Whose idea was it about horsebox living?

[lisan]

To whoever suggested building one, thankyou!

Went to B&Q yesterday, got a lovely peice of worktop for £5 - cupboard door £3 then got some wood, hinges, handle and lino for the floor - and my mate has made a start on assembling it for me, so photo's to follow! Would have had more done, but muppet here bought the wrong cupboard hinges!! Ooops! Another trip to B&Q!

 

[Nic]

That might have been me but I could be wrong!

That's where Mum & Dad got our living from.

Glad it's worked out

 

[lisan]

Got the most tiddly sink of ebay too! Can't wait till its all finished - due to lack of funds just having to do things slowly bit by bit!

Thanks Nic x

 

[Nic]

Yay good news i love ours

 

[Nuttymanxmare]

wow what a great idea I have living in my box but its pretty sh*t and needs redoing...

 

[cp1980]

I dream about building my own horsebox (a bit sad, but I'm the creative type, you know!)

In the mean time, I've joined this club:

http://www.sbmcc.co.uk/

The Self Build MotorCaravanners Club

They are a bunch of campervan enthusiast who like to design and build their own vans. Some do it for cost, but most because they enjoy the challenge.

Have a look at their website. If you have any technical questions about anything, you can post on their forum - what they don't know about living isn't worth knowing!

They have some pictures of various self-build projects that are interesting too.

 

[Magicmillbrook]

We did our own living. In total it cost abou £300 including new fire retardent cushions and upholstery, wall coverings, lino. As my daughter helped she is very precious about keeping it nice now - bonus. I had a quote of over £1000 from a horsebox fitter

 

[lisan]

Right, just going for a nosey on there!! Mine is only a 3.5tonne, so only one cupboard, with a tiny sink and 2 ring hob (so I can brew up at shows!) oh and make the odd bacon butty of course

 

[lisan]

I paid a guy to do my old horsebox living, and he only charged me £300 which was fab to include, sink, tap, hob, cupboards and wardrobe when I started looking at the price of things!! Definitely worth doing it yourself if you can. those lovely smev combi sink/hob/grills are an absolute fortune!!

 

[cp1980]

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Definitely worth doing it yourself if you can. those lovely smev combi sink/hob/grills are an absolute fortune!!

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There are several "caravan breakers" dotted around who take new accident damaged caravans and strip out the almost new servicable parts and furniture.

 

[Nuttymanxmare]

Ive joined that forum as well.. I must do something about my box but am not very good at DIY and have no OH now to ask

I could do with some decent living for my trip out next week.

 

[cp1980]

It costs £10 to join the SMBCC - you get unlimited access to the forum (fantastic information resource) and 10% discount at a number of suppliers.