Time to Face The Music

LittleMissDetermined

RelievedSheff said:

It's the realisation that we don't have anything to do or look forward too so far this year with the boat gone 🤔

By this time of year we usually have all of our holidays planned out and organised. Not got a thing sorted yet for this year. I have a week off work at the end of April and not a clue what we are doing.

I can 100% relate to this... I'm off in a few weeks and I'm really not looking forward to it. I was supposed to be jumping on a plane with family but that clearly isn't going to happen.  Perhaps that's why we have bought the new house, to have something to look forward to.  This past 15 months certainly have been strange!

LMD x

carolbee

Good luck to you in your MH quest, we used to caravan and loved it. I’m in south East, nearly on the corner, if you want any ideas of where to go this way, if you don’t know the area?
on another hand, you’ve been really supportive over a number of months on another thread and I always admire your reasoning, you must feel like not bothering!

RelievedSheff

carolbee said:

Good luck to you in your MH quest, we used to caravan and loved it. I’m in south East, nearly on the corner, if you want any ideas of where to go this way, if you don’t know the area?
on another hand, you’ve been really supportive over a number of months on another thread and I always admire your reasoning, you must feel like not bothering!

Thank you. 

alt80

You do you if the van is what you want go for it 100 life too short right abut that. 

MuffinTops

I’m with those who say you should go for what you want. You obviously put lots of thought and research into your decisions. I’m planning on getting a van too but mine is more for practical reasons. 

RelievedSheff

It wont be a no spends day today. We have a big Asda delivery coming today and it is a big stock up shop so it's a pricey one!!

Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be from store. Breakfast was fruit loaf, the other half has taken his packed lunch to work, I am having some chicken and vegetables for mu lunch and dinner tonight is BBQ. We are having lamb chops, steak burger, cajun turkey and vegetable kebabs, salmon and corn on the cob.

Today's jobs include:

• working from home
• load of washing (hung out to dry)
• cleaning the bathrooms
• preparing the BBQ
• walking the dog x 2

Last night we unfortunately missed out on a cracker of a motorhome. It was 18 months old with 500 miles on the clock and had only been used a handful of times. It was for sale for £45k ONO which is a massive saving on the £60k new price. Unfortunately by the time we contacted the owners they had already taken a deposit on it.

This has got us thinking though that we may hold out until later this summer and see if anything else like this does pop up. They lose so much money in the first couple of years. Still not 100% sure we are willing to lose so much money so quickly. 

We spoke with the finance company yesterday and we are approved for the full £32k that we would need to borrow for a new van at the best rate that they offer. We don't think we are going to order new just yet though. 

alt80

Do they have demos? If so could get one of those also deals on new can negotiate don’t need to pay list. Possibly something to think about maybe you can pick interior finish of new one idk might be wrong no idea about buying a motor home and don’t want to get into looking into it tbt.

rugbymadfamily

Hi 👋  @RelievedSheff vam sound like such a great idea. We spent some time living in one in Oz and absolutely loved it. Our plan for early retirement is to buy one and jut spend ime driving round Europe :-) I'm actually more keen for a second hand one (1-3 years old) as ther have always been a fair few on the market (people who buy and don't like it!) but guessing that is less likely at the moment as people as holidaying in the UK so more likely to use them....plus I don't want to pay the VAT on a new one lol.

Whichever way you go, sure you will get fantastic use out of it, weekends and longer hols. Can't wait to hear more about it!

warby68

How many people is that BBQ for lol? !!!

It smelt like a garage forecourt round here last night with everyone firing up the BBQs with whatever accelerant was to hand. We live on a hill and looking down you'd have sworn there was a fire somewhere.

Could you hire a motorhome for a couple of hols to keep you going until you find the perfect one? Am guessing they're a hot ticket this year. There are a couple of weeks a year when at least 3 near neighbours have one on the drive. Right opposite has one of the massive (American?) things that doesn't fit on the drive - that one's owned though. Not sure where it lives normally. 

RelievedSheff

warby68 said:

How many people is that BBQ for lol? !!!

It smelt like a garage forecourt round here last night with everyone firing up the BBQs with whatever accelerant was to hand. We live on a hill and looking down you'd have sworn there was a fire somewhere.

Could you hire a motorhome for a couple of hols to keep you going until you find the perfect one? Am guessing they're a hot ticket this year. There are a couple of weeks a year when at least 3 near neighbours have one on the drive. Right opposite has one of the massive (American?) things that doesn't fit on the drive - that one's owned though. Not sure where it lives normally. 

It's only small pieces of everything on the BBQ

It was the same here last night which made us decide to have a BBQ tonight. All we could smell was BBQ. 

Trying to hire something at the moment be that a van, boat or holiday accommodation is a bit of a nightmare. Everything half decent has been booked already. Will keep looking for any cancellations or last minute bookings though.