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[Sydwal]

Hi everyone,
My wife and I have just retired after finishing our motorhome self build. It's a Renault Master 2015 LoLoader (like a low Luton) - less than 60,000 on the clock. 2x 350W solar panels on the roof and 2x200ah Li batteries. 85L water tank. Shower/Bathroom/Composting toilet. We installed a single bed on linear actuators as a spare so it sleeps 4 at a push. His name is Ajay, though my wife refers to him as a 'she'. It's gender fluid maybe. Being a pen-pusher all my life I could barely put a shelf up but somehow we've done it all ourselves with help from watching YT vids and lots of expensive cordless tools. No wonder it took three bloody years.
The electrics were fun as I'm colour blind. What could possibly go wrong? I got my Mrs to switch it all on when I was at work. Thank goodness for all those Greg Virgoe videos I watched endlessly.
We've been living in Ajay full time for about 6 weeks and not gone too far - mainly Pembrokeshire and some other parts of South Wales. Google Maps has already messed us up so that's got to change. Luckily we are self sufficient and don't use campsites much so you'll understand why this site piqued my interest. Hope to have a chat with you guys soon.

 

[Makzine]

Hello and welcome from Kent and to the community.

 

[trevskoda]

Hi welcome from glengormley co antrim, go full time here and join in on all threads.

 

[Pauljenny]

Nice looking rig.
Hope He/She/They.
Serve you well.
Have fun and adventures

 

[Robmac]

Welcome from Bedfordshire.

A friend of mine fitted out a Lo-loader and they are an ideal vehicle for a camper, loads of room and nice vertical sides for the fitout!

We would love to see photo's of the interior.

 

[Sharon the Cat]

Welcome to WC. I hope you are going to become full members.
Nice van. It would be proper stealthy if you had it sign-written "Horses" or got one of the horse racing type decals.
As Rob said, it would be nice to see the interior. You don't have to make the bed or anything.

 

[RSD7a]

Welcome from East Lothian.

You've definitely come to the right place.

 

[Sydwal]

Welcome to WC. I hope you are going to become full members.
Nice van. It would be proper stealthy if you had it sign-written "Horses" or got one of the horse racing type decals.
As Rob said, it would be nice to see the interior. You don't have to make the bed or anything.

Hi Sharon - you know what? We have actually thought about that. Everyone thinks Ajay is a former horse box - it certainly looks the part. But it had one previous owner who we think just delivered things as it was immaculate inside when we bought it. Massive side door too, not in the pic. I'll post some pics later. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Sydwal]

Welcome from Bedfordshire.

A friend of mine fitted out a Lo-loader and they are an ideal vehicle for a camper, loads of room and nice vertical sides for the fitout!

We would love to see photo's of the interior.

Hi Rob - thanks. I'll post something later - the vertical sides were a definite plus and it's high inside so very roomy. We avoided high storage cabinets because of that in order to retain the feeling of space.

 

[barryd]

Welcome to the forum! Sounds quite a project.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Hello @Sydwal, welcome aboard from north County Durham.

Well done both, you'll have plenty of good times in your van - it's a world away from pen pushing, that's for sure!

 

[marchie]

Hello @Sydwal, welcome aboard from north County Durham.

Well done both, you'll have plenty of good times in your van - it's a world away from pen pushing, that's for sure!

I wasn't a penpusher - more a stylus shover, and prepared to run the gauntlet of 'where did I put my nib' probe with increasing frequency ...

Steve

 

[Sydwal]

Thanks for the welcome, guys . Some of you guys asked for pics so here's a few. Wifey went nuts as she didn't have time to tidy up.

 

[Sydwal]

Welcome to WC. I hope you are going to become full members.
Nice van. It would be proper stealthy if you had it sign-written "Horses" or got one of the horse racing type decals.
As Rob said, it would be nice to see the interior. You don't have to make the bed or anything.

Just posted some pics Sharon.

 

[Sydwal]

Welcome from Bedfordshire.

A friend of mine fitted out a Lo-loader and they are an ideal vehicle for a camper, loads of room and nice vertical sides for the fitout!

We would love to see photo's of the interior.

Hi Rob - just posted some pics as requested.

 

[Moonraker 2]

Hello, it sounds very brave and exciting what you have done. I would love a self build but am unable to do anything apart from soft furnishings.
Join as a full member as it's not expensive and will give you all the stopping places. Some counties are easier than others.
The forum is a good place to get advice ( some of it useful)

 

[Robmac]

Hi Rob - just posted some pics as requested.

A very nice job it is too.

I've seen Narrow Boats fitted with the curved walkway you have used and it seems to be a very good use of space.

 

[Rumour]

Hi and welcome from Northamptonshire (Nearer Bedford than Northampton!). Lovely looking van, that exterior looks immaculate, is that how you got it? Loving the pictures of the inside, but someone was careless, they splashed paint all over your world map!

 

[Sharon the Cat]

Hiking boots and a dog. That's a proper van!
I hate all those marketing shots for motorhomes showing the wardrobe, with a straw hat on one shelf and a pair of strappy sandals on another.

 

[Thistle]

@Sydwal
Whenever I see converted Luton’s I wonder about weight, really very easy to go massively overweight with these especially over the rear axle if the vans only plated at 3500kg. Have you weighed it fully loaded specifically doing each axle individually?

Unless the reg number is wrong in the photo, the DVLA records for this vehicle seem a bit odd, loads, loads of missing info including the tax status, emissions and revenue weight.

In fact there’s so much missing info the scam congestion zone checkers won’t work so my advice is never enter any of the congestion zones because you won’t know if you need to pay or not. Ditto (because the revenue weight is missing) you may find you can’t pay by reg number or worse will get a subsequent pcn in some car parks that ban vans plated over 3500kg

I suggest you get the missing info sorted by the dvla asap.
Good luck