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UK’s cheapest homes to sell for just £1

THESE are Britain’s cheapest homes – set to go on sale for just a POUND.

The Victorian terraced houses were originally bought for as much as £70,000 EACH – but are now being offered at the rock-bottom price to DIY enthusiasts.

Each buyer will have to prove they can bring the house up to scratch using “construction skills” before they can own the property.

Homes in the Granby Triangle area in Kensington, Liverpool were part of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott’s plan to destroy thousands of homes across the country.

Under his regeneration Pathfinder scheme, around £2.2bn was blown on buying and demolishing homes – but not enough new homes were built for the displaced occupants.

Residents in the Granby area fought to save the properties and now the city council has agreed to sell them to locals who will be able to revamp them.

As part of the initial pilot scheme, 20 houses will be offered for sale to residents for £1.

Liverpool’s Deputy Mayor and Finance Chief Cllr Paul Brant said: “This allows people who may be excluded from mortgages but have construction skills to play a part in the regeneration of their communities.

“We’ve seen that the private sector model has not succeeded so far and, through this way of doing things, if there is any profit it will stay with local people.”

Jonathan Brown, spokesman for the Merseyside Civic Society, said: “We fought against Prescott’s scheme and it’s great to have won all these years later.

“Local people have been let down over and over again for decades.

“I hope this now rolls out to other areas of the city in desperate need of regeneration.”

回复 13# hellow


   thanks

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回复 11# kobe


    wish we can see one day in our life

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That's fantastic out-side.

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回复 9# 簿子酒


    so many "some" i got it ,too

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回复 8# sunny萝卜


   you mean some people in somewhere, and sometimes,i got it

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回复 7# 簿子酒


    It's hard to say, in a small-scale may piloted .

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回复 6# sunny萝卜


   doesn't matter,it would never happen in TianChao

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回复 3# 簿子酒


    what a shame! it's really true.

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So good idea, maybe residents' power can bring unexpectable surprises.

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NOTES:

The Victorian terraced houses:维多利亚式排屋

in the Granby Triangle area in Kensington, Liverpool :位于利物浦的肯辛顿格兰比三角区

regeneration Pathfinder scheme:“探路者”重建方案

spokesman for the Merseyside Civic Society:默西赛德郡公民协会发言人

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it can't be true~

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Vocabulary:

rock-bottom price: 最低价

up to scratch: 达到标准,合格

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