Buying a known (?) problem

My wife and I bought our first 5er the same way. It was a 2001 Prowler with a soft spot in the left rear near the pantry closet. Water had come in through the outside corner that had opened up. We bough it because it was nearly 1/3 off due the water damage and I figured "how bad could it be" I fixed it the following winter and was stunned when I pulled it apart. All the kitchen had to be removed. We replaced the last four feet of the floor and had to rebuild the last three feet of the wooden frame of the floor. Money wise the repair was cheap. Including a new floor I had under $300 in the repair. But I also had over 100 hours labor in it. In the end we ended up selling the camper because I could not trust it. For me, camping is all about relaxing. I can't relax when I'm worried about what is going to fall apart next.

We love our new 2013 Coachmen.

On an up side. The metal siding is easy to remove. Our Prowler was fiberglass and the skin could not be removed.