'illegal' mock-Tudor castle he tried to hide behind 40ft hay bales

Lord_Baltimore

Sorry but that place looks like the Bates Motel with a greenhouse bolted on or something creepy from Disneyworld. I wouldn't live there ta.

M.Johnson_2

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

not if the travellers own their own land. They also might be the clever ones if they can just move when they lose a case, this guy is stuck with it.
I guess though he will just go bankrupt, give up trying and go live in a place the council deems acceptable to themselves

He may have all sorts of tricks up his sleeve

I hear its still there and it is expected to be still standing in years to come.

I think he is laughing at the local council he has totally outgunned them

M.Johnson_2

Is it still there? If it is indeed still there in 2014 then that is certainly the case that he has got away with it.

I know some will still be saying no he hasnt this and this, but they were saying that years ago and will still be saying it in years to come.

M.Johnson_2

Can anyone confirm is it still there, someone else said they must have knocked it down by now. I am not so sure I think Mr Fidler has run rings around them all.

BigAunty

adouglasmhor wrote: »

In Glasgow they are knocking down flats in multi storey blocks by the thousand. No one wants most of them.

I think they wanted them when they had come from overcrowded rat infested slum tenements with no bathrooms, central heating and shared loos.

But they didn't want them when the council stopped maintaining them and when social housing allocation turned to the needs based principles which meant that the vulnerable leapfrogged over other applicants and they filled up with addicts, etc. One of my friends was burgled by a neighbour (they stole his furniture, among other things).

I lived in a small multi story block in Glasgow between the west end and the city centre and the flat was lovely but the neighbours were a nightmare - alcoholic on two sides (one later replaced by a mentally ill lady who screamed through the walls) and a dope fiend on the other who played his music loudly for days on end. It really could have done with a concierge and better security.

There was a property developer who wanted to buy some of the Gorbals flats scheduled for demolition but the council wouldn't allow it. They could have easily been turned into decent flats with proper refurbishment, improved security and vetting of tenants (some slum housing is caused by slum landlords and slum tenants, nothing inherently slummy about the infrastructure itself, just the management of the services and tenants).

adouglasmhor

I agree with everything you said, Bigaunty, my old block was great to live in when it was a tenant manged co-op, now under GHA it's becoming a dump again.

abankerbutnotafatcat

M.Johnson wrote: »

Is it still there? If it is indeed still there in 2014 then that is certainly the case that he has got away with it.

I know some will still be saying no he hasnt this and this, but they were saying that years ago and will still be saying it in years to come.

It's still there! A friend of mine lives a couple of roads away.

M.Johnson_2

abankerbutnotafatcat wrote: »

It's still there! A friend of mine lives a couple of roads away.

How could it stil be there? How has he got away with it?

ash28

M.Johnson wrote: »

How could it stil be there? How has he got away with it?

He hasn't got away with it yet.....he applied for retrospective planning permission towards the end of last year with an agricultural tie on the property - it was refused.

I guess his next step is the court of human rights........

http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Salfords-farmer-s-covert-castle-rejected-council/story-18480029-detail/story.html#axzz2lHTVMMyF

Gavin57

He can probably delay the Council getting the house removed by using every legal route possible. It could go on for years.