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Frosar
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Topic: Benefits on a liveaboard? Posted: 20 Jul 18 at 11:21am |
Hi! I'm looking to live on my boat - however I was wondering if I can still claim my benefits if I don't have a physical address? I've used a wage calculator to help budget for this, and we'd be very stretched for cash if we drop the benefits which is concerning me. Will I still be able to get the benefits I do even if we don't have a physical address?
Many thanks :) Edited by MerlinMags - 20 Jul 18 at 2:22pm |
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Sam.Spoons
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jul 18 at 11:58am |
If it's Income Support it appears you should be ok
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jul 18 at 2:14pm |
Hmm, looks distinctly spammy to me...
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jul 18 at 3:01pm |
You own a boat big enough to live on and yet claim benefits? I must be doing something wrong...
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Sam.Spoons
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jul 18 at 4:38pm |
Could be a narrowboat, much cheaper than a house but big enough to live on. Retired couple with a modest pension maybe? Perhaps the OP will enlighten us?
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Rusty69
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jul 18 at 7:30pm |
Narrowboats ain't particularly cheap, especially in London with a mooring.
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jul 18 at 8:16pm |
with a mooring you would have an official delivery address
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PeterG
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jul 18 at 8:04am |
Not everyone has a permanent mooring. I know someone with a narrow boat in London, certainly a lot cheaper than a house or flat, but she has to move it every 2 weeks to comply with temporary mooring conditions. As I understand it there are a lot of people in that situation.
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jul 18 at 8:56am |
How far do you have to move ?
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Sam.Spoons
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jul 18 at 9:08am |
But still significantly cheaper than a house, wherever you live. And liveaboards don't usually have/need a permanent mooring. http://www.apolloduck.com/boat.phtml?id=362389 £20k, licence/insurance/diesel, best I can find comes to around £1200-1500 p.a. and if you need a mooring that ranges from a few hundred pounds to £3k outside London. That's a little cheaper than a cheap one bed flat in Blackpool or Rhyl (very cheap areas to rent). A similar flat in London would cost upwards of £14k p.a so living on a boat is much cheaper than living in a flat or house in all but the most deprived areas. (note to self, must get a life )
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