THE PROS… AND CONS
The idea of life on the road is exciting, but for many potential owners, motorhome cost is a major hurdle. Sorting a first ’van purchase can be an expensive business and working out where to start needs careful consideration.
If you are on a tight budget, the popular options are borrowing money or self-building. The third option is to buy something older. It will lack the mod-cons of a modern motorhome, but if the aim is to travel and explore, it shouldn’t matter how much you spend, right?
That was very much our thinking as we started researching our best route into motorhome ownership. A limited budget wasn’t our only stumbling block. We needed to park the vehicle in the street – we have no driveway. We didn’t want to street-park a coachbuilt, so we had to opt for a van conversion. We didn’t have the cash for a posh modern model, so our budget dictated that we needed something older.
Location, location, location
The final limitation for us is our location. We live just inside London’s Low Emission Zone and that severely limits the commercial vehicles we
