Small 4/5 Bed Motorhome Values & Residuals

[peterh2]

Looking at buying a 4/5 bed small motorhome for my family of 4 (me, wife, newborn and 3 year old). I don’t see us doing any tours of Europe in it - more as a base for a day trip to the beach or for the odd night / weekend away local ish.

Will need to be <3,500 Kgs

Would a £20k budget get me something reasonable?

Is a 2004-2006 £20k 4/5 berth van likely to be worth at least £10k in 5 years?

Does something like https://www.autotrader.co.uk/motorhome-details/202... look a fair price?

[GSalt]

£20k will get you a choice of decent late-90s/early-00s 4-berth motorhomes from well regarded manufacturers. I'm biased towards Hymers, and I've seen a couple of well kept B544s within that budget come up in recent weeks.

As for residuals, motorhomes hold their price very well. Spend £20k on a good van and it will likely be worth near-enough what you paid for it in 5 years time. The big unknown on motorhome residuals though is future emissions regulations. If it goes one way they all go up in value as the last of the diesels, if things go the other way the value crashes if we're all denied access to large areas of UK/Europe due to clean air zones.

[oblio]

But as always, check for damp before parting with any cash.

Personally I'd buy from a dealer as well so you get some warranty cover for any problems that arise.