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Quote: Originally posted by birdysbird on 27/4/2019

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Evening all,

the caravan we had arranged to view tomorrow has been sold today :( couldn't go today as was working 9-6.

We are still looking as we definitely still want to buy one.

The advice on here has been amazing and has helped us so much, i thank you all for taking the time to leave a message. When we do find another one we like, we are going to look into getting somebody to check it over for us, i think that's an excellent idea and would be our best option for our first caravan.

Thanks Navver, we have checked on log book the max weight which is 1500 and my husband passed before 1997 and he also has his class 1 licence so he should be ok. I on the other hand didn't pass my test til 2000 so not so sure that is something i will have to look into more, but im happy to leave to driving to the other half :)

thank you everybody
Julie

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Quote: Originally posted by birdysbird on 27/4/2019

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We are still looking as we definitely still want to buy one.

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 06/5/2019

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There is for and against with buying private and from a dealer. Private is probably cheaper (but not necessarily) but certainly more risky. Not least because some "private sellers" are nothing of the sort. With a private seller you have very little come-back if anything goes wrong. Buying from a dealer you have the protection of the sale-of-goods-act, even if you buy "without warranty" as we did last time.

At least £1,500 to sort out problems, Black Fox? We didn't pay that for our caravan, including fixing any problems. If it needed that much spending on it I would walk away.

a reasonable sum depending on what's included in the sale . remember that especially from dealers very little will be included , price up gas bottles ,awning, water and waste barrels etc etc etc it soon mounts up even more if you need /want a motor mover

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Quote: Originally posted by birdysbird on 28/5/2019

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Hi all,

just an update, we are still looking for a tourer. Not been as actively looking as late as we got fed up of viewing and then finding damp or spongy floors. We are still using the tent for now and hopefully the right tourer will turn up! All the advice on here has been brilliant and helped us loads. If it hadn't been for the advice on here we could maybe have ended up buying one with the back bathroom wall having damp!! Thanks to whoever recommended the damp meter :)

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