Mechanical and Hab checks prior to selling? (1 Viewer)

[Jac Sprat]

Gearing up to selling our Hymer - is it a good idea to have a full mechanical and habitation check before putting it on the market? Anything else we should do other than polish the fine beast?
Any advice much appreciated. Still feel like a newbie.

 

[MC 55 FUN]

I'd suggest that an up to date hab' & base vehicle service & M.O.T. would be viewed as beneficial from a prospective buyers point of view.

 

[lawry]

empty the cassette

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[Lenny HB]

Personaly I wouldn't bother as long as the damp checks are up to date. Last van we traded, previous Hymer sold privately it had never had a habitation check in it's life we had it from new. The only question we were asked from buyers was about the cam belt, it was due for a change so I knocked a couple of hundred of the price and they were happy.

 

[MR. FUSION]

empty the cassette

I looked over a MH on a dealers forecourt in Glasgow for a friend, the cassette still had 'contents' in it

 

[donnkim]

We had a habit check done plus mot but buyer decided to have their own and paid for it. So next time I will offer them a hab check by their own appointed engineer and might offer to pay half!!
IMO they are a complete waste of £125+.

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[Puddleduck]

We had a habit check done plus mot but buyer decided to have their own and paid for it. So next time I will offer them a hab check by their own appointed engineer and might offer to pay half!!
IMO they are a complete waste of £125+.

That's what we offered when we tried to sell the old van privately. As it was we traded it in, for a very good price, everything was up to date mechanically and they did a hab check whilst we were there (previous one was 6 months old).

As a buyer I would want to see the FSH, hab and cab and also want to have my own damp check done.