Motorhome Damp Issue in Potential Purchase (1 Viewer)

[Mattio]

We are looking to buy privately and have had a check done on a potential purchase. This has shown damp in the outside storage areas which the owner says is due to pressure washing around the outside doors. The garage is quite big and you can climb into it to access the floor. It's 11 years old and otherwise in really good condition and now I don't know if I should walk away (it's the only one we've found that fits our wish list) or ask them to get it dried and fixed. I've added a couple of boxes to show where the garage doors and outside storage is. What do you all think? Thanks

 

[MisterB]

if you have the skills and time to do it and the price is right, then you could consider it BUT the price would reflect that. If it were me, i would always be thinking about the issue, will it come back, how bad is it etc and for that reason i would reject it, no matter how cheap, even if it was seriously under market value. That doesnt mean you should, but you need to consider any potential losses should you decide to sell a couple of years down the line.

with regards to pressure washing, if its the seals around the locker doors and windows, then they can be resealed but you dont know the extent of the damage behind the external skin.

 

[Mzracer]

We are looking to buy privately and have had a check done on a potential purchase. This has shown damp in the outside storage areas which the owner says is due to pressure washing around the outside doors. The garage is quite big and you can climb into it to access the floor. It's 11 years old and otherwise in really good condition and now I don't know if I should walk away (it's the only one we've found that fits our wish list) or ask them to get it dried and fixed. I've added a couple of boxes to show where the garage doors and outside storage is. What do you all think? Thanks
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Walk away.

 

[Lenny HB]

A lot of the high readings look like they are near body joints, I'd run a mile.
A owner that admits to pressure washing a van would have me running away, something you should never do to a van.

 

[Grasmere9]

There are lots of motorhomes out there...I would walk away! You don't need to be talking hindsight a few months down the line.
I recommend you give Simon Select a call.

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[1967bowesj]

Theres 4 areas showing above what looks like the inspectores red flag number 15. If the seller "knows" they have been causing damp by using a jet wash why did they continue. The rear garage could be caused by any number of things. The off side front is most likely the vertical seal or the access hatch seal. The door area could be anything. As misterb says if you handy it could be worth the gamble but the fact you asking on here suggests you not looking to do the work yourself so you need to factor in the repairs which could very quickly mount up as you will not know the true extent of the damage till its all opened up.

 

[Brize]

Walk away. Would never pressure wash a van. You may regret it later if you don't.

 

[Simon Select]

We never pressure wash our vans. Way too aggressive on seals etc!
The 46% would concern me.

 

[Stag man]

It’s the readings on the rear which would worry me the most.
True, the problem could be caused by the garage seals leaking BUT directly above those high readings are the vertical corner joints and these (if leaking) will happily spread moisture over both rear quarters
This is not the sort of job which can be sorted by applying a bit of new mastic and/or replacing a few seals
At worst, the back end will need ripping out (from the inside) to see what is going on, not a job for the faint hearted
WALK
BTW - the only thing I use a pressure washer for is to clean patio slabs