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Been to view a 1999 Elddis Typhoon GTX in Romford this morning item number; 110828630865 on Ebay.

Behind curtain just above cushion back, wall was so bubbled that when husband put the damp meter there it caused the water to actually seep out of the wallpaper and  trickle down the wall.

Owner played ignorant.

Makes me quiet proud of my oldie/crappie that is dry.

Thanks, wasn't sure if post would be removed with a link.

Maybe we ought to have a sticky thread where members can post about vans to be avoided due to damp, might save a lot of heartache for some.

Quote: Originally posted by freckles63 on 26/2/2012

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Thanks, wasn't sure if post would be removed with a link.

Maybe we ought to have a sticky thread where members can post about vans to be avoided due to damp, might save a lot of heartache for some.

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Luke - doubt you will get a reply while it is still active as it finishes very soon, they may reply to you afterwards thinking you're interested.

Caz - glad you aggree with me, we could have a map showing all the damp caravans to avoid like the virtual brochure for your campsites, sure members would update it after viewing one as we did today, just don't want anyone to be fobbed off with a nightmare.

It's not such a concern when you have a van already and not in such a hurry to find another but if you're looking for your first ever caravan and getting despondant you could fall fail.

Tentz - exactly why we viewed before bidding armed with damp meter, not far but caught in very bad traffic, it's certainly opened our eyes up to what is a bad damp problem and we won't be getting rid of our crappie in a hurry until a good one comes along.

To be honest not sure the woman did know about the damp as it was sat on her MIL's drive, she said she had inheritated the van.

Our gulfstream is booked in for a service mid March, I will stop looking after that unless it's really local.