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Cryptocurrency News Articles
The ghost estate: Vandals target homes earmarked for demolition as residents are moved out
Sep 29, 2024 at 10:57 pm
The gardens are overgrown, there's rubbish piled in the street and the windows are boarded up. On the wall of an abandoned bungalow the word "pride!" is written in neon pink block capitals. It's an emotion that's in short supply here now.
A ghost estate of boarded-up bungalows is set to be finally demolished - after almost two years of delays.
The 38 one-bed houses on Highfield Close were built in 1947 and for many years the small council estate on the southern edge of Manchester was home to a close-knit community of pensioners.
But Trafford Housing Trust began demolishing the bungalows last year after saying they were on a 'high risk' flood plain and were built in a way that had 'created severe damp and mould issues' - claims some of the residents disputed.
The plan was to rehome the tenants and replace the bungalows with 'new high-quality homes'.
But the demolition was hit by delays and the empty properties became a target for vandals and metal thieves.
Michael Keogh, 81, lived at number 46 Highfield Close, at the bottom right hand side of the street, for 25 years.
He was one of the last remaining residents to be moved out of the bungalows on June 8 last year.
He now lives in a maisonette just round the corner and he still pops down to Highfield Close keep an eye on his old street.
But what he sees fills him with sadness.
"The gates went first, then it was the lead flashing," he says, stood outside the now tinned up front door of his old home.
"It was bad enough when they ripped out the front doors and back doors, but then they got ransacked again and again.
"Look at it now, it's desolate. It's very sad."
A sign taped to a lamp-post says demolition should have been completed by August 1.
In the meantime there's a caravan parked at the side of the road.
It's home to a man - who gives his name as Corbyn - and his dog.
He says he moved onto the street in February after being unable to afford the rent in a nearby supported accommodation block.
And like Michael he's also unhappy at the demolition plans.
"It's an insult when you have so many people waiting for housing," he says.
"It all boils down to the fact we have privatised housing - we've privatised everything."
Corbyn says he's now had a formal eviction notice and will move in the next few days, but is not planning to go far.
"I'm going round the corner," he says.
"With the housing situation as it is I don't know where they expect me to go."
In 2022, Graeme Scott, executive director of development at Trafford Housing Trust, told the MEN his organisation wanted to 'continue to offer quality homes of choice that meet the housing standards of the future and that help to tackle the housing crisis'.
Since then trust has been subsumed by East London-based social housing developer L&Q.
Ben Townsend, New business director for L&Q in the north west, said: “We still plan to demolish the bungalows as per our previously submitted proposals, but unfortunately it has taken longer than we expected to disconnect all the utilities.
"As soon as this work has been completed we will progress our plans to hoard off the site and demolish the properties.
"We are considering a range of options for the future of the site following demolition, and will consult with local residents and stakeholders when we have clearer plans.
"We are keen to support ongoing regeneration in Stretford and to work closely with Trafford council. Tackling the housing crisis is key to L&Q, and we aim to create more and better homes that will improve residents’ lives."
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