Millie's Mum and Dad
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- Aug 11, 2014
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- Caravanning for 30 years, motorhome beginners
Hello all
This is a similar question to Merle of July 25th. In a month or two, we will be looking for our first motorhome, after trading in our 18’ caravan. We sort of know the layout we want but would welcome some advice.
Our budget is £30,000 tops, so we’ll be looking for secondhand. We really like the idea of going back to a full shower room at the back so will forfeit our caravan fixed bed.
We really don’t like the railway carriage seating of some MHs we’ve seen, much preferring the more comfortable caravan style softer “settee” type seats which we’ll either sleep on as singles, or make up as a double.
We really don’t like the heavy overcab look of some of the older MHs (and wouldn’t want to climb up to sleep anyway).
A fridge is a must, ideally slightly bigger than our typical 2-shelf Dometic in the caravan, and possibly a small freezer would be useful. An oven is also a must, and a microwave a possible.
Moving from an 18’ (int) caravan, we want a reasonable length MH, but probably no longer than about 7 metres.
And finally, as a rule of thumb, should we be avoiding anything older than, say, 2005/2006 or are older MHs pretty good too?
Any advice as to make and models to look out for would be extremely helpful.
This is a similar question to Merle of July 25th. In a month or two, we will be looking for our first motorhome, after trading in our 18’ caravan. We sort of know the layout we want but would welcome some advice.
Our budget is £30,000 tops, so we’ll be looking for secondhand. We really like the idea of going back to a full shower room at the back so will forfeit our caravan fixed bed.
We really don’t like the railway carriage seating of some MHs we’ve seen, much preferring the more comfortable caravan style softer “settee” type seats which we’ll either sleep on as singles, or make up as a double.
We really don’t like the heavy overcab look of some of the older MHs (and wouldn’t want to climb up to sleep anyway).
A fridge is a must, ideally slightly bigger than our typical 2-shelf Dometic in the caravan, and possibly a small freezer would be useful. An oven is also a must, and a microwave a possible.
Moving from an 18’ (int) caravan, we want a reasonable length MH, but probably no longer than about 7 metres.
And finally, as a rule of thumb, should we be avoiding anything older than, say, 2005/2006 or are older MHs pretty good too?
Any advice as to make and models to look out for would be extremely helpful.