How much!!!???

[David72]

I’m currently thinking about buying a first MH – too old for camper vans now. The budget is up to £20000, but having doubts about what you can get for that. I could go up to £30000, although I’m not sure how I would justify that to the missus. So I have two questions.

• What is the difference between a £20000 and a £30000 motorhome – a two birth, nothing fancy? Is it worth paying 50% more? There are a lot for sale around £20000 that are over 15 years old. I’m guessing that the Nissan Primera I was driving 15 years ago went to the scrapyard long ago. Is an mh of that age a safe buy assuming I had an inspection?
• Depreciation – clearly an mh is a depreciating asset, but roughly how much does a well-cared for mh depreciate? (yes I know the obvious answer is “how long is a piece of string?”) My big worry would be rapidly losing a huge chunk of the cash.

 

[Graydo]

No Buscon ltd in Burnley, but I found the table and asked them to fit. Agreed they are great, you are not knocking stuck off the table when you try to get out from the table.

Nice one,
Yeah me too,
found it online asked for it to be incorporated into the build.
Good to see someone else building their van from scratch with their own components, only way to fly as far as I'm concerned.

You buy from a dealer you get what you're given as opposed to what you want.

Graydo

 

[Campervan_man]

Britewells sell Motorhomes at an 'actual' auction near Leominster.
Sometimes traders etc send their unwanted vans there.

 

[tonyidle]

Some say that the mid-1990's to mid-2000's Hymers are the best made and I would always recommend looking at one at your budget (and other makes). There are loads of layouts to choose from

Hymers OK up to 2007 / 2008. I bought a Hymer B584 Classic 2008. Only after research once I'd bought it did I understand that 'Classic' meant it was the earlier, more solid, construction so I guess the later designs started 2007 /2008 and were sold alongside the earlier 'Classic' models for a while.

 

[Stevewheel]

As others have said...make good use of all the experience and wisdom on this forum....we continue to find it invaluable. Regardless of your price point (and I think its a good idea to set a limit as its always easy to justify an extra few grand for "that shiny one over there") I would always advocate buying the best quality that you can. We started with a German built Dethleffs which was 10 years old when we bought it. 4 years later we traded it in and got what we paid for it. Admittedly we had put some money into it during ownership but the dealer was most keen to get hold of it, indeed, having buyers lined up. We've since moved to a PVC from a British builder and the quality is not a patch on the Dethleffs.....I think we are still OK as PVC's seem to hold their money well but theres no substitute for buying quality.