‘I sold my beautiful 10-bedroom home for HS2 eight years ago – I can’t believe it’s still empty’
Eight years ago, a woman who sold it to the government eight years ago due to HS2, says that despite a national housing crisis, 10 bedroom property is empty.
Rachel Halvorsen cut the multimillion pound agreement with the Ministry of Transport (DFT) to sell the house in Brackley in Northamponshire, where his family turned into a barn in 1915.
With a bungalow and hut, an agreement was made for the farmhouse, because the HS2 line from London to Birmingham will cut 25 percent of 40 acres of property.
Nevertheless, despite the housing properties 300 meters from the line, and for eight years since sale, only the summer house has been rented by HS2.
The farm house and the cottage lie empty, Halvorsen said, a swimming pool is filled and it is believed that a ceiling in the main house has fallen.
The empty house that Mrs. Halvorsen rented £ 1,000 per month and Bungalow is between 402 houses sitting on the hs2 routes, including Manchester and Leeds.
DFT bought 1,475 houses, then passed them to HS2. targeted Renting them to provide value for money and to avoid empty properties in communities – but 27 percent lies empty, Independent can reveal.
It comes as labor force offers to cope with the labor crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner doubles the promise of building 1.5 million new houses this week.
.jpg)
HS2 told Independent While some properties are not rented due to the cost of bringing them to a standard that can be able to “, others may need to be destroyed soon.
However, Ms. Halvorsen said she could not understand why her house could not make a rental agreement with her bungalow.
He said: “A lot of money loss – the house is very nice, the gardens are beautiful, but after eight years ago, I cannot believe that the earth did not do anything while falling into abandonment.
“The money you can go to the taxpayer. The house is now prisoner for 20 years.” It will take it to build the railway. “
Halvorson’s mother turned the barn into a family house in which he inherited later. Once a year, the gardens would open to the public. But now he can’t go back to the property after he gets away from a half -hour ride.
Authorized, the cost of looking at empty property will be expensive, travelers try to access the land after a stage required 7/24 security, he said.
He said: “Now they’re all closed, I don’t like to go back there, especially with all the construction works nearby. It is very sad when people need homes.”
A similar picture for other major features purchased by DFT.
Sitting near London Euston, which is scheduled to take HS2 passengers to OLD OAK Common Station, houses were purchased five years ago, including a Konak House for £ 7.4 million. He was still empty last year New Daily from Glass notified.
Last year, a Minister of Transportation said that the government should first ignore an alternative railway plan for the north legs before the disposal of land and properties. Independent He understands that an announcement will be made by DFT in the summer.
In the villages of Whitmore, Whitmore Heath and Madeley, about 50 houses were sold to HS2 to lead to the northern leg with Balt. However, Deborah Mallender, who lives in Madeley, claims.
He blamed the “high -level” standards for the rented HS2 in short -term contracts and for the properties released.
“You walk around the village and see empty houses with back tiles,” he said. “They are left to fall into the shelf and ruins, and one day HS2 will say that they should retreat and change.
“Destructive for the community. Why are these properties not sold?”
Whitmore Parish Assembly Member Ian Webb said that after a house was transformed into a cannabal factory, security should accelerate the villages.
He said: “When the houses were sold, they all looked well equipped for new people to come, but many of them were left empty. The whole situation is not popular among the people in the village;
Real Estate Carter Jonas was appointed to manage houses on behalf of HS2. In Whitmore Heath, he is currently marketing large detached houses up to £ 3,000 per month in six and 12 -month contracts.
HS2 said it would sell surplus properties in line with government policy.
A spokesman said: “The properties will be sold only after approved as a surplus and sales will follow a process, including compliance with the Crichel Down rules. [allowing previous owners to buy back the homes] and market valuation requirements. ”
A DFT spokesman said: “This summer we will determine detailed plans for the land and property that is not necessary for the project – sales will provide value for money and do not break the local property markets.”
