Newbie!... £5k budget (1 Viewer)

[Bebopped]

Hi All,
I have been hankering after a motorhome for years. Would like to get a van around £5k to renovate.
Could anyone please advise me on this particular van?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/campervan...elddis-autoquest-4-berth-motorhome/1263298535

Many thanks

 

[Jim]

Hi, your thread has just gone public. Sorry about the delay but we moderate newbies posts if they have a link in them. I hope you get the advice you need.

 

[Wildbill]

Hi All,
I have been hankering after a motorhome for years. Would like to get a van around £5k to renovate.
Could anyone please advise me on this particular van?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/campervan...elddis-autoquest-4-berth-motorhome/1263298535

Many thanks

hi unless you are good with your hands view it pock it mot check it then do it agene to make sure
saying that I just bought a van with out even looking at it
bill

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[irnbru]

Take a damp meter with you and test it for damp.

If you can get the ref no do a free online mot history check.

Sounds a good well kept van. Good luck

 

[Hollyberry]

Hi. I agree with @irnbru, it looks clean and well cared for but check out it's genuine, registered to address where you view it.
Also look underneath for rust and inside for damp, including under the carpet, at the sides of seats and inside cupboards.

Good luck, if it's in good condition it'll be a nice first van.
And to Fun.

 

[Bebopped]

Thanks everyone! I shall certainly take on your advice, I shall keep you posted. .

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[The Wino]

Looks a bit over shiny to me I'm a glass half empty person I wonder if its been tarted up

 

[Lenny HB]

Damp is your biggest enemy, small damp areas are repairable but if there is a significant amount it could cost more to repair than the van is worth. Check the floor as well as the walls.

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[WynandJean]

Hello and welcome from West Midlands.



Wyn

 

[Bebopped]

Thank you again. We are viewing it today.

 

[davidbaldam]

Hi and welcome to FUN.

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[SuperMike]

As said, damp is the killer. Take a damp meter and also stick your nose in every corner and cupboard, for mustiness. Roll around underneath and give the floor a serious dig. It's either been very well cared for, which would be great, or a mess very well cleaned up. If it's the former then it's a good buy, but still worth a haggle.

 

[Dan and Jan]

Hello and welcome from Scotland. Good luck with your van.

 

[Rob and Val]

and a warm welcome from us.

Make sure you give it a good road test. A test drive should not be just along a straight, flat road. You want to try it out on hills – up and down – and to drive it around corners – left and right. It should be driven on at least one stretch of dual carriageway or motorway to get it up to a decent speed. You would need to road test it for between 15 and 30 minutes.

Hope all goes well.

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[busby]

If it needs bodywork,,i.e. welding etc just remember it is very very expensive,,,BUSBY,,

 

[Cat53]

Hello. We started off with a leaky rust bucket called Winnie. She still took us to Poland and back though and despite an alternator failure in Germany, we still had a great holiday.....but this last one in our newer Motorhome, Flo, was fantastic. So go for. No advice from me. Just happy travelling.

 

[Northernraider]

The add says no longer available so if you didn't buy it I think someone else has

I didn't get to see the add, but as others said a Mot history check is invaluable there were a few fairly new vans I viewed that the Mot check put me right off, if something has been advised for a free years in a row and not fixed it gives a good idea how fussy the owner is, I like a clean mirror sheet each year.... Advisories get fixed aswell as the fails