Property disaster

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 09 Apr, 2009 12:56 am

Big Space

Post by **cnosni** » Thu 09 Apr, 2009 2:08 am

tyke bhoy wrote: cnosni wrote: Point 4 Could have a proviso,in form of contarct,that the property must ve vacated after 5 years ,no matter what.It could also incorporate an option that the rent is a little bit higher than normal council rent.Take this amount,and a proprtion of the rent and have it placed into a locked account.Then after 5 years this money can be released for a mortgage,payable directly to a mortgage lender.This amount could also serve as a deterrent to those people who do not look after the property,in that any damages to the property will be paid for from the money put aside.Too complicated probably Less complicated than Mr Brown's numerous variations of tax credit Matbe so,but some mandarin would find a hole in it im sure

Post by **cnosni** » Thu 09 Apr, 2009 2:19 am

Cardiarms wrote: Lights out You can just see the phone where the property developers were making a last ditch call for funds to RBS.This is yet another piece of bad news for the city.Im sure things will come back,but this is one hell of a huge hole in the city centre,along with the still undeveloped Eastgate Quarter,Whitehall Riverside/Wellington Place/Lumiere/Criterion Place etc etc et cetc.This cant bode well for Holbeck village and the Arena,as both these projects are reliant on private as well as public funding.Easel has gone T*ts up (so much for Private Parrtnership),the childrens hospital is not even a pipe dream anymore.Id say we are now well below even middle of the road.

Post by **cnosni** » Thu 09 Apr, 2009 2:23 am

chameleon wrote: Just a thought - isn't town going to be a wonderfully peaceful place for a while You cant get in though mate.Good place for an arena?

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 09 Apr, 2009 8:28 am

cnosni wrote: chameleon wrote: Just a thought - isn't town going to be a wonderfully peaceful place for a while You cant get in though mate.Good place for an arena? Now why didn't I see that coming?

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sun 12 Apr, 2009 5:16 pm

It just gets worse! Now the refurbishment work on the Gateway Project at the Dark Arches / Neville Street is stopped as the man contractor has gone into adminsitration...http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... jpAlthough to be perfectly honest, I'm struggling to see how adding new lights and a bit of paint on the walls added up to £4.5 million....

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 13 Apr, 2009 8:53 pm

raveydavey wrote: It just gets worse! Now the refurbishment work on the Gateway Project at the Dark Arches / Neville Street is stopped as the man contractor has gone into adminsitration...http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... jpAlthough to be perfectly honest, I'm struggling to see how adding new lights and a bit of paint on the walls added up to £4.5 million.... Like the idea so a bit of a pain that its delayed,but as you say,how come its that much