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Originally Posted by park381
Had to post this. Anyone watch the Trevor McDonald programme to-night straight after Cori st. The task to refurbish a terraced house in Liverpool on a budget of £18,000 which was the cost of demolishing it later in the year. The results of the refurbishment carried out in 4 weeks was stunning to say the least, the project went a little over budget and finished at £24,3++. I think the whole programme should be burnt to CD and copies sent to all councils that are planning to demolish terraced houses, saying "think again before you act" The show presenter visited the housing minister with photos of the refurbished property, the reply was oh we have asked local authorities to look at refurbishment before demolishing property.
Don't think HBC have been informed of that fact.
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This is a good point. However there are 2000 empty properties, mostly terraced. And the oversupply problem is worse because some people in terraced cant get into their desired type, bungalows and semis due to lack of supply. Refurbishment should always be the first option. However 15000 terraced houses in low demand areas times £24k is a lot of taxpayers money. Private property developers only want to build houses that they can sell and much of the regen money will have to come from the private sector. ie the cost of demolition and rebuild is passed on to the new house owner with some public subsidy.
It is also thought that the town centre would benefit from houses where a greater disposable income exists and this type of development will help to reduce the negative preception about desireability of inner urban areas. [and take pressure of the green belt] Again CABE are at the heart of this and HBC is going to choose just one private developer to 'work in partnership' to ensure profit is only one motive amongst many.