A strange little dig there BlongB, not sure why?
Anyway I’m a bit skint these days.
However, back to the point... the previous owners, Six Piers Ltd had a yearly budget of £150k which they spent on the substructure maintenance. Even that was not nearly enough, but at least it got spent.
Prices of things have gone up now, so at least £250k per year would be the minimum.
Adam spent nothing at all on the substructure, not a penny, even in the years before the Pavilion development was ever dreamed of.
You ask how much would I spend?
I would spend whatever is necessary to maintain and improve a listed building, or I wouldn’t buy one in the first place. These are known items of expenditure at the time, or should be.
Nor would I be pictured in the press, saying I would restore the pier to its original glory, if I had no intention of doing so.