| Posted by SnakeCorp |
4/30/2005 5:47 PM | remove |
Why abandon it at that advanced stage of renovation, I wonder? New roof, windows, lintels...job's nearly finished.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
4/30/2005 6:07 PM | remove |
Ran out of cash or health failed maybe. Shame. :(
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| Posted by lost |
4/30/2005 9:11 PM | remove |
It's nice and weathertight too, it could be a great place. The interior is bare, though the upstairs is floored.
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| Posted by Jennibel |
5/1/2005 3:08 AM | remove |
I'd live there...
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| Posted by IIVQ |
5/1/2005 10:21 AM | remove |
It'd would probably be cheap to rent this peice of land and buy the house to renovate. Unless the owner insisted on buy all or nothing...
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
5/1/2005 7:26 PM | remove |
It really is very odd that work started and then stopped. The owner is a construction company, so unlikely to have run out of money. Maybe a PP violation of some sort? Planning Permission was granted back in 1994 for 13 dwellings on the site, so it worth be worth a fair bit.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/2/2005 1:43 AM | remove |
There were a number of construction companies running out of cash here so that still wouldn't surprise me. As you mentioned, PP Violation? Very good possibility. I saw a building that had renovations started, then stopped and when the building became unsound due to water rotting the framing, (roof was removed) it was demolished.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/2/2005 1:47 AM | remove |
Hit 'Post Comment' before finishing. The work was stopped due to a number of violations including having underage workers doing extremely hazardous work and failing to properly secure the site during the initial demolition.
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| Posted by lost |
5/2/2005 5:48 PM | remove |
The construction company which owns the site is still going strong, owns 15 acres of prime land, and does nothing with it. Oddness.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/3/2005 2:16 AM | remove |
Well put, Oddness. My theory is that they may have intended to use it for something, shelved the project and are waiting for the house to rot enough so that they can have a 'legitimate excuse' to raze it.
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| Posted by lost |
5/3/2005 10:27 PM | remove |
They wouldn't be able to destroy it if it's listed though?
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/4/2005 3:52 AM | remove |
They shouldn't but I've seen it happen here. Fothergill house was designated (listed) and look what happened. :(
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| Posted by lost |
5/4/2005 8:04 AM | remove |
What happened to Fothergill, did they really take the wrecking ball to it? :(
Newton House is listed category B which means: [i]Buildings of regional or more than local importance, or major examples of some particular period, style or building type which may have been altered.[/i] I guess there's nothing in there to stop somebody destroying it... Sad.
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
5/4/2005 4:56 PM | remove |
Property owners will use the 'destruction by neglect' approach to dispose of a listed building. Don't carry out any repairs, leave the building unsecured, let kids wreck the place and, sooner or later, it will either get torched or fall down. Demolish the remains and apply for PP for a new build project. Happens all the time.
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/5/2005 2:12 AM | remove |
Yeah. Here, a building's designation can be removed if the owners file to have it removed. If the local city council doesn't challenge it in 30 days, the designation is automatically removed. That's what happened with Fothergill. The paperwork was "lost" and then 31 or 32 days later, the owners came for their demo permit and the city had no choice but to grant it.
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| Posted by greywolf45 |
5/11/2005 11:02 AM | remove |
Just enough room for me. I like it.
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| Posted by Jennibel |
5/12/2005 3:16 AM | remove |
Out-greywolf! I called dibbs on it first!
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| Posted by rainman8889 |
5/13/2005 2:31 AM | remove |
Now now, no fighting you two! How about I grab the place and spare you the pain of fighting over it? ;-) *ducks in anticipation of the various objects thrown in anger*
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| Posted by greywolf45 |
5/16/2005 7:20 PM | remove |
I saw it first GG.
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| Posted by Jennibel |
5/16/2005 11:28 PM | remove |
Ha! I commented on it first! Ok, how about share?
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| Posted by purplegrum |
5/17/2005 10:22 AM | remove |
Well when you guys were busy fighting over it, I moved in. Come visit sometime ;)
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