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Originally Posted by Neil
Is that not what buildings insurance is for?
Why should the Council have to sort it out?
Come to think of it I don't know the full story behind Pendle Street so I might be talking out of my backside again.
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Thanks for info .
I don't know the procedures needed to be taken when a terrace is judged unfit for dwelling by two surveys carried out by the Council .
If building insurance was the way to sort the matter , then clearly the Council was doing things the wrong way .
I know a lady who lived on the terrace in question . She is in her late 60s and asked if I would go with her to the meeting at Scaitcliffe House when the residents were told what action the Council was taking , starting with the two surveys .
Building insurance was never mentioned . Basically the residents were told that if the surveys resulted in the houses being considered unfit for dwelling they could sell them to the Council .
My friend , when she found out that demolition was the only option , took the money being offered by the Council and bought another house .
That's all I know . I don't know what goes on behind closed doors .