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Quote: Originally posted by cliffbrown on 07/1/2011

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As we said previously we were not aware the damp test was separate from the service and trusted what we were being told,the caravan looked fine and we didnt know what to look for,we would have thought damp would have to be mentioned on the service report,dont worry we have learnt a painful lesson,we wont try and sell it on as unlike alot of others have got morals,even some dealers cannot be trusted,we will pay for i hpi check

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Its a dreadful feeling - finding damp - especially if you first discover it when in the van during a wild wet windy holiday in Wales.  It ruins your holiday of course.  And you start to dream about damp and your dreams get more vivid and bizarre...but always about damp.  You wake up with a sinking feeling about damp, you go to bed exhausted still thinking about damp.  You fall out with your OH about damp.  You get angry with yourself about damp.  You get angry about having had your leg lifted by someone who knew they were selling you a van with damp.  How do they sleep at night?  A darned sight better than you do it seems.  You even contemplate dropping it on someone else.....but then you'd always be looking over your shoulder wouldn't you?

You finally get so angry that you make a conscious decision to get it sorted....so you dismantle around the damp area in the van....its either going to be something so drastic you've got to scrap the van....or something even you can sort out.......but sort it you will....

Jenny