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Buying a van from us

Ex-fleet vans with a known history: how the listings work, paying in full, instalments or rent-to-buy, and the logbook handover.

2 min read Updated 6 October 2026

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Why ex-fleet is a safe buy

Every van we sell has lived its whole working life with us: serviced on schedule, MOT’d, weekly-checked by its drivers and repaired through our own garage network. You are not buying a stranger’s van from a forecourt — the history is not a printout, it is our own records.

The listings

Vans for sale appear on our website with the honest facts: year, mileage, class and the asking price, plus a plain-English description written by the team that ran the van. Ask for anything that is not there — service records, MOT history, what it carried — and you get the real answer.

Three ways to pay

  • In full — agree the price, pay, drive away with the logbook sorted.
  • Instalments — spread the price over agreed payments while you use the van. The schedule is written down before anything is signed; no balloon surprises.
  • Rent-to-buy — keep renting, with an agreed slice of your weekly payments building towards ownership. For drivers already in one of our vans this is usually the smoothest route: same van, same weekly rhythm, and one day it is yours.

Seeing and checking the van

View and inspect at the depot, bring a mechanic if you like, and take it for a proper drive. Existing customers often already know the exact van they are buying — there is no better test drive than months of hire.

Paperwork and the logbook

The sale agreement states the price, the payment route and what is included. On completion — or on the final instalment — the V5C logbook is transferred to you with DVLA, and you get the service history with it. Until then the van stays insured and maintained under whichever arrangement your agreement sets out, so there is never a gap where nobody is responsible.

Aftercare

Buying from us does not end the relationship: servicing, MOT and repairs through our garage network stay available to you as an owner.

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