Watch This My estate has been derelict since 1997 and the council want me out - I'm not moving By Lucinda Herbert Reporter Comment Published 30th Aug 2024, 12:28 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now This video More videos Dramatic video shows one of the last remaining tenants on a derelict housing estate dubbed 'Britain's Chernobyl'..
.who refuses to leave despite the council esrmarking it for demolition. One of the last few remaining residents of a derelict estate dubbed 'Britain's Chernobyl" says he won’t leave - despite the council earmarking the site for demolition.
In a powerful video (click to play above) Marshal Craig, 70, explains that he ‘likes living’ on his estate, which has been virtually empty since 1997, and looks like something from a post-apocalyptic film. Derelict estate is ‘idyllic’ Built in 1905 it is made up of 430 flats in rotting tenement buildings as well as a rundown church - all covered in graffiti and litter. Marshal says he is one of just five people left there but has no plans to leave - claiming it is ''idyllic''.
It was abandoned in 1997 and is now a ghost town and the target of arson attacks with some of the cheapest properties in Britain - in 2020 one flat sold for 6K. Keep up with the latest new videos with the Shots! Newsletter. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
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Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted, with just a handful of residents left. | Katielee Arrowsmith / SWNS ‘I don’t want to move’ The estate in Port Glasgow in Inverclyde was privately owned but Inverclyde Council has bought more than half the properties and wants to demolish the lot. The retired forestry worker said: "I've lived here for 20 years all in all and four years in this particular house.
Quite frankly, I don't want to move and I'm quite happy here. In some ways it's quite idyllic. My house is built like a castle.
The walls are thick and sturdy, there's a nice view and no dampness. "The only thing the view from my kitchen window is missing is a few palm trees!" Estate abandoned in the 90’s The estate was largely abandoned in the late 1990s after the majority of the shipyard workers employed nearby moved out. Marshal says the remaining five residents all stay in the same area of one block.
Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad ‘I’ll be tying myself to the radiator’ He said: "When I first moved here there was a lot more people, but now it's pretty much empty...
I think I'll be tying myself to the radiator if they make me move out." Read More British woman travels to the US chasing tornados and super storms for a hobby..
.but says she's never scared Our flat is so mould-ridden it left a relative hospitalised but council won't do anything to help Retired couple lose £45k life savings in court battle with neighbour over fence on shared driveway Although Marshal loves his home the estate has become renowned for smashed windows, litter and fires. Urban explorers regularly visit the site to see the abandoned flats covered in graffiti.
New-build plans Inverclyde Council confirmed they they will be pursuing a compulsory purchase order in January to demolish the estate entirely and build 100-120 new homes. Marshal, who says there is a lot of broken windows and fire damage on the estate, said: "These are good solid buildings. Why not just do this place up and house people in them that need them.
I'm really happy here, it's my home and I've lived here for 20 years so I don't want to go." Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted. | Katielee Arrowsmith / SWNS The semi-derelict estate has been dubbed 'Scotland's Chernobyl'.
Inverclyde Council has already acquired over 50 per cent of the housing on the estate and are attempting to purchase remaining properties. A spokesperson for Inverclyde Council said: “It remains our ambition to acquire properties at Clune Park to allow for the delivery of long term regeneration of the area. While progress has been frustratingly slow and costly, the ambition still remains and discussions are continuing to achieve this aim at the earliest possible opportunity.
No formal decision has been taken by the council in respect of the CPO. But Clune Park has been identified in the Inverclyde Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2023-28 for approximately 100-120 units.” Continue Reading Related topics: Social Housing Housing Residents Council Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories.
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