RE: £50K for a parking space

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chezgilo said:

Anyone who says negative things about St Ives has obviously not stayed in the Barnaloft or Piazza apartments that look over the best beach - Porthmeor. I've been pretty much every year since I was born and it's a wonderful holiday. The apartments look right over the beach which has the best sand I have ever experienced (compared to Caribbean, Greece...), it's just the right size (not vast like some Cornish beaches or too small), there's brilliant rock-pooling for the kids, when the tide goes out it doesn't take long to walk to the waters edge, when it's in it's fun as it comes relatively close to the apartment wall (in high tide it can actually crash up the tunnel that link the apartments with the beach), it has the amazing sunsets that can be watched from the sofas in the lounge (Martini in hand), it's super clean, the surf is often excellent and the Tate Gallery looks over the beach (always worth a look). There's also a great walk to 'Clodgy point' to blow out the cobwebs. I can't think of anything negative about it.

If you know the best places to go out to eat (The Mermaid for example), stay somewhere similar to where I stay, avoid anywhere tacky like the archade, potter around the art galleries, I can't see anyone having a bad time.

Of course you could come to St Ives, stay somewhere awful and spend most of the time on the harbour front which is going from my 'perfect' extreme to the other.

Oh and how could I forget - most of the apartments come with an underground private garage! If you bring a second car then a 30 minute wait for a space at the hill top car park around the corner is all that's required and £24ish at the end of the week.

I'm not surprised that those parking spaces are up for so much. The pre-mentioned two bed apartments are worth about a million.

Edited by chezgilo on Friday 9th November 11:43

Well said that chap.......Go down there a few times every year.....nice relaxing place to be where any one of the multiple beaches are spotless and all within a 2 min walk.

[Matt UK]

Bladedancer said:

Just shows there are many truly dumb people with way too much money

No it doesn't. It just shows there are people out there who view things differently to you and have the means to put their desires into reality.

I'm sure the picker in Asia is astounded at what I've just paid for a pack of PG Tips - but I don't think I'm dumb, I certainly don't think I have too much money, but I am enjoying a nice brew.

[Smanks]

Bladedancer said:

Just because you CAN do somthing doesn't mean you SHOULD do it.
That's the kind of thinking that has sent property prices sky-high and caused the financial crysis.

For instance, you CAN stick a fork in your eye, but you probably SHOULDN'T do it

Good analogy

[fatboy18]

Thinking about it, this price is not that bad, its almost on a par with some of the camping and parking prices for the Le mans 24hr!