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Hi there - thank you for your advice.  I have contacted them by email this morning - lets hope!

I think its the search for a cassette toilet thats really limiting my options - can a caravan without one be fitted with one, and is it a lot of money do you think?

Will keep hunting, thank you all!

FAO Alan Whittle

We are seriously looking at buying a Swift Blakemere 5 berth.  have you had any problems with yours at all?  Is there anything I should be looking at before I buy?

Hope you can help,  Ange x

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HI

We bought from Glossop Caravans.

We too wanted to spend about £1500 for a 5 berth. However after looking at countless private caravans (most with damp) we decided that buying from a dealer would offer a little more piece of mind as it came with a 3 month guarantee. Now 3 months doesnt sound much, but it is long enough to give it a full overhaul and ensure that the dreaded damp is not evident.

The caravan we fell for was a 1992 Abbey Piper 14.5 EX which was on their forecourt for £3,900. We offered £3,000 and asked them to throw an awning in which they were happy(ish) to do. We have just returned from 10 days in Sunny(not) Filey and think its brilliant. I now this is a little more than you wanted to spend, but if its any consolation - caravans appear to hold their value very well.

Good Luck with your search.

Hiya we bought one in August £1500 4 berth compass echo from Wigan Caravans which is in Ormskirk wigan. They did have a few cheap one's there tend to be cheaper than Cambells. Ours is great and in excellent condition for a 1989.

Good luck,

i got our latest from ebay. A Lovely couple in their late 30's with two children met them at their house and traveled a bout two miles to the storage site the van was as they had left it with no attempt to be made to tart it up . The deal was done at the agreed price and they even gave me £100 back (towards our first trip out) . Ok so i travelled 120 miles to see it but if thats what you have to do to get a good van at the right price!!   I think many people are worried about buying from ebay and ending up with a damp stolen wreck which is nothing like its online description. THIS IS NOT TRUE !!!!!! If as i found with the first van i bid on  you are the winning bidder agree to pay cash on collection and the caravan is not as described just walk the worst you can get is a mouthful of abuse and a negative remark on ebay!  just remember to take that damp meter with you (you only need to put the points into the paper not right through the van)

Mat Anna & Little Suzi