Buying a used moho. (1 Viewer)

[mushy]

We have just sold our moho and are looking for another, however we are getting slightly disillusioned with our search. We have enquired about a few but they all seem to be showing various amounts of damp. Is this a sign of motors that have been standing for too long during the pandemic or is it how it has always been. We have a budget of £30-40.000 which gives us roughly vans from 2016 onwards.Maybe we are being naive to think we could buy one without damp for that price. One we saw that had damp was estimated between £500- 1000 for repairs but as we all know, that estimate could double depending what they find. Any advice would be most welcome.

 

[mitzimad]

why would a dealer sell a motorhome without repairing it first? personally the only reason would be he knows theres more to find i wouldnt buy a moho with any signs of damp

 

[mushy]

We have looked at private and brokers more than trade.

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[CazPaul]

Don’t even consider anything with damp especially when they say it will cost a certain amount to repair, they haven’t a clue.

 

[ToBoldlyGo]

We have just sold our moho and are looking for another, however we are getting slightly disillusioned with our search. We have enquired about a few but they all seem to be showing various amounts of damp. Is this a sign of motors that have been standing for too long during the pandemic or is it how it has always been. We have a budget of £30-40.000 which gives us roughly vans from 2016 onwards.Maybe we are being naive to think we could buy one without damp for that price. One we saw that had damp was estimated between £500- 1000 for repairs but as we all know, that estimate could double depending what they find. Any advice would be most welcome.

I'd take £500 for a damp fix with a large pinch of salt, you could easily spend 10=20 times that if it's widespread and difficult to get at. Regardless of how much you'll be paying you should not expect any damp at all in a vehicle. If buying privately I'd always get an MCEA engineer to do a pre-purchase inspection which will include a damp check.