Welcome John and I hope you manage to find some happiness in this next stage of your life. It cannot be easy.
My advise would be to get to your nearest Eriba dealer and have a good poke around what hey have, but do not buy, go away and think.
I'd suggest the smallest van that would meet your needs would be a Triton 430. Once you get your head around the inability to shower in one you will realise the size is fine. You then have to consider the options it will need to have.
Eriba vans have often been sold in a basic specification and so it's difficult to compare both used and new vans.
On a personal basis I'd advise upgraded axle to 1200kg, electric hot watet(unless you want to go off grid) and the Autonomy pack (12v battery set up)

Best of luck in your search and feel free to ask lots of questions.

Colin

Hi John and welcome to Eribafolk Sorry to hear of your loss but it's good to hear that you're making plans for the future.

As Colin has indicated above, the smallest Eriba with a 3 berth arrangement that allows one bed to be left made up as well as a dinette and a toilet, is the Triton 430. However, it'd be useful if you were to get a mover as in some locations it'd be a handful for one person to shift. This layout has what we call a cross van sleeper so the beds are only 6 feet long. One of the beds is a double however so you can spread out. Room for the dogs too

If you don't need a built in toilet then the Famila 310 is a good small Eriba to purchase. Again this is a cross van sleeper with a double and a single.

The alternative would be a pair of long sleepers but normally you would have to dispense with an on board toilet if you want a dinette. See, for example, the Triton 410.

As well as the standard layout diagrams in our Picture Gallery, it'd be useful to visit this dealer's website to browse through his picture gallery of used vans he has sold.

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https://www.eribacaravansales.co.uk/

Finally, there is no need to purchase new as unlike many caravans, Eribas, if well looked after, can go on for years and there are a number of outlets that sell second hand vans as well as new and the private market for used Eribas is also bouyant.

To check out your car's capability to tow an Eriba, use this website:- https://towcar.info/

Randa