Having achieved strong sales results in 2024, Wellhouse Leisure, a UK campervan converter, has invested £100,000 in new machinery so that it can now make all of its own furniture in-house rather than outsourcing it and supply other converters in the market.

Wellhouse Leisure’s campervan sales include a mix of brand new Ford Transit Custom campervan base vehicles, plus used Nissan, Honda and Toyota base vehicles it imports from Japan. This has seen Wellhouse Leisure’s sales buck the recent downturn in the market that some manufacturers and dealers have experienced.

“As well as now being in total control of our furniture production, we also have the ability to supply the market with fully assembled, high quality furniture to other converters and self-builders,” said David Elliott, CEO and founder of Wellhouse Leisure.

Wellhouse Leisure has always specialised in producing campervans with high quality specifications and great value for money, and has been successfully converting used models from Japan for 23 years. This means it’s able to offer a unique mix of newly converted campervans starting from around £22,000 to over £75,000 for its brand new Ford Transit Custom Misano 5.

With the added bonus of being awarded some local authority funding towards the cost of its investment, the new machine will make Wellhouse Leisure’s production process more efficient and flexible.

David Elliott, commented: “Despite what many people are saying about a downturn in sales in the leisure vehicle market at the moment, Wellhouse Leisure has achieved strong sales so far in 2024. We believe this is because we’re able to offer an affordable mix of campervans, and feel it’s the right time to invest £100,000 in new machinery.”

“Over the last 23 years, we’ve been importing and converting used vehicles from Japan and have always found that customers love their (much lower) price with a new campervan conversion inside to use. More recently, we believe sales of these models has grown because they are also ULEZ/clean air zone compliant and can be used as an everyday vehicle, plus we’ve also added some new models and revamped the popular Toyota Alphard/Vellfire with an electric bed system,” David added.