• ABNB works on a sole brokerage basis, but we do work in partnership with several boatyards that may not be themselves involved in brokerage. On making a sale a brokerage fee is charged, but there are no other charges.

• For your reassurance Paul Mudie, the principal broker is an accredited member of ABYA, the professional Association of Brokers and Yacht Agents. ABYA has a strict code of practice and rigorous minimum standards designed to ensure the highest levels of service and protection to the vendor and buyer alike.

• In the first instance we take details of your boat either by phone or by personal vist to our Crick Sales Office. This enables us to establish a rough estimate of the boat's value (although not always - particularly where the interior fitout has been carried out by an unknown or relatively unknown joiner in which case a vist to the boat can result in a revison of our paper estimate - both up and down!). If you wish to put your boat up for sale through ABNB, the full inspection takes between three and five hours. It results in a highly detailed four-page brochure, which includes layout & side view drawings, and several colour photographs. If you are reading this then you will be already familiar with our website, which is updated every week without fail (except the week between Xmas and New Year).

• ABNB reaches customers with full page advertising in the major waterways' magazines, although the boom in popularity of the internet has seen our website largely overtake the medium of print in generating interest. We also have an extensive computer database through which we can monitor customers who have already registered their needs. ABNB's emphasis is not on building a large list of narrowboats for sale; rather on personal service. We believe that it has an unsurpassed sales rate with boats lying on private moorings. ABNB is a licensed credit broker.

• ABNB operates from a canalside office at Crick Wharf (near Rugby) which offers up to eleven sales berths. Our policy is not to allow any unescorted viewing on boats on our moorings. ABNB's sales office also features a quality photo wall display of all craft we have for sale. Crick Wharf is close to the hub of the narrow canals system; and is just over one mile from M1 J18.

• ABNB exhibits at the Crick Boat Show and National Waterways Festival.

• ABNB is consistently busy during out-of-season months, when enquirers, planning ahead to the next season, tend to be more committed and particularly appreciate ABNB's system of highly detailed sales information, supported by experienced advice and personal service.

• The format of ABNB brochures is particularly effective at conveying good specification and maintenance history. Conversely this factual detail does not work so well for craft of debatable content. We will advise honestly if we think that ABNB's service is not the best for your boat.

• The brokerage service is supported by well-established administration procedures: monies paid by buyers are held in a Client Account, separate from ABNB's trading activities. Payment to owners is made promptly (the main part of the boat price is usually paid by the purchaser direct into the owner's bank account). Every step of the sale process involves clear documentation: brokerage agreement, sale agreement and bill of sale.

Paul & Lesley Mudie and ABNB team are near one of the phone numbers below seven days a week - if you would like to discuss brokerage possibilities further, please call us.

Crick Office tel: 01788 822 115 ......Fax: 01788 855 508 Mobile: 07721 378 653