Honestly, I wouldn't call it money wasted, my math is $2500 for the coach, granted it was too much, but this is the way my theory is, I fix the thing the way I want and take my own shortcut where I see fit, in the end I will have a coach that will probably outlast some of these 100k newer coaches due to the quality of the build. I have been following post on Facebook and such on some people taking delivery on their BRAND NEW 100K coach and try to get warranty work done due to leaks, holes, and etc...and guess what...that warranty is not really there, throw a bandaid on it or a piece of tape depending on the repair shop and send you out the door. Even reading through the RV Tips page for Texas the manufacturer even admits there is no quality control.
For the build I am working on yes I may not recover what I am putting into this, and yes it will take me a while to get it where I want it, but guess what, if something happens to it that needs to be repaired, I got it. And hey if I want to I can go and upgrade it as time goes on. And if I do a quality build, to me it will be priceless, compared to someone buying a build and hoping that someone slapped the thing together right. To me I rather do it this way.
If you see some of the stuff on this thing that came from manufacture cutting corners to save $, then I would be very wary about how the new ones are built.
Lol, that reminds me of my 1ST showing off his hot rod car, I asked him if he built it, NO, then it isn't worth anything except for what you paid for it.