New Member needs advice on Motorhome

finding a four berth in a PVC would have been tricky until the latest craze for pop top Ducatos...makes sense for occasional or summer use for kids..bigger than a VW and can fit a rear bed transversely...so a four seater, four berth requires nothing more than adding a pop top to a 6m transverse bedded classic euro design.

i can (sort of) see what AS were trying to do with the Fairford lounge, fitting in a double where most PVCs fit in a single across the van, but the penalty is a van that forgoes the cab, wasting at least half a metre, the best seats in the van and doing on a 6.4m van what  everyone else does on a 6m van.

still, to compensate you get a ' not very nice' lounge to sit in....

the 6m adria twin (transverse rear bed) with pop top or 3rd bed covers the 2-3 berth requirement without the extra length of van.

the wrong sided door would be an issue in any van where travels extend to the continent...always wrong in one place or another.  

We have a Majestic 115.  2-berth small coachbulit.

Its less than 6metres long, 2.2 metres wide (if you include mirrors then that jumps to 2.6.

Have had it 6 years now.

We've had our small Autosleeper coach built for several years now. Previously we had an Autosleeper pvc, both have been well built and reliable. There are plenty of makes and designs out there but probably less on the forecourts than there used to be due to extra demand this year. 

Good morning All

I agree with the posts that say you should definitely go an see the difference between a PCV (Panel Van Conversion) or also commonly known as (Camper Vans) and Motorhomes. If I can advise even further you should definitely hire and try before handing over that huge amount of precious cash. I know people who have purchased Camper Vans and sold them after 1 trip or six months, very expensive compared to hiring.

I will explain my reasons,  we have been fortunate enough to be able to have access to camper vans and go on a few different trips around the UK, as much as they are great fun there is definitely an art to using and managing tight spaces. So after visiting the the NEC camping show, in the good old days...., we were really impressed with the motorhomes. Even though we have decided the motorhome is the way forward we have still decided that we will hire one before committing. 

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We have a Rollerteam and it is 2.35m wide. Driving it is fine. I would have preferred something a little narrower as we have a shared drive and ours encroaches when we bring it home from storage to load up. Fortunately, we have good neighbours and they are fine with it. They appreciate us having it in storage the rest of the time. We keep looking at whether something smaller would be better though. I haven't seen many proper MHs that are narrower than that though.

"I haven't seen many proper MHs that are narrower than that though."

I refer the honourable member to my and BB's posts dated 2/9/21.

Whilst there are M'homes that would fit your width criteria I'm not sure they will have seatbelts and bed for a third person so I guess  maybe email manufacturers/dealers to see if one does exist or as others have  said  go and look at LV's.  Unfortunately I have heard that there is far less choice on forecourts just now.  You may have to think outside the box and have a drive away awning as sleeping space for the 3rd person providing you manage to find a LV with 3 seatbelts.  Don't forget to bear payload in mind.  Good Luck with your search

We have an Adria Compact SP motorhome,  which is 2.12m wide , is coach built with transverse rear double bed, 4 belted seats and the front dinette can be made up to a single bed. It is 5.99m long, so is the same size as a LWB panel van.

We are very pleased with it after 5 years of use, highly recommended. 

Adria make a few compact models all 2.12m wide and getting slightly longer as the layouts change.

I also noticed that Wingamm do a very similar size and spec van called the City Suite.

Generally compact motorhomes are narrower than standard ones.

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As mentioned upthread, and by Luke above, the Adria compact is a slim coachbuilt...other have been mentioned...more than once

an advantage of this style is that the sides are vertical and give far more internal space (in the same footprint) than a tapering sided PVC and also a larger roof giving room for (more) solar panels and sat dish or air con etc.