Start a van conversion

Padre_Pio

Tried to call Dolmen today and it rang out. Going to call a few places tomorrow. I'll report back.

This is a nuisance.

Buford T Justice

Try the motorcaravan club
http://motorcaravanclub.com/

pullandbang

Buford T Justice wrote: »

Try the motorcaravan club

Jeez that is a disaster of a website.
It's like something that was designed in the nineties by a kid as a school project.

Padre_Pio

pullandbang wrote: »

Jeez that is a disaster of a website.
It's like something that was designed in the nineties by a kid as a school project.

It's like a stream of consciousness

Still though, they have some answers.

As of 2021 No height rule,You can use as a solo vehicle, can use to go to and from work commute (but no commercial trading) you can can tow a trailer, and many more advantages.

The Club will insure standard roof vans, some times called tin tops, that have been properly converted and certified by one of our appointed SQI engineers. The basic rules are you must be able to operate in the campervan, and only from the interior, cook eat and sleep inside the vehicle. You can’t open up the back door and cook outside, these are day cruiser vans. Sometimes call Dayvans. There must be full bodily access between the cab area and the habitation section, that means if you can jump over the seats to get out it’s not a problem. You don’t have to have a car, our insurance scheme allows a member to use the camper as their prime vehicle ,unrestricted use, and you do get a full no claim bonus. You can retain an existing bonus, or if you start with a nil bonus (usually named drivers) you earn a bonus’

Buford T Justice

Padre_Pio wrote: »

It's like a stream of consciousness

Still though, they have some answers.

Yeah the website stinks, but email them

Alkers

pullandbang wrote: »

Jeez that is a disaster of a website.
It's like something that was designed in the nineties by a kid as a school project.

Absolutely, they are so unprofessional I can't see how any insurance company associated with them.

There was (and may still be) racist content relating to covid on the page previously. I dealt with someone there via phone a good few years back and vowed never to deal with them again. Rude is an understatement

Buford T Justice

Buford T Justice wrote: »

I wouldn't be too worried about it if it's a self conversion - You can't be expected to have a receipt for every screw and bit of timber you used. What if you had stuff from an old van that you re-used?

edit - I've submitted a query to revenue for this

Response from Revenue - It's purely for valuation

Hi,
Just send any invoices that you can and restate that you are using recycled parts from an old camper.
It will be possible to value the new camper using the base vehicle and the
photographs provided.

Importing imported vehicles with tax levied from goods and services that were already taxed...

...best to do the least you can. Get the disc and then finish the job.

jace_da_face

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Tried to call Dolmen today and it rang out. Going to call a few places tomorrow. I'll report back.

This is a nuisance.

So who are all these insurance companies you can call? I’m aware of only 2, Stuart’s and Dolmen. And then there’s the motorcaravan club.