Way Back In November 2020,

I made this post,

you might remember this photograph I took when Steve, Kai, Diana and myself took a walk from Greenwich to the Emirates Air Line and crossed the River Thames, back in July 2016, whilst taking this photograph I thought it was going to become a floating attraction, it is the East Goodwin light ship,

this is her on station,

now retired she is up for sale, not as a floating attraction, but as a home, photographs via River Homes, who are also the agents,

situated at the Royal Victoria Dock, Rayleigh Road, West Silvertown, E16.she is in a great place for commuting into town,

onboard you will have 6 bedrooms, four of which are crew cabins, complete with the original 1930's mahogany furniture, one of them en suite,

also 2 reception rooms and 2 bathrooms, and a huge kitchen, built in 1936, she is 134 feet long, with a beam of 25 feet weighing in at 519 gross tonnes,

the stern houses the large skipper's cabin and separate storeroom and a new master cabin and bathroom occupies the top level of the wheelhouse, the large open space galley and messroom are fitted with iconic English Rose furniture, at over 75 square meters the former engine room provides an amazing and versatile space as a studio and for entertaining. Further large and flexible spaces are found in the former cable store, now a daylight studio, and the upper store, now used as office space. There is vast storage space available throughout the vessel, breath taking views over the docks can be enjoyed from the lighthouse tower rising 45 feet from the water level, all all aspects of the refit have been at length researched through an extensive collection of photographs and ship drawings spanning the entire work life of the light vessel, from its construction in 1938 to its retirement from service as a North Sea lighthouse in 2004, all replacement lighting, doors, timbers, portholes and fittings have been sourced from marine and architectural salvage firms or directly from shipyards, would I like to live there? as a matter of fact I would, all I have to do is write out a cheque for the guide price of £700,000, but I think Diana would not like a life afloat, so I had better cancel the cheque!

 

but it seems that a life on board ship does not appeal to many, I have just seen the latest listing for the above home/vessel, listed at On The Market, it appears that in the last 2 years there has not been a lot of interest in the vessel, the price has gone down from the asking price of £700,000 to £595,000 which seems pretty good for a 6 bedroom home so close to London, but there it is, no takers, so do I get my cheque book out now, or wait for it to drop another £105,000 in the next 2 years?