‘HS2 won’t sell me my rental house – despite it being more than a kilometre from high-speed line’
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A couple rented by HS2, a couple, missed more than a kilometer away from the missing high -speed line, although they could not buy the house.
In 2018, Phil Allman and his wife Lita, three years after the Ministry of Transport purchased for £ 310,000, moved to the detached house in the village of Lea Marston at the foot of Birmingham in 2018.
By the government You need to sell plans, It was established to the owners of the property, which is a “compelling reason ,, but who cannot do it, because the HS2 route will go to their homes once.
However, almost ten years later, the retired marketing manager’s house purchasing attempts were blocked by HS2, who said that the property would not be sold until the requirements for the high -speed line would not be sold.
The nearest line section to the property is 1.1 km away and the phase 1, which connects London with hands in Staffordshire, is part of the leg.
Mr. Allman’s rent an increase of £ 400 per month from August 1 made the situation even worse.
Dispute, Secretary General of Transportation Alexander rejected the management of the project and said to Commons last week, “billions of pounds of taxpayer’s money was in wasted with ineffective contracts and bad management”.
The opening date of the line has been postponed beyond the target opening date 2033.
Mr. Allman said: “HS2 was founded to build a railway line and not to manage the property, I think they should focus on more railway line.
“They receive property using the money of taxpayers, then rent them for years or leave only empty, which does not use good property or money.
“We have lived in this village for a few years, we have made many friends – but we cannot do anything with the house because we do not have it and we cannot understand why our requests for purchasing it were taken back.
“If they have to destroy it, fair enough, but not close to the railway line and they are not used to hosting workers. When it comes to any deduction, we have more problems with the clay pigeon shooting club.”
The government spent 3.7 billion pounds for properties, including homes along the HS2 line Shows numbers, It is much higher than the estimation of £ 1.1 billion in 2011. This included a land of £ 700 £ 3.1 billion and 23 square meters during the first stage of the route from London to West Midlands.
However, 1,475 houses managed on behalf of HS2 were left out only 1,073 (73 percent), Independent It appeared last week.
Four years ago, Carter Jonas was appointed by HS2 to manage the houses. Then talkThe company’s spokesman said that renting them will balance costs for the project and now rise to £ 100 billion.
Mr. Allman admitted that he had not received rent since he moved, but he believed that the pure increase in demand was unfair. He said he would pay the new rental figure in case of a purchase option as a part of a written objection, as well as in case of improvement in the house, including energy efficiency.
However, despite increasing his dispute and offered to buy the house in a letter to Carter Jonas last month, he did not hear it back.
The case was received by HS2 and Carter Jonas by Mr. Allman and North Warwickshire and Bedworth Worker Rachel Taylor, who criticized him for lack of communication with him.
The former property lawyer said: ürmek standing to the landlords who despise their tenants is a part of being a local deputy and pars, but in this case it is shocked that the landlord is a public organization acting on behalf of the taxpayer.
“I will not rely on running my components by HS2 or subcontractor lackeys. If Carter Jonas does not reduce these unreasonable rental demands, even if he does not have the courtesy of responding to my e -mails and making calls about them, HS2 needs to take steps and bring them to the heels.”
When asked why the rent of Mr. Allman’s house increased, HS2 said that rental investigations could be postponed for operational reasons such as nearby construction works or the effects of Covid 19.
Following the conclusion of the nearby construction, the revised rent is set to reflect market conditions-but the satellite maps show that the work is still closed to complete the high-speed line.
HS2 also confirmed that the property was not ready for sale, because it was not announced much.
In a statement, a spokesman said: “We are in the process of developing a program to sell a series of properties between London and West Midlands to be affected by long -term HS2 production.
“All properties will be sold in a way that will provide value for the taxpayer and prevent interruption in the local property markets.”
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.”
Independent He contacted Carter Jonas for a comment.
