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Hmmmmmmm

I'm in Surrey, and my wife's called Sara.....

hiya hunny

That's odd, my hubby's name is Dave.... he lives in Surrey too!.....You don't happen to wear a grey fleece with a motorhome embroidered on it do you ???

Sara

Sara ,

Have a look here

http://www.drivelodge.co.uk/Mobility.htm

not specifically for a 7 berth but may be able to give you some advice/ideas

Jules

Many thanks Jules, some good ideas there.  On the whole, I can pretty much manage in a regular van, just needing the odd hand rail here and there, and making sure there is enough room in the shower/toilet. 

We've opted for the idea of bunks, as this gives us lots of storage space for my electric scooter/wheelchair, plus the kids paraphanalia.  I'd like to find a motorhome that has two sets of bunks though.  Did see a couple of vans at the NEC that had bunks so wide at the back that you could easily top and tail two per bunk.  Trouble is, you loose out on seating as you usually only get a 4 seater dinette then.  Guess they figure you'd put the rest out in the awning.

Thanks for the link.

Sara

Many US RV's have fixed twin rear beds, a dinette that makes a double and an overcab. I'm sure it wouldn't take too much for a confident DIYer or a local conversion company to convert the fixed twin beds to fixed twin bunks. You'd then  have an 8 berth. Your always gonna have problems with travel seating/belts with more than 6 people, but no problem is insumountable. Anyway, just a thought.

Brett

Quote: Originally posted by brettnicolle on 02/04/2005

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Many US RV's have fixed twin rear beds, a dinette that makes a double and an overcab. I'm sure it wouldn't take too much for a confident DIYer or a local conversion company to convert the fixed twin beds to fixed twin bunks. You'd then  have an 8 berth. Your always gonna have problems with travel seating/belts with more than 6 people, but no problem is insumountable. Anyway, just a thought.

Brett

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Many thanks Brett.  Unfortunately, due to our totally unhelpful Housing Association, we have now re-considered our thoughts on buying a 7 berth.  It would have been nice, but we really can't afford to risk having the neighbours complain, so we are going for something smaller like a four or five berth, or maybe even a six if it has bunks across the back - anything that is not much longer than 20ft.  Difficult I know but on the whole, it will mainly be myself, Hubby, and two youngest going.  If any others come, we will put them in tents out in the awning.

Thanks anyway for the reply

Sara