Gutters: thoughts please

[Ruddles]

So, after lots of looking online, went to view a van in person today. I would appreciate your thoughts on these gutters- what’s going on here and what work would you do if it was your van? Will it cost a lot, shall I just keep looking or is it fixable? Cheers

[R0B]

That's not good. What is the asking price for the van? As it's going to take a lot of money to put that right. There could well be some unseen horrors beneath that roof.

[AngeloEvs]

That roof will need to come off and, as already said, be prepared for more corrosion.

[TONYT25T25]

Mine is an elevating roof, so gutters are in quite good condition, those look awful however, and would require a lot of time and money to repair, lots of previous posts on here regarding roofs and gutter problems have a search of the topics to see what has been done by others along with images they posted of what they found underneath.

[Ruddles]

Thanks all, appreciate your help. They’re asking £9,000 for it. Sounds like maybe it’s not worth the risk then to repair…

[R0B]

£9000 Walk away mate.

[Ruddles]

Will do, thanks v much for help.

[davidoft1]

That’s a £2-3k van with a potentially a £5k repair

[R0B]

And goodness knows what the rest of the van looks like.

[keynsham1]

My gutters didn't look as bad as yours but this was what lurked under the hightop:



YOu are looking at thousands to get it fixed properly. I was able to strip my van and remove the hightop myself but it was still very expensive to fix as there is so much work to do. 

I would definitely walk away unless you can buy it for peanuts. £9k is fantasy!!!

[weimarbus]

Don't walk away, 

[300CE]

Jesus, there’s some proper messers out there! Would love to know how they came to that price - even with all the work required it looks as though it’s been a while since it even had sponge and some water over it.

[matteo]

Tin tops are the way to go - then there's no hiding for the rust (OK I'm biased!)
 

[cobblers]

9k! Run away! That is an end of life vehicle.

Jesus, there’s some proper messers out there! Would love to know how they came to that price - even with all the work required it looks as though it’s been a while since it even had sponge and some water over it.

A lot of people are blissfully unaware how much of a complete wreck their campers are, and they see actual good ones for sale for £9k and think theirs is worth the same. They'll see what we know as terminal rot and think it's just a few little bubbles that will touch up with a dab of paint.

[ZsZ]

9k! Run away! That is an end of life vehicle.

Jesus, there’s some proper messers out there! Would love to know how they came to that price - even with all the work required it looks as though it’s been a while since it even had sponge and some water over it.

A lot of people are blissfully unaware how much of a complete wreck their campers are, and they see actual good ones for sale for £9k and think theirs is worth the same. They'll see what we know as terminal rot and think it's just a few little bubbles that will touch up with a dab of paint.

Lot of them know it. This is why they selling it. Just trying to gull somebody.