I'm tentively looking around for possibilities for our next van.

With our layout there was no point swiveling the front seats
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Something I really like in terms of layout is a full (as in body) length sofa/bench which gives you the choice of sitting with your feet up or laying down chilling watching TV or reading or whatever. Both my front seats swivel - but slightly oddly do not swivel the full turnaround as there are two side panels that stop the full turn.
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Sometimes I swivel them so I can use the base for putting stuff on. I have occasionally used the passenger seat swivelled with the Lagun Table (that is fitted behind the passenger seat) as a desk if I need to use my Laptop for 'proper' work,but generally not swivelled to sit on unless need more seating.

Mid-position Kitchen with a decent amount of preparation area with a door behind going to a large bathroom.
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And what allows a good sized sitting area, decent kitchen and a big bathroom is the overcab bed.
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This area is designed to be folded away and half the base pushed in when not in use, but I tend to leave it out in position as a full-time made-up bed and just have a standard height cab area as the extra height I would get is just not needed.

This Autotrail Cheyenne was my 4th "Motor Caravan", the first 3 being self-builds, improving and changing from what I had before, but this is the first Motorhome style van and I don't know what I would want any different in the layout within the same vehicle length. Extra outside locker storage would be good but I have got round that as much as I can by having a Fiamma Ultrabox 360 'Papoose' on the rear
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And finally, obviously a key critera and the most important thing to consider for any layout is to make sure there is a place for the MVP (Most Valued Pussy) 🐱
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Very similar to our two Bessies David, but ours were both 2 berth, so acres of storage, 32 lockers in total, the secong one was very uch kike this Kon-tiki bottom picture. which did have a overcab bed, but we hated the L shaped lounge, bed was a cow to make up so we sold it on, made £5k on that one


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Pudsey Bear said:
Very similar to our two Bessies David, but ours were both 2 berth, so acres of storage, 32 lockers in total, the secong one was very much like this Kon-tiki bottom picture. which did have a overcab bed, but we hated the L shaped lounge, bed was a cow to make up so we sold it on, made £5k on that one

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Mine is classed as a 4 Berth motorhome, as the overcab bed is two berths and the lounge seats pull together to make another two berths. But .... I checked the measurements and the width of the bed as Autotrail say you do to make a double-bed is identical to the width of just pulling the longer sofa out, so that is what I do to make a lower bed. The length of the "Autotrail official" lower berth is quite a few inches longer than my version of the lower berth, but both are long enough (even though I am a touch under 6 foot), so both work.
However, MY version of the lower bunk involves pulling out the lower base support, pulling the base cushions forward and dropping the back cushions into the gap - takes no more than 15 seconds and no need to go looking for in-fill cushions, etc. Super easy. Then to make the bed ready to sleep involves unrolling a bed topper to drop on top of the flattened sofa and throwing a duvet on top and jobs done (y) Standard double bed sized topper is exactly the right size for a single bed sized duvet cover to slide on, so that cover works as a fitted sheet.
Overall, making that lower bed ready to get into must take no more than one minute. And ... an extra bonus... My version allows the opposite sofa to still be usuable as a seat with legroom and by moving the overcab bed ladder hook holders across, I can put the ladder in place while the lower bed is made up (this is impossible with the 'official' lower bed.


PS. Talking about TVs, I actually have a TV in the overcab 'bedroom'. Little 10" one and quite neat, although to be honest I don't think I have ever used it to watch TV :) (Was already fitted when I bought the Motorhome ;) )
 
wildebus said:
PS. Talking about TVs, I actually have a TV in the overcab 'bedroom'. Little 10" one and quite neat, although to be honest I don't think I have ever used it to watch TV :) (Was already fitted when I bought the Motorhome ;) )
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My daughters T5 had a Pop-Top with a double bed in it. The flat rear end was used as a TV screen along with a projector - the screen must have been something like 4 x 4 feet.

That would be far too much for me but they loved it.
 
Lots to like about it, as it's a slightly larger version of the layout of or Campscout, but I'd point out this warning from Bailey's website.
p.s. That's a 6kg gas cylinder, they only make room for that as it's got deisel heating, but doesn't leave a lot for cooking and fridge (if the fridge is a 3way?)

Essential Habitation Equipment​

Within the quoted MRO figure there is an allowance made for 'essential habitation equipment' which consists of the following:

- Vehicle driver = 75kg
- 90% fuel tank capacity = 81kg
- One full gas bottle = 14 kgs
- Fluids in ALDE heating system (when fitted) = 10kg

The MRO is calculated with the fresh water tank empty. It is not recommended that you travel with water in the fresh water tank but if you chose to do so then our available payload will reduce accordingly.
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