Writing to all agony aunts(and uncles) out there No motorhome fun at the moment. We had our transit converted motorhome set on fire on 18th Feb a total loss which ended our new adventure before it really started. Bought the van in 2012 and spent 3 months totally restoring and upgrading it before the conversion even started. then 6 months completing all the internal work and having it changed with DVLA to motor caravan. We retired in August and the adventure began, we had a brilliant couple of months before the weather broke learning the ropes about motorhoming etc. Especially the two of us erecting the new drive away awning which took us nearly an hour to kind of put up. We even had poles left over? Kept the neighbours on site in fits.
Now for the depression. We dont know what we`ll get back from insurance as we did not have an agreed figure and have been told that we will only get the market value of van as all the money spent to upgrade vehicle would be classed as maintenance. And because of totally incinerated habitation area, only my pictures of inside were evidence of work. And as such they would look at local ads to determine value There doesn`t seem to be any thought about money invested to improve the quality of this vehicle Hopefully we will get enough back to maybe start again, even dropping to a low value van Will post the ongoing saga as it happens. Anybody had same situation and what about insurance now?
Thanks for reading ....Bruce and Irene
Now for the depression. We dont know what we`ll get back from insurance as we did not have an agreed figure and have been told that we will only get the market value of van as all the money spent to upgrade vehicle would be classed as maintenance. And because of totally incinerated habitation area, only my pictures of inside were evidence of work. And as such they would look at local ads to determine value There doesn`t seem to be any thought about money invested to improve the quality of this vehicle Hopefully we will get enough back to maybe start again, even dropping to a low value van Will post the ongoing saga as it happens. Anybody had same situation and what about insurance now?
Thanks for reading ....Bruce and Irene