Graveyard and Airpark - Scotland
Hi all,
Diversification is said to be a key of modern businesses: so here's two ideas! Would be very interested in feedback, both on the concept and if anyone would actually buy!
1. Green funerals:
There seems to be a growing popularity for "green" funerals, sometime with plots in meadows, forests or by lakes. Would people be interested in plots at an airfield?
One site I saw with plots by a lake even charged extra for plots with a better view! So would you think plots near a runway threshold would be more desirable than ones "round the back of the hangar!", so to speak?
The "green" idea is no raised headstones, even no plot markers at all. So can't really see any safety risks.
2. Airparks.
If we were to get planning for a few houses, each on perhaps 1/2 an acre - without direct access to the runway, but with a planning condition that the owners kept an aircraft on the adjacent airfield - would people be interested? Talking Strathaven Airfield in central Scotland. Grass airfield, VFR only, 847ft amsl, 530m runway and no fuel.
For the record, decent serviced plots around here tend to go for around 100k.
Anyway, some ideas, interested in people's reactions.