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Have you written somewhere hownyou intend to use it? As you've said you want to sleep it in, but also it's just a big estate for transporting bikes. The use of it seems confused and thus the spec is odd.
Why not get the van, use it like a van for a bit. Then have the build done when you have a better idea what you need.
At the moment I put the bikes on the roof of the car, and get changed standing by the boot.
This is sub-optimal from the perspective of separation of wet/muddy kit and the passenger space of the vehicle, and from a security standpoint. Our recent holiday was defined by which B&B's would allow us to bring the bikes in/had somewhere to store 3 mountain bikes. This proved surprisingly difficult to arrange.
I'd also like the ability to kip in the van in comfort every now and then - if no B&B is available, for instance.
Over winter I put a big tub of water and a battery powered jet wash in the boot, this worked pretty well but the tub was prone to leak and you had to move away from the car lest you soaked it. The carpet in the boot is going to need a damn good clean before I hand it over.
The idea of a fully sealed, secure wet-room in the van is very appealing - the bikes can probably live in there when they're not in use (they obviously can't live on the roof rack).
The wet-room idea extends to it being a changing room, the idea being you can sit on the bench in the back, change from civvies to your wet weather gear without getting rained on and then vice-versa at the end of your ride, hang your kit up then literally hose the mud off/out.
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Have you written somewhere hownyou intend to use it? As you've said you want to sleep it in, but also it's just a big estate for transporting bikes. The use of it seems confused and thus the spec is odd.
Why not get the van, use it like a van for a bit. Then have the build done when you have a better idea what you need.