Considering purchasing an exmouth holiday house
G'day guys,
As you probably picked up from the title I'm considering purchasing a holiday house in exmouth that I could move into permanently when I retire. Not for a while yet 
. Ideally it would be a house on the marina. I've got a few questions I thought I'd ask first before I dived straight in.
Firstly, I would love to get in contact with anyone who may own a similar holiday house. I'd love to here your experiences with it and some things if any I should watch out for. Happy if you would prefer to shoot me a PM and possibly discuss over the phone.
Secondly, for all of those people that travel up and down the coast staying in holiday homes (I've done my fair share lol), what are some things you look for and and prefer in your holiday houses?
Thanks in advance
sammy85
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Chest freezer is always going
Chest freezer is always going to be very handy in Exmouth
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XF347
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If it’s on the canals, I
If it’s on the canals, I would always prefer the private jetty’s. Also it’s hard with some of those houses but enough room to park your trailer and a couple of cars. The house we recently stayed in there had room for cars only out the front. Luckily there was a vacant block next to us we put our trailers on.
Riles
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Cheers for that guys.I
Cheers for that guys.
I couldn't agree more with regards to parking and a deep freezer. The last house I stayed at when we went to exmouth had plenty of room for cars and trailers and a deep freezer. The deep freezer made freezing down you catch and making ice a dream!!!
ranmar850
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I've stayed in a canal house, mate of a mates'
They are pretty small blocks. We had vacant blocks on one side, so parking was OK , but you can't rely on them staying vacant, obviously. The ones with pontoons, the bigger blocks, are the go if you want to leave the boat in the water. Be warned about the fixed landing stage type, plenty of boats have been sunk on them. Ok for a few hours, or if you keep your eye on them, but it is very easy to foul tie-up ropes on the bigger tides overnight , and sink your boat. It happened to my mate's Barcrusher on an earlier trip, and according to the crane operator who lifted him out, happened a lot. Drive around the canals and you'll see a lot of those ropes permanently tied back, or removed, so they can't be used. I've never seen an inexplicable overnight sinking on a trailer
His mate also has a big industrial shed with accommodation on one end. We stayed there last time instead of the canal house, much cheaper.
This house is a rental, and very nice, and the prices asked are a bit eye-watering. There is a lot of competition, and the occupancy rates for expensive rentals are low. Lot of people hurting over real estate up there. If you do plan to rent it out, it will be same as any fishing destination. As others have said, people want lots of beds, so they can share costs, plenty of parking, boat parking, big freezer, walking distance from the pub.