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Wilsons demand £100.000

Zandoni
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Fergus is in the local Kent papers again.

He is chasing Ashford Council for £100.000 for allowing an appartment block to be built too near to one of his properties. He is claiming 'diminshment of value' and say's he was completely unaware of the original planning application.

He said " These flats are too close to my houses and it is overpowering, I have lost money"
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  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    If true, laughing stock mode 'ON'.
  • DervProf
    DervProf Posts: 4,035 Forumite
    Zandoni wrote: »
    Fergus is in the local Kent papers again.

    He is chasing Ashford Council for £100.000 for allowing an appartment block to be built too near to one of his properties. He is claiming 'diminshment of value' and say's he was completely unaware of the original planning application.

    He said " These flats are too close to my houses and it is overpowering, I have lost money"

    Double whammy for Fungus Wilson - More property available for people to buy, and the appartments are close to part of his "empire".

    If Fungus believes his own hype, why doesn't he buy the appartment block ?
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  • careinthecommunity
    careinthecommunity Posts: 131 Forumite
    DervProf wrote: »
    Double whammy for Fungus Wilson - More property available for people to buy, and the appartments are close to part of his "empire".

    If Fungus believes his own hype, why doesn't he buy the appartment block ?
    he intends to.... He just wants the council to pay his deposit
  • PasturesNew
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    Should have spent more time managing his 'business' than at the gee-gees or doing interviews for the press. Would have seen the paperwork .... not that he'd have probably been able to object.
  • Guitar
    Guitar Posts: 157 Forumite
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    DervProf wrote: »
    If Fungus believes his own hype, why doesn't he buy the appartment block ?

    In this short interview, Fergus explains why he avoids buying flats:

    http://renegadeeconomist.com/headline/man-900-houses.html
  • LydiaJ
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  • StevieJ
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    Guitar wrote: »
    In this short interview, Fergus explains why he avoids buying flats:

    http://renegadeeconomist.com/headline/man-900-houses.html

    A wonderful interview :) you would think he would keep his head down, what a ****.
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  • drc
    drc Posts: 2,057 Forumite
    What a greedy !!!!!!. £70 million is not enough for him? Some people will never be happy no matter how much money they have :mad:.
  • Zandoni
    Zandoni Posts: 3,465 Forumite
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    edited 6 February 2011 at 1:15AM
    Best link I can find

    http://kentonline.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

    Click on Kentish Express, Ashford & District.

    Click picture gallery to the right of the paper.

    Go to the second page and click on his mug shot.
  • PasturesNew
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    It took me 4 minutes on this PC to get that far, then they wanted me to register, so bugg4h that for a game of tin soldiers. What an evil system that viewer is.
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