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245 _aCole v Swansea City Council
260 _c1989
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490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(1989) 20 EG 123-128(4)
520 _aCA 2 December 1988. Appeal by housing authority (S) from cc decision, quashing a demolition order made by S in respect of a terraced house owned and occupied by (C). C was elderly and wished to remain in the property. Satisfying themselves that the house was unfit for human habitation and was not capable of being rendered fit at reasonable expense, S served notice on C under the Housing Act 1985 s264 . As no offer to undertake the works, S served a demolition order under s265. C appealed, contending that the house was capable of being rendered fit at reasonable expense. It was agreed that, in its present condition, the house was worth £15,000; repair s estimated at £31,355 by S and £23,017 by C. If the works set out in the Scott Schedule were carried out, S`s valuer estimated that the house would be worth £29,000; C`s valuers estimated its worth at £32,000. The cost of repair exceeding the increase in value significantly. Cc however took into account :1) that C was anxious to keep th
690 _aPROPERTY LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
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948 _c04/03/1997
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