Hi All, so I bought my first caravan just over a week ago, I am living in it until I find a new house to buy as mine has sold. Caravan is 2014 from a dealer with good reviews. However, it has been stood for a while and although he said it would be cleaned before delivery it is filthy. I've cleaned what I can, but the roof vent blinds were full of flies, all around the windows once open was filthy and the outside door lockers for access to under bed and bench etc. Plus the roof vents. I've had to clean everything I can myself, but the roof vents are impossible for me. I paid £14,000 for the van. I expected it to be spotless. Am I being unreasonable to think all these things should be clean? Or is this normal? I have no prior experience and would appreciated your opinions. Thank you!
Caravan dealers appear to have a different cod of conduct to the Motor Trade.
And I quote my recent experience buying a 2013 Caravan.
Before sale the statement "We will clean it"
After sale becomes "We dont Valet it, we wash it"
Also "We will service it"
Becomes " We dont service it, we make sure that it is safe"
With my Caravan although they may have checked the brake linings, they could not have checked the Tyre Pressures. My caravan tyres had an Aluminium Valve Cap. Over perhaps years of not coming off for the pressures to be checked the Aluminium Valve Cap had stuck to the Brass Valve Stem and would not come undone.
I had decided to check the tyre pressures as I had been an MOT Tester for over 25 years and the tyres looked low. I had to take the wheels off and get a tyre place to cut the valves off and replace with new.
And did they check that the Water Heater was working, ? Perhaps they let the new owner find the faults for them and fix it under warrenty. ?