Anyone go? We went up this weekend and it was pretty good. Some good stuff going on but one thing that struck me is how much money is involved. They all talk about 1 year payback but none of them talk about paths, car parks, lighting and all the other stuff you need to think about. Just the tent / pod / hut or whatever and the loos. £40k for a shepherd's hut made largely from softwood T&G? £10k for a yurt? £5k for a tipi? Plus you get a dodgy stove insulation that is going to kill your customers as Regulation J does not apply to mobile installations. Hmmmmmmm.
We are seriously going into this on our place but I think there is a lot of cashing in going on. Desperate farmers with more credit than imagination are going to mortgage themselves to death setting all this up and will be looking at a 12 year payback, not 12 months. By then, all the kit will be knackered, as will they be.
It's a growth market but I came away thinking you could blow half a million in an afternoon. Care must be taken.
We are seriously going into this on our place but I think there is a lot of cashing in going on. Desperate farmers with more credit than imagination are going to mortgage themselves to death setting all this up and will be looking at a 12 year payback, not 12 months. By then, all the kit will be knackered, as will they be.
It's a growth market but I came away thinking you could blow half a million in an afternoon. Care must be taken.