Robbed of home after 30 years
I HAVE some comments on your report "Family loses the right to stay in home of over 30 years" (Gazette, November 12).
My first point is that the house in Turlewray Crecsent, Finbsury Park, was derelict when my wife and I lived here in one room with no water, electricity or gas for six months in 1974 and we worked for free on the house.
Yes, we had a grant of £4,000. This helped in the first few months but, after that, I had to use my money to make the place habitable.
In 1982 we offered to buy this house. This was refused. In 2009 we offered to buy this house - it was refused.
In 1986 the housing director gave his word that we would not be made homeless ever in writing. However, the judge said we had no case. We had not a hope in hell of any justice from the start.
What we got was what we had been promised in 1986 - that we were not to be made homeless. But they took us to court. They wanted to make a big thing about it and refuse us our rights - and this cost us £52,000 and a lot of grief as well.
The council compulsorily purchased this house for the disgusting sum of £5,000 pounds and had us look after it for 35 years. They wanted to rob us of it.
It is not right, not ethical and wholly unjust. - Charles Todd, via e-mail.
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