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I did see a 7 berth TEC caravan for sale at Elitecaravans.co.uk some time ago but think its gone now,

Although these people have a lot of foreign/unusual vans in so may be worth a ring,

We got our Geist from them and we're quite pleased with the service,

Alternatively the triple bunk layout 6 berths may be what you could have and maybe someone sleep on a small airbed on the floor at the back also inbetween the triple bunks and the single bed?

As for showers, you would be filling the aquaroll up a lot, although could keep the kids occupied in the mornings.

Good luck.

P.s. I know they do 7 berth motorhomes too but they also only seem to have 6 travelling seats with seat belts, and you are also looking at upwards of £35k

We had a 6 berth avondale leda malvern which had space inbetween for an airbed when we took friends of the kids so it can be done :) 

DS decided that he didn't want to sleep with the girls so he chose to sleep in the awning so you might want to ask the older ones whether they would actually be happy in all sleeping together or would they want to have their own space in the awning.  Our ds loves having his own space so when we got our new 'van with the triple bunks he still slept outside lol.

You can get awnings with 2 2 berth annexes either end but this does then mean that you are in effect seasonal campers still.

When it comes to caravans and kids i do think you need to listen to them when it comes to sleeping arrangements lol.

I hope you find something suitable Andybrad, I have often wondered why the new triple bunks/end kids bedrooms don't have an option of putting an extra bunk over the single bed opposite the bunks to accomodate larger families,

The only other problem you may find is storage space inside for all the clothes and the weight of it all, so you may want to get a big roofbox to for your VW

If you're looking at vans with bunks you need to check the length of them & the weight they'll take.  We had a 6 berth but the upper bunks would only take up to 11st (altho I wouldn't have liked to try & put anyone that heavy up there) & one was only 5' 9" long.

We've switched back to a 5 berth to gain the extra living/seating space at the back instead of having fixed bunks because even tho we had enough beds the teens still wanted to sleep in the awning annexe.

I'd think about what mix of ages & boys/girls you have & who would be best sleeping in the awning or the car (love the sound of your car BTW).

A caravan bathroom wouldn't be much use for 7 of you & we've always found it much easier to use site facilities anyway (bigger cubicles for when you're trying to get little ones clean!).

I am sure that I heard that Hobby do a 7 berth.

NB I have just googled it. The hobby 720