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iv just rang adrian flux and they are fine with my van the way it is,i stated that there were no side windows and this is no problem,the only criteria they have is that it has a sleeping area,cooker,running water,dining area and fire extinguisher.

i guess they are trying to get a compremise by not insuring people to use vans with a mattress but understand and realise that the younger generation wanto have fun and cannot afford the big money campers!

Couldn't agree more about the high cost of M/homes.

I wanted a Dormobile 10,000 years ago, couldn't afford one so I built my own. I recently went into a Shiny Showroom with Mrs Bonzo and she was very taken with some unit costing £64k. It was a lovely thing except for the table that fell off while we were in it - LOL. I asked the salesman where the leisure battery was and he replied that yes, it did have a leisure battery. I repeated my question and he grudgingly showed me a 1X115A leisure battery. How they expected to power all the Do-Dads  that thing had on it I don't know.

My latest Transit is just coming up for 300k miles. Fitting it out has cost me about £700. Most of the goodies have come from Skip-Licking and from the Tip. I bought an Antares Inverter for £100 and found an Antares split charger unit on a wrecked Ambulance. The solar panels were bought as part of a Factory closing down sale. The batteries did cost me money, 2x170A Varta tractions don't come cheap. The Microwave was .99p off Ebay. The stove and grill was made out of three broken ones. The one that nearly did me in was buying the foam for the bed; that was mind-numbingly expensive. the windows came out of a scrapper Transit. I used concrete flooring insulation sheets 25 of them for a Tenner. I lined the van inside using T&G and now it looks like a Sauna inside - LOL

So, yes it can be done very cheaply and if you ever unfortunate to see an A Class Motorhome go thru a smash you'll be jolly glad that you had a bit if metal around you

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