Reedit replied on 26/08/2021 10:31
Posted on 26/08/2021 10:31
We have been in the club for 8 years but we are new to Club Together. We need advice!
After 8 years of happy motor-homing we have just (2 days ago) sold our motorhome and we are going to buy a caravan as my partner has now retired and we need to cut back on our outgoings. We are looking for a good 2 or 4 berth caravan. We can't afford new, so it'll have to be 2nd hand. But we have been strongly warned by a professional caravan repairer we know, regarding damp! His actual quote was "Stay away from Leaky Lunars, Boggy Bailey's and Soggy Swifts" (BIG apologies to all the happy Lunar, Bailey and Swift owners out there, but that is what he said).
So here's my big question for all you highly experienced caravanners out there - is there a make/model of caravan which is less susceptible to damp?
We've been told that the German made caravans can have less damp problems because of the way that they are made, but there seems to be few of these 2nd hand out there on the market. Maybe because they are so great, people don't sell them on!
We can't afford to make a costly mistake, so armed with our trusty damp meter we are about to start the search. But before we go looking, we'd really like to hear some advice from people "further down the road" than we are. So over to you - Club Together!
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Motorhomer from Oxfordshire