What thing was ruined because it turned into a rich person's hobby?

[motorbiking]

Plenty of places where you own a share of the field. Much better investment

 

[pete01]

Plenty of places where you own a share of the field. Much better investment

Interesting

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

My Mrs wants us to buy a static caravan...30k, 6k a year then on ya bike with 2k after 15 years

You could book a lot of hotel rooms for that sort of outlay. All in different places, not back to the same old place surrounded by others.

We lived in a static caravan on a holiday park for about 4 months while between houses. They really don't attract the sort of people you want as neighbours. Kids walking/running around make a really loud booming noise, you can hear the thudding even a few caravans away.

It was OK to rough it for a bit in one while we didn't own a house. No way I'd actually choose to be in one. I'd rather buy a house somewhere nice and stay at home. As we do!

 

[Highway Man]

Yeah should be ready in a few weeks time, would've been finished now but we've spent a few weeks in Hertfordshire. Will crack on again Monday. I'll put a few pics up when it's done.
We'll use it but for me the pleasure is building it, I'm not keen on the retirement malarkey, I need a project.

Looks fantastic, those overhead cabinets are superb.

 

[Elsa TLC]

Yeah should be ready in a few weeks time, would've been finished now but we've spent a few weeks in Hertfordshire. Will crack on again Monday. I'll put a few pics up when it's done.
We'll use it but for me the pleasure is building it, I'm not keen on the retirement malarkey, I need a project.

Did you start a thread on your builds?

 

[fillyboy]

When I did the Vivaro LWB I spent £3800, the van was worth about £3k, sold it for £10300, that was last Ocober, if I'd kept it until now I probably could have got minimum £12K.

The Boxer cost £12K including vat, It should come in at a little over £6500 spent, possibly £7k with a few extras. electrics are much more sophisticated than the vivaro, much bigger leisure battery, 300ah, bigger solar panel, this all snowballs with ancilliary electrics, I'll have main electric plug in, this one has a diesel heater, fridge, the only thing it won't have is hot water which I thought about but cost and complexity stopped me. I might in the future add an awning and a pull out step so the costs may still go up.
I've insured it for £25k which is probably on the low side.

Update, just ordered another battery isolator switch, some metal angle trim, 3m oak worktop from B & Q, total spend now up to £6650.08

 

[fillyboy]

Did you start a thread on your builds?

I did, https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/fillyboys-kosher-campervan.648378/

That got trolled with a load of anti Israel ***t by you know who, I got the posts deleted but it made me think twice about starting another one.

 

[Highway Man]

I did, https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/fillyboys-kosher-campervan.648378/

That got trolled with a load of anti Israel ***t by you know who, I got the posts deleted but it made me think twice about starting another one.

It looks that good, you could make a living out of converting vans into campers, a very tidy profit to be had.