Hi All,
We've just joined as looking for ideas, help and inspiration as to what to buy as our 1st Motorhome.
We have a tick list, as everyone does and as it will be our home for a few years we need to get it right, as it will be an expensive mistake if we get it wrong
Our story - We have just put our house on the market as we want to retire early, downsize, buy a MH and tour Europe with our 4 dogs for a few years. So we need something big, comfortable but not a big gas guzzler. To get an idea of what we're looking at.... we like the look of the Swift Kontiki 679, Bessacarr 769, Autotrail Chieftain, Frankia 840bd, Burstner i821, Burstner Argos a747-2, Dethleffs Espirit A-7870-2.
We're thinking a LHD would be better as we will be doing virtually all continental driving, but then consider that it will probably be harder to sell on again later.
We want one with a fixed bed over a large garage preferably with a door from the garage, so we can utilise it as a bedroom for a couple of the dogs at night so it still feels like they are with us.
There seem to be so many European MH's that don't have proper kitchens/cookers, so we've picked ones that have good facilities.
As it will be a home from home we want a comfortable living space, so want more sofa like living area as opposed to a dinette and one sofa set up.
Would like a full length pull out awning to create more living space.
We've been looking at the mobile.de site as there is alot more choice of what we're looking for on there, but not sure how easy it is to buy abroad?
We're looking for something not too old and up to £80k. Would push up to £100k for the total dream machine.
We will be scouring the site for help as it is all quite mind blowing and we really want to get it right
Thanks for reading
Michelle, Ian and pack
We've just joined as looking for ideas, help and inspiration as to what to buy as our 1st Motorhome.
We have a tick list, as everyone does and as it will be our home for a few years we need to get it right, as it will be an expensive mistake if we get it wrong
Our story - We have just put our house on the market as we want to retire early, downsize, buy a MH and tour Europe with our 4 dogs for a few years. So we need something big, comfortable but not a big gas guzzler. To get an idea of what we're looking at.... we like the look of the Swift Kontiki 679, Bessacarr 769, Autotrail Chieftain, Frankia 840bd, Burstner i821, Burstner Argos a747-2, Dethleffs Espirit A-7870-2.
We're thinking a LHD would be better as we will be doing virtually all continental driving, but then consider that it will probably be harder to sell on again later.
We want one with a fixed bed over a large garage preferably with a door from the garage, so we can utilise it as a bedroom for a couple of the dogs at night so it still feels like they are with us.
There seem to be so many European MH's that don't have proper kitchens/cookers, so we've picked ones that have good facilities.
As it will be a home from home we want a comfortable living space, so want more sofa like living area as opposed to a dinette and one sofa set up.
Would like a full length pull out awning to create more living space.
We've been looking at the mobile.de site as there is alot more choice of what we're looking for on there, but not sure how easy it is to buy abroad?
We're looking for something not too old and up to £80k. Would push up to £100k for the total dream machine.
We will be scouring the site for help as it is all quite mind blowing and we really want to get it right
Thanks for reading
Michelle, Ian and pack