Quote Originally Posted by Jon Wehrenberg View Post
For mid 6 figures you are going to get a lot of coach and a fairly new one. A quick trip through the various sites listing Prevost coaches for sale will show you that.

So that being said, you now have a lot of work ahead of you. You and your family have to decide on the things that are important to you. First you have to define how the coach will be used. Will you spend a lot of time on the road, or parked? Will you be hooked up to shore power and other utilities or will you dry camp? Where will you be traveling? How many will be on board?

Then you have to decide what features work best for your use of the coach. Private toilet or open plan? Separate sleeping areas, both with access to the toilet or no? Slides? Over the road AC? Etc. Read all the posts on this site to get a sense of the importance of the various ways converters design a coach. Listen to the salesmen, but keep in mind every single one will sell you what is on their lot. You have to sort out the fact from fiction.

If I were to give you any advice it would be to rethink the basement bedroom. Any converter can create one, but to start with give some thought to how much space you give up for storage of stuff. The importance of that relates back to how you use your coach. I don't know of a single owner that has ever said they have too much bay space. I would look for the more conventional (but rare) bunk coach that can be converted back to closets or a space for a washer and dryer when you no longer have the need.

From a purely mechanical perspective a basement bedroom presents some serious design issues, not the least of which is access from the house made more complicated by considerations such as other mechanicals interfering with the access hatch location. That might make a non slide coach a more serious candidate due to the slide having the need to occupy bay ceiling space for mechanicals. Further, it might make some conversions more practical due to the need for heat and air.
Good advice. If history is to be my guide, we will only get out 5-6 times per year. We are business owners, and tied to the area most of the time. We do not dry camp, but being able to is nice. You never know when you may sleep in a rest area! That said, I am not afraid to use the generator, and typically travel with full fresh water.

We have 4 on board now, but are only 3 years from college for one kid. That means, to me, washer and dryer are required. We've always had enough storage as it is, and with an H3-45 the capacity is HUGE. This makes me think that losing one bay for the time when the kids are with us is not a bad compromise. When number two leaves, we change it back, sell everything we own, and full-time.