to survey, and had 2 surveys done, one by a respected local surveyor and my then neighbour who had just completed a yacht surveying course as part of a redundancy deal. Both my surveys said there was NO osmosis but there was some 'wicking', which was not at all serious. I ended up with a good boat.
 
I rather suspect the cost will outweigh any difference in sale value . I had my rudder treated and didn't recoup the cost but at least I didn't lose another prospective purchaser after the first was scared off by a damp rudder. Another factor is the scarcity of your boat and competition in market and whether presence of osmosis is endemic in breed and others have had treatment
Maybe if the class has an owners club advice from that source might be more focus send though before you do more
The op doesn't say how critical a sale is and timescales in mind which my also drive need to sell
I remember being in a yard seeing a retired couple treating an osmotic hull and they really seemed to hAve the love skill and time to diy the circling and drilling out so I am sure there must be others out there who would take on task on a Diy basis and save money on your pp to reflect this investment
Best of luck with sale plans
 
Yes. The answers are all on the money. Gone are the days of panic and refurbishment.
I've had a boat with some early signs of osmosis and worked on a friend's boat with it. Neither of us did anything at all about it and the situation didn't escalate.

As has been pointed out, many purchasers see it as a financial bonus rather than a DIY project.

The answer is not to try an forsee the outcome. Just try advertising as it is.
Is the osmosis bad or is it only because a survey has highlighted it?
If it's bad you need to mention it. But I would say if it's not obvious then the purchaser should either pick it up or not. His surveyor may be more or less sensitive to osmosis than some, so it may be flagged up or not.

I would advertise it as "signs of slight osmosis" or something as vague. It may be you are damning the boat without reason otherwise.
 
Many river boats, particularly older ones, have osmosis and they sell time and time again with no real impact on price from what I can see. It is rarely an option to bother treating but then I guess that many are at the lower end of the value range. Our first boat had blisters when we bought and a few more when we sold but it didn't affect either transaction.
 
I have just sold my boat which the surveyor said had signs of blistering around the bilge keels and rudder. He suggested that it was lifted out again after a year or two to keep it under observation. The broker suggested I reduce the price by £500 to pay for a couple of lift outs. This I did and the purchaser was very happy with that. I sold the boat for £27500
 
Some Hunter boats(I had one) used a different batch of resin and some of the boats were treated at Hunter's cost. However this did not mean that they had osmosis that produced bubbles or significant wicking.My boat showed some readings above normal for the age of the boat. I reduced the cost to the purchaser. He never had it treated and sold it 3 years later through the same broker.I spoke to the new owner and he said that there was no osmosis on the survey that he had done.I always wandered about my purchaser's survey .
 
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