Comment on London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council
Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
My northern town can’t even afford to rebuild the broken down ill-repair buildings it already has and London are building them to tear them down, even if they went off plan they could be fined instead of spending more by pulling it all down. What a waste.
NickwithaC@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“London” didn’t build these, a developer did. That developer cut a lot of corners and so now there is the very valid question of how many more were cut that we just can’t see. Structural integrity is in doubt and so these buildings cannot be deemed safe.
Fines are just seen as a cost of business by some people so this tear-down-and-rebuild-properly consequence is the only thing that will make them finally start to play by the rules.
Maybe be thankful that your northern town doesn’t have shysters with money signs in their eyes looking to fleece the locals eh.