Comments on: Weekly wrap-up, 14 August https://jamescousins.com/2009/08/weekly-wrap-up-14-august/ A (micro.)blog without a purpose. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: James https://jamescousins.com/2009/08/weekly-wrap-up-14-august/#comment-955 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:36:05 +0000 http://jamescousins.com/?p=1919#comment-955 In reply to David.

It has taken a long time to get this stage. We much prefer to get the current owner to take responsibility for their property. In this case the previous owner would start, then stop, drawing out the process for much longer than it need have run.

Hopefully the property will go at auction, pigeons or not!

]]> By: David https://jamescousins.com/2009/08/weekly-wrap-up-14-august/#comment-954 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:59:09 +0000 http://jamescousins.com/?p=1919#comment-954 Hats off to the Council for biting the bullet on 19 Lavender Hill – compulsory purchases are a risky business, and looking around London it’s obvious that a lot of authorities just quietly ignore similar eyesores (the shambolic & roofless buildings on The Pavement in Clapham stand out as a prime example). It’s still a tip of course, and smells of pigeons as you walk past though – I wouldn’t want to be the estate agent trying to shift it!…

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