A boat moored on the river. Used no more than 10 times a year. Most of the money was spent on winter storage fees, and a real ball-ache to put in/get out of the river.
A bit like a camper van stuck on your driveway

,.,.,..,

A Place in the Sun

( certainly under-used for anybody younger than retirement age ).

Even if you holiday in it for 2 weeks per year, that's a heck of a financial investment. And to get the longterm value you can say goodbye to all your holidays in all the other parts of the world.

''ah but its an investment, it will accrue in value with inflation'' ever heard of Capital Gains Tax & Brexit ?

Edited by PalazioVecchio (13 Oct 2021 12.36pm)

Eagle with SE19 altitude

Will Hughes

many years ago a £1000 portable tower for certain nhs & school contracts to comply with H&S regs.
never used, just put up on jobs(& left up) while we got on with our usual ladder work.
had it about 20 years & managed to flog it for £500 last year (in goodnick)

Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

Nathan Ferguson. And I'm sick of people saying they feel sorry for him, and what terrible luck he's had.

Pay me upwards of a million quid a year and I'll swap the last year he's had for mine.

I don't think that we have paid for him yet