Fed up with everything? What if I bought a desert island in Scotland?

There are days when you may want to throw everything away. The annoying colleague (we all have one), the work in general, the noise of the city, the heat wave, the children if we have any, the family, in short, thanks for going to cook all the way.

What if the solution was to buy an island off the Scottish coast, with nothing or anyone around?

An island in Scotland, for the price of a T3 in Paris

For the modest (non) sum of 417,000 euros (350,000 pounds), you can become the proud owner of the island of Pladda, located 70 kilometers southwest of Glasgow in the Firth of Clyde.

The 11-hectare island isn’t just a big rock, since there’s a lighthouse (automated, no need to take care of it eh, don’t joke), a five-bedroom house that previously served as a lighthouse keeper, another small house with a bedroom and a bathroom, as well as a marina and a heliport. Well yes, you are on an island, you will not swim in it (it is Scotland, I remind you, the water is cold.)

Additionally, the island is frequented by migrating seabirds such as arctic terns, gulls, turnstones and crested cormorants. Animals that at least have the merit of not talking to you too much in the morning, unlike your cowardly colleague (yes, always him).

The ad is available on the Knight Frank real estate website and there are plenty of photos that make you want to pack your bags, get a 68-year credit and run to kilt land. never come back.

Finally yes, we will return when the island has disappeared, swallowed by the waves, compared to the fact that with global warming and rising waters, I will not bet on a very extreme longevity of the big pebble.

Photo credit: Knight Frank