Selling reluctantly

Can not help because of lack of experience in what. You ask but wanted to say sorry to read you have had to hang up your wheels. I have much enjoyed your videos in the past and they were much appeared. Best of luck.

peedee

Sorry to read about your health. Your posts on here have always been valuable.

A good friend has just sold a van to  We buy any van.com. They valued  it, offered a price which he accepted, the money was into his bank account within 20 minutes and the vehicle handed over.

Now that was a plain van, but they buy motorhomes as well. Of course they are in the  game to make a profit and their price will reflect that. But it is one option for you and you may like to look at their website and phone them. 

Good wishes to you both.

Sorry to hear you are having to give up motorhoming. I suspect its something we will all have to deal with in time. We are not sure how long we can continue for as both of us now have mobility issues which sort of take the pleasure out of the hobby. I am not sure there is much information on here from people who have sold as generally all we get is the information they have sold up not how how they have done it!

On your point about selling I think this is always a difficult one. I can understand why you might not want to sell privately and it is something I am not sure I would be comfortable with, especially with something as high values as a motorhome. That really only two leaves ways of proceeding. Either sell it to a dealer/we buy anything.com or perhaps via a brokerage company. The latter route you are likely to get a bit more money but it takes time. Motorhome Depot is one to have a look at. Selling to a dealer will bring immediate results but probably at a lower return. As a rough rule thumb I have worked out that what the dealer is able to sell the motorhome for you are likely to get about 80% of that figure. If there are similar models advertised you should be able to get a reasonable idea how much you might get.

David

We sold our motorhome to a really nice guy who advertised in the CAMC magazine. He came from Yorksire, I sadly sorted my contacts and no longer have his details. It was almost 5 years ago. We had to give up, OH health and an issue with the motorhome. 

I was completely open with him, he drove down with another guy, to Essex, to see it. He'd given me an idea of his offer if it was in good condition. Sadly the issue required more work, small holes in the roof 😱. He was, we considered, very fair with his offer as every other part was in great condition so he could use them.

I spoke to several before 'choosing' . I went with gut feelings during our initial conversation.

Not sure that I've been any help! But I wish you all the best.

Many thanks for your replies, which are appreciated, but the Motorhome has now gone and our time as Motorhome owners has unfortunately ceased.

Best wishes to all you able bodied owners and I wish you all good health and decent holidays.

Keith and Margaret

Keith

If its not rude to ask which route did you eventually go down to sell your motorhome? It seems to have happened fairly quickly? 

David

If its not rude to ask which route did you eventually go down to sell your Motorhome? It seems to have happened fairly quickly?  David

We went with Motorhome Depot.

They came within a day or so and made an offer depending on any problems they might find.

They found some damp in a couple of unexpected areas that I hadn’t been aware of.

The damp had been there some time although there was no ‘smell’ of damp in the habitation area.

An adjustment was made to the price and the money went in our account within minutes.

They drove it away and we expected a receipt / bill of sale by email straight away but despite me contacting them on a regular basis one wasn’t forthcoming until yesterday – 11 days after the sale.

Although the process was easy at sale point the after service wasn’t exactly great.

It’s gone, cash paid and a big open space on our drive.

Keith

Appreciate you getting back to us. I must admit I thought Motorhome Depot was more like a brokerage service than a straightforward we will buy your motorhome. Good that you got it all sorted relatively quickly. I imagine that when you have made that sort of decision you want it over and done with as soon as possible. We are both on the sidelines at the moment, me with knee problems and Margaret with her hip. I don't see it being resolved anytime soon as everything is so slow. It does cross my mind whether to make a decision to be rid of the motorhome and concentrate of getting things sorted. We have caravanned/motorhomed since 1982 so we have done it a long time and perhaps time to try something else? Good luck with what ever you decide to do next.

David

Sorry to read about you having to give up the motorhome, KeithandMargaret, but pleased you got it all sorted quickly, even if the receipt was late in arriving.

David

I never say never, David, but I wonder if this will be out last caravan??  We still use it a lot, and have gone down the E&P levelling system route to make things easier (although expensive).  We still do around 80 nights a year, so it's still worth it for us.  I'm always on the lookout for 'the easiest way' of using the 'van, but neither of us are convinced that a motorhome would be the right thing for us - everyone has there own way of approaching things, I guess.  

At the moment, Carol struggles more than me - I had both my shoulders and knees replaced some years ago you may remember), but Carol needs both hips doing.  However, she always says she sleeps better in the caravan than at home....  You're absolutely right about everything being so slow.  Carol had a letter in December for a hip appointment...  she got all enthusiatic about it, as the appointment was January.  When she looked again, she realised that the appointment was January 2025!!

There are several of our caravanning friends who are considering whether to continue, because of 'aches and pains'.  I hope we have a few years left, but who knows....

David