North west property developer Salboy has said there was "no explosion" at a high-rise tower building site after a construction worker was taken injured to hospital.
17.03.2023 - 10:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Residents thrown out of an unsafe tower block just days before Christmas have been given less than a fortnight to collect their belongings.
Bracken House, on Charles Street, was evacuated on December 22 last year after a fire service report said ‘major work is required to the building, including replacing the external cladding and carrying out work inside the building’. That came after ‘years’ of issues, one insider told the MEN last summer.
Now, after being homeless for nearly three months, residents staying in hotels nearby, paid for by property managers, have been given 12 days notice to move out - and have no idea when they’ll be able to get back in, if at all. One resident has described the situation as a ‘mockery’.
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“I feel like the whole thing is a mockery,” the tenant, who continues to pay £650 per month in rent, said. “I have been chasing them since February, because I had a feeling this would happen, and now I have 12 days to move out.
“They cannot say when we will go back so it’s likely it will be after my tenancy ends [in May]. I will have to pack everything up. They should have given us more time, there’s no lift and I live on the 8th floor.”
The man, who has called a hotel room in Piccadilly home for months, says he is not the only person in the same position. He went on: “A lot of people are in the same boat as me. They do not know if they will be able to go back to their apartment before their tenancy ends.
“I started to pack at the property yesterday. When I went back, there were a lot of people moving out and trying to get their stuff out. There’s a lot of frustration.”
Grey GR, the firm which owns the building’s
North west property developer Salboy has said there was "no explosion" at a high-rise tower building site after a construction worker was taken injured to hospital.
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