Lowdhams

I live 5 miles from that organisation, all I will say is that I take my Chausson over 50 miles away to have it’s annual service, I wouldn’t trust them to even check the tyre pressures!

River Motorhomes did the habitation check while I waited, Lowdham wanted it for a week.

People I know of locally say the purchase transaction was fine, aftersales awful.

A few years ago a chap parked his van on the lay-by outside their premises with a large sign listing all the difficulties he had with the company, he slept in it until the publicity caused them to take action.

If I was buying locally my enquiries would be in the direction of SMC in Newark and Camper UK in Lincoln.

We have bought a caravan and a motorhome from them in the past. We have also bought a motorhome from another outlet. I think that it is fair to say that you will get issues, hopefully minor, with any leisure vehicle you buy. A few years ago I would have said that Lowdhams were good with sales and average with after sales. In the past two years they seem to have massively upped their game. We find them very helpful indeed. Yes, the rally field and discounts in the store and cafe are a bonus. Would we buy from them again? Yes.
Good luck with your purchases.

We knew what we wanted, but it was over our budget. A smart receptionist mentioned they also had an 18 month old demo vehicle that was going to be sold at the end of the season. We bought it at a considerable discount. It came with zero warranties, which given the issues we found was probably just as well, we were aware of some of the issues, such as a knackered TV, and many other strange things that had been done, or not done, to the vehicle. However only dishonest item was found two years later, when having a scratch resprayed the painter pointed out major damage had been (very expertly) repaired, probably by shipping the van back to Hymer in Germany. We were not told. But they must have known. Next time, I'd not take ANY after sales service from the company, and I'd have an independent expert look at any vehicle, even a new one.