JohnK Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Hi everyone, We’ve been visiting the Broads for years. We’ve had boating holidays, rented riverside cottages, hired day boats etc etc. Over the last couple of years we’ve kept a caravan in the area. Our plan now is to buy a little riverside cottage with a boat. I’m pretty sure I’ll have a million questions so feel free to tell me to shut up anytime Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound2Please Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 A very warm to the forum JohnK, from me and the Wench (some call her Inge), if you have questions ask away. As i'm sure some one on here will be able to answer it. Charlie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 John K from me there are some properties in Potter that may be of interest . Ian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riyadhcrew Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 JohnK. The more questions - the better - it gets our little brain cells working. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Hello John welcome to the forum, ask away forum member like a challenge Regards Alan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Welcome, sounds like you plan to 'Live the dream' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 A warm welcome aboard from us, JohnK! (And to the ever growing number of Johns on the forum!). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Mouse Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Hi Ask as many questions as you want. We are fairly new at to owning a boat and even the simple questions on the forums have helped us a lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Thanks very much for the warm welcome. We are going through buying somewhere but don’t want to jinx it so more detail later First (daft?) question is the riverside cottages that are built wooden piles ... are the piles driven in? Dug out and concreted? Some other sort of construction?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Driven in, I think, others will know for sure. The ground is really soft so you see new piles being put in from time to time. More methods may be coming in as technology improves I suppose, some of the big riverside houses in Horning seem pretty solid compared with their neighbouring bungalows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQ Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Many are on wooden piles driven in, some have had this replaced by steel piling, I have seen some on horizontal railway sleepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 1 hour ago, JohnK said: Thanks very much for the warm welcome. We are going through buying somewhere but don’t want to jinx it so more detail later First (daft?) question is the riverside cottages that are built wooden piles ... are the piles driven in? Dug out and concreted? Some other sort of construction? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hi John, Some of the later built waterfront houses are built on metal piles that are also concreted into the ground, these can be seen at Horning, Brundall to name but a few locations. Many of the properties are raised off of the ground to help prevent flooding. Sadly the floods in 2010 effected many properties. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Thanks everyone. I was hoping there was a single answer. Guess I’ll have to stop being lazy and figure it out if we ever get in!It’s built on 8” -12” square posts and raised a couple of feet above the ground. But I have no idea what’s at the bottom of the posts underground. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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