The £5,000 Houses And Boarded Up Streets Of Doncaster
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2023
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I went to Doncaster recently, after seeing some super cheap houses for sale online. I was interested to see what these houses were like and to see if I could find any reasons as to why there were like this.
The two houses I view in this video were both unique, the first especially. It appears that it was used as a grow house, producing cannabis on quite a large scale. All the equipment from this had just been left so it was like walking round a museum looking at however thing works in such a setup.
I found some streets that very entirely abandoned and boarded up, with property that was completely derelict and burnt out on the inside. I am unsure of what these houses would be worth but I can only imagine nothing. The streets seem to be in a cycle of either not selling or selling then being vandalised immediately. This area did seem quite small, so I don't know for how long it ill remain like this for. But the state of the houses were some of the worst I have ever seen there.
I ended up looking around the centre of Doncaster, as I was greeted by a huge amount of boarded up buildings and closed down shops. This video became one a look at the death of the Highstreet. I am planning a series on this very topic so this has proved to be an interesting first look at these town centres which have been on the decline now for a while, and it is really sad to see their current state.
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hi wandering turnip, i just want to give you a bit of history to some of those buildings you pointed out in this video , lets begin with friday , saturday, and sunday nights are heaving with drinkers and clubbers also student nights get busy because of cheap drinks .The pub on the corner was once very busy with bus drivers having finished their shifts called for a swift pint before going home [ their cash office and canteen was nearby ].The red brick building was a swimming pool that had a retractable floor for dancing it also held concerts there , the most famous being the Beatles who also performed at the Gaumont cinema at another date .The grey building almost next door was the law courts ,Adrian Welch is the most popular glazer /boarder upper in the city .The horse race you refer to is the ST LEGER not the Doncaster cup ,
UK: Massive homeless population, also UK: loads of empty houses.
I proudly completed an engineering apprenticeship in a car factory in 77-81, I got made redundant! I moved into light engineering, redundant again. I retrained as a nurse, my hospital closed. I moved cities (got on my bike, remember Norman Tebbit’s advice?) I’m just about ready to retire thank God. I’d need a degree for any of those jobs now if I was starting out again, which would plunge in into huge debt. I’ve worked 46 years solid, I’ve paid my taxes. I’ve done as my betters have asked of me and my reward? My pension has been watered down, my pay (in nursing) has always been poor & I still have a mortgage to pay off. Are you young and ambitious? Emigrate before you get bitter living in a doghouse like Doncaster.
Adrian Welch must be exhausted from smashing windows at night, boarding them up by day, and carrying that heavy wallet around town :D
If they gave this house away for nothing it would still cost more than it's worth to do the house up and put it right... If the Investment landlords don't want to buy it that tells everybody very clearly that it will cost more to do it up than What It's Worth
When so many people are homeless or overcrowded, seeing homes get into this state is heartbreaking and infuriating.
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It seems that one of the massive problems with those terrace houses is that you can make yours as nice as you can but if the next door house is derelict and someone torches it then your house goes up in flames too. Why would anyone try and improve their own house with that sort of risk?
Those boarded up houses might be cheap to buy but would you want to live there if people are growing and selling weed in that area. I’m not saying it’s unsafe to live there, but usually where there’s drugs there’s crime. As for that house which had mould and damp everywhere, and was used to grow weed inside, you’d have to spend tens of thousands on that property to make it liveable and remove the organisms deep inside the walls so it’s no longer a health hazard. More headache then it’s worth.
Nothing like a quick poverty tour to make me feel positive about my life.
Unbelievable how many people are homeless in the UK. If you take that street as an example and extrapolate it over the whole country......
Like a lot of other commenters, I also grew up in Donny. To see it in that state, breaks my heart. I moved a long time a go, always said I'd never go back to live there, but still. The pool I learnt to swim in, boarded up. The library I used to borrow records from, same. Pubs I know and shops I used to go in with my Nan... also gone the same way. Just makes me sad.
One of the best channels around. Showing how things are in ex mining towns.
I live in a town in Greater Manchester called Ashton-under -lyne. It was once a thriving market town with a nationally famous market, people used to come from all over the north to see the market.
The high street in my home town of Hitchin (Hertfordshire) was dying a typical death about 10 years ago. There were loads of dodgy phone fixing shops, pop-up seasonal shops that would close down after a month or two, and it was just a sad sight.
The only people that should be buying up these streets is the local council. Proper economy of scale to rip these out and bring them back to life as affordable housing. They should also be training people to do the work and make some inroads into the skills shortage we're suffering from right now. There has to be some joined up, long-term thinking here instead of dealing with all of these problems in isolation or leaving it to private developers to turn these over for a profit. The Tories destroyed these places without a care for the people in them. It's caused multi-generational poverty and deprivation. It needs local councils and politicians of all stripes to step up with some feckin big vision for the country instead of all this crap about identify politics and small boats as a distraction from the real problems people face.
Wow. That moss and mould! I've never seen a house in that state before. I can't help but feel for the people in these towns, abandoned by their government, left to rot. Such a same.
Tell you what, I have binged your entire back catalogue of films! To echo the rest of the comments section, you have a great way of presenting these homes through a non-classist lens which is so refreshing. I appreciate the amount of research you put in and can’t wait to see what else you do! Thanks for the content 😊
Looking forward to your 'Death of the High Street' series
I remember when they were selling houses like this for £1. The conditions were you couldn't sell it for at least a number of years(5 I think?) and had to spend money doing it up. Doesn't look like it worked. If I had any money and the ability to work remotely I'd buy 3 and live in the middle house. Would be bliss. Couldn't care less what people say about the area.