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@Kat_Balou
I live in a brick building and the residents of my block feel there is no need to demolish it. My building is in the last phase of the development and so is not being demolished for at least another 20 years yet they have already served a demolition order on us.
I feel the concrete blocks are not fit for purpose and could be torn down and redesigned but I agree with you that it needs to be appropriate for housing the people that currently live there which, if the Heygate is anything to go by, it will not be. A two bed flat in the new development on Heygate will set you back £737k and a studio is £415k! The money offered to Heygate leaseholders by the council through compulsory purchase was abysmal.