The Hoff - handbuilt 2-berth Transit with a 3m surfboard garage

Reduced to sell: we’re heading off travelling on 21 November and selling the van to help fund the trip, so we need it to go to a good home first. £8,995 ono.

We’ve had some of our best trips in this van, and we’re only selling because our family has outgrown it.

It was converted by an engineer who did the build himself. He treated and repainted the floor, insulated with Kingspan and earthwool, fitted a full aluminium vapour barrier, then clad the inside in wood. Chris Scutt Conversions extended the bed, fitted the passenger swivel seat and midge nets and tidied the electrics in 2023. K.ustom Bespoke Conversions did further interior work in October 2024. Since then we’ve added the slot-in table, LED lighting under the cupboards, bungee netting in the under-bed bay and a few extra storage nooks.

Overhead lockers down one side and across the bulkhead, curtains throughout, and wire baskets for herbs, spices and the bits and bobs you want within reach when you’re living out of a van.

The kitchen runs opposite the sliding door: two-ring hob, sink, gas and water, and plenty of room for food. Compressor fridge. Midge nets on the windows and the sliding door, so you can leave it all open on a warm evening. The table slots in by the swivel seat – we’ve had five people eating inside, two on the swivel seats and the rest on stools.

The electrics were done properly. Novopal 1,500W pure-sine inverter, 2x 110Ah AGM leisure batteries, 160W solar with a Victron MPPT controller and a split-charge relay, so it holds its own off-grid. 5kW diesel heater. USB sockets throughout. Cab air conditioning, serviced and regassed June 2026. Reverse sensors and a DAB touchscreen radio with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

Clever, flexible storage is what we’ll miss most. The under-bed bay loads from the back doors and from the kitchen and living area, and it still leaves generous circulation space inside. Bungee netting runs along the bottom and the underside of the bed, holding wetsuits, snorkel gear and van kit out of the way. Because the bay runs right through, long items go straight in without dismantling anything, and you can still make full use of the kitchen and living area while they’re in there. Two roof rails on top take the longer, bulkier things – surfboards and the like – when you want the inside back.

MECHANICAL HISTORY. Refreshed drivetrain, with invoices: reconditioned engine and four new injectors at 105,495 miles, so only about 26,700 miles ago. Reconditioned gearbox fitted 2025. New clutch and dual-mass flywheel at 127,187 miles, only about 5,000 miles ago. Full service 2025. MOT to 15 February 2027. New Bosch battery August 2026. Invoices for all of it, and DVSA mileage records from 2018 onwards.

ONE THING TO KNOW. In June 2023 a scaffold lorry caught the side while the van was parked. One rear panel, cosmetic. The insurer valued the van as a bare panel van rather than a camper, so the repair crossed their write-off line and it was recorded Category N. Professionally repaired. Happy to show the photos and paperwork.

INCLUDED – everything you need to take it away and go. Kitchen: Alpicool compressor fridge, fitted gas bottle, kettle, mugs, cutlery, utensils and kitchenware. Sleeping: mattress and bedding. Fitted: insulated front window blinds, curtains, LED lighting, midge nets, slot-in table, bungee netting, seat covers, water containers, bivvyloo toilet. Outside: external folding table, camping chairs, extendable ladder, external powered shower, drying rack, levelling chocks. Safety and security: CO monitor, fire extinguisher, steering wheel lock, electric jump starter, jump leads, tyre compressor.

There is also an Outdoor Revolution Cayman DT poled awning, used once, which we can include at a discount if it hasn’t already sold. Just ask.

We’re selling because we’ve had a baby. It still works, but it’s tight with three, and it would suit a couple starting out on their own van adventures far better than it suits us now. Happy to do a video call for anyone who can’t travel to view.

We’ve loved every moment in it and hope you do too.