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Sounds like a good idea to me. We would never be able to afford a MH and are just very lucky as you know the in laws lend us theirs (we use it more than them!) We think its mad the amount of time the MH just sits on their drive unused. We love taking it to France for our main holiday but it does change things as you cant just get in the car and go to the shops etc so you need to think about how you feel being on site more or pick your sites carefully. We tend to use UK sites with a bus stop nearby/pubs/shops etc. We do take our bikes too which gives us some more freedom.

I'm sure if rental was reasonable lots of people would be interested. MHs are a big investment as I'm sure you know.  If you are only using it for your main holiday and weekends not making a profit you also have to take into account the depreciation. My advice would be dont buy brand new, the inlaws MH cost them £44k (gulp!) but it only had 1500 miles on the clock and was 13 months old. The first owner had paid for extras like solar panels on the roof/ passenger door, upgraded upholstery etc and new it cost him 62k so he lost 18k!! Apparently money wasnt an issue and he bought the exact same van but in the new gold sides Burstner do the Aviano in!!! When the inlaws had it service recently they saw some identical models on the dealer forecourt for more than they paid 18 months ago so I think they are like new cars and loose most of their money in the first 12 months.

 We're off to the NEC next month to drool over the new models.

You might find you would use it more than you think as it is so easy to get away for the weekend compared to tent camping. On the minus side the fuel consumption is scarey!!

Insurance premiums are not pretty by all accounts and the excesses eye watering.  I have recently read a post somewhere about somebody who rented out their motorhome and regretted every minute of it.  The main gripe was that other people just don't care about your pride and joy, why doesn't that surprise me?

Ali

have you ever been a landlord .?

we were in scotland last week parked next to a hire van they were both smoking in the van ,they did have the windows open ,big sign in van saying no smoking.

if it was a good deal to buy to let we all wood have one or two .