- Nov 27, 2023
- 13
- 30
- Funster No
- 100,084
- MH
- Swift Sundance 600L
- Exp
- A few months, I'm a newbie!
Hi everyone,
Seeking some help on a tough decision about our motorhome. We bought her 18 months ago for £19.5k. She's a Swift Sundance 630u, 2005, done 80,000 miles (10,000 with us). She's generally in good nick, everything works, passed MOT in July, no rust etc. although some cracks in the bathroom meaning that floor needs replacing. We are now seeking to sell her as we want to get a smaller van we can get a parking permit for in London. BUT....
We've had a couple of brokers come see it who've identified some serious damp: in the back corners and nearby floor, the right back side, and the right side of the dinette. Some of it is visible and we've seen the meter reads so they're not lying. Hard to tell how bad the damage is until it's opened up but estimates from the brokers are could be £6k. Always the chance it could be more.
So the decision... One of the brokers offered us £7k for it the other £8k. They fully accept that includes the several k for what they will need to make from profit for the sale. Before we realised the issues we had it on for £17k with occasional but fairly limited interest for a few weeks. The thought of taking a £11.5k write down is pretty galling but seems like we were probably sold a turkey. We are trying to decide do we take the offer on the table and just move on with our lives, or do we try and take it to get it repaired ourselves and sell it on in the spring, hoping to get considerably more than the 8k net. Or would it be hard to shift a van that's had damp repair anyway?
I don't have photos of the damp ATM but I guess it's fair to say the cost of repair is likely to be high and probably unknown until it's opened up...
What are people's thoughts based on experiences of damp repair? Is it realistic that we'd be opening ourselves up to a potentially limitless repair bill and we should cut and run? Or is the broker taking us for a ride and it's worth trying and we'd probably end up much better off?
Thanks everyone.
Seeking some help on a tough decision about our motorhome. We bought her 18 months ago for £19.5k. She's a Swift Sundance 630u, 2005, done 80,000 miles (10,000 with us). She's generally in good nick, everything works, passed MOT in July, no rust etc. although some cracks in the bathroom meaning that floor needs replacing. We are now seeking to sell her as we want to get a smaller van we can get a parking permit for in London. BUT....
We've had a couple of brokers come see it who've identified some serious damp: in the back corners and nearby floor, the right back side, and the right side of the dinette. Some of it is visible and we've seen the meter reads so they're not lying. Hard to tell how bad the damage is until it's opened up but estimates from the brokers are could be £6k. Always the chance it could be more.
So the decision... One of the brokers offered us £7k for it the other £8k. They fully accept that includes the several k for what they will need to make from profit for the sale. Before we realised the issues we had it on for £17k with occasional but fairly limited interest for a few weeks. The thought of taking a £11.5k write down is pretty galling but seems like we were probably sold a turkey. We are trying to decide do we take the offer on the table and just move on with our lives, or do we try and take it to get it repaired ourselves and sell it on in the spring, hoping to get considerably more than the 8k net. Or would it be hard to shift a van that's had damp repair anyway?
I don't have photos of the damp ATM but I guess it's fair to say the cost of repair is likely to be high and probably unknown until it's opened up...
What are people's thoughts based on experiences of damp repair? Is it realistic that we'd be opening ourselves up to a potentially limitless repair bill and we should cut and run? Or is the broker taking us for a ride and it's worth trying and we'd probably end up much better off?
Thanks everyone.