Went out looking at Caravans today!

[Lazy-Ferret]

So we decided to go out and have a look at what sort of caravan we can pick up with the £1900 our insurers offered us...

Talk about gutting... I feel so depressed now, I can not believe that through someone else's stupidity, we can end up loosing so much.

The first place we went, their cheapest van was £8999... Lovely vans, but a bit out of our price range!

From there we went to a place called Michael Jordan. This place is huge, and has tons of vans... we walked and walked and walked, looking at the prices as we went, and finally ended up in what was labelled the "Bargain Basement" and still struggled to find any down at the price we were thinking.... As we walked around the 20 or so caravans we only found one that was close to our budget, £1999, and it was no good for us as completely the wrong layout (Not to mention Minging).

We carried on looking round, to get an idea of how much we will need to try and save up, so we can actually get one that is an equivalent to what we had. We finally came to the only one in their "Bargain Basement" with the right layout... £3999!!! The out side was scratched, and had ingrained dirt, with loads of crazing on the yellowing discoloured plastic panels. We went inside to have a look and almost cried... I think our crashed caravan was still in better condition, the whole front inside wall of the caravan was hanging off, and the shelf mounted on it was 6" lower on one side. The floor was de-laminated, and felt like you were walking on the moon. Every cupboard door stay was snapped, and many of the doors were loose. The carpet stuck to your feet as you walked, and there were stains on the cushions, and this one was still better than the £1999 one!!!

With our tails between our legs, we left and went on to 2 more caravan places, and apart from the odd caravan that Noah used to stay in while building the ark, and they actually looked like he also left behind for the flood, none were anywhere near our budget, or as nice as our van

I know our van was not perfect, but what we saw today, there was nothing under £6k, that was anything like as nice as ours. Not only that, but out of that £1900, we will also need to get an awning, as most of the vans did not come with one, and ours may not fit.

I am off to cry myself to sleep now...