raising roof

[Jeff Miller]

This seems to me a lot like a schoolie conversion thought process:

You end up with a lot of coach for the money spent, but have
something that is a bit difficult to sell and recoup
your "investment".

- Jeff Miller
http://www.wanderlodge.net
http://www.millercoachworks.com


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Jim March
wrote:
> As to costs: the "raise the rear part of the roof and add a bedroom
over
> a garage" plan would run about $8k for the basic engineering (roof
raise
> 10ft of rear, interior walls and a rear door). Then add the cost
of a
> paint job, although if you started with an early-80s or prior FC
it'll
> probably be around the point where it needs paint and you can go
with a
> high-tech ceramic-compound heat barrier paint upgrade.
>
> You're still under the $35/40k range with some shopping, you've got
35ft
> of livable space PLUS an interior garage (which has some serious
> advantages for fulltimers).
>
> Now compare that cost with what it would cost for a factory rig
that has
> an equivelent garage...like a 35ft Four Winds "Funmover"
oversize "Class
> C" diesel ($110k on up).
>
> Hmmmm.
>
> The modified Wanderlodge FC starts to look damned good...
>
> Jim