Priors Demolition in Vera

Video footage of the demolition of the Priors villa in Andalucia on 9th Jan 2008

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On the 9th of January 2008, the Junta de Andalucia demolished the home of Helen and Len Prior in Vera as a result of a planning dispute between Vera town council and the regional government.

Four years later Helen and Len are still fighting for compensation for the loss of their home.

[fortunaimperator1]

I don’t have nothing against you.

I don’t care too much about that place (Vera) in the middle of nowhere.

I don’t care about the environment damages or the Council fraud is being committed.

I just hate lies .... They made a bet (waiting 5 years without a complain) and they lost.

[BakedTuber]

@fortunaimperator1

I can't think of single incident in britain whether the house was built with planning permission only to have it retrospectively withdrawn later and then the house demolished at a later point. And even if which if he did fake the heart attack which is such a cynical thought then good luck to him. They were knocking down his house.

As someone who is close to this community around vera I can tell you there are many homeowners who have been duped into buying illegal property.

[fortunaimperator1]

@BakedTuber

Nop my dear. We all know the TRUE is quite diffrent:

1º - 1 of 10 new buildings in UK have hidden risks which could make these properties uninsurable and unsaleable. (Telegraph news).

2º - We all know that is RURAL LAND (as in the papers said) but the secret is that you know that if there is not any complain about the illigal building for 5 years then .... the goberment can not demolish it.

Why so many lies?

[fortunaimperator1]

@BakedTuber

@fortunaimperator1

Nop my dear. We all know the TRUE is quite diffrent:

1º - 1 of 10 new buildings in UK have hidden risks which could make these properties uninsurable and unsaleable. (Telegraph news).

2º - We all know that is RURAL LAND (as in the papers said) but the secret is that you know that if there is not any complain about the illigal building for 5 years then .... the goberment can not demolish it.

Why so many lies?

[fortunaimperator1]

How nice was to pretend to don’t know nothing, and don’t pay any taxes for Urban land. I know a British couple who live in an illegal cheap house in Valencia. They think they are very CLEVER to avoid to pay taxes to the Council.

Britiain situacion: Government policy requires one in eight new homes to be build on ‘brownfield’ sites or land. The most common problem to afflict these homes is flooding, but there are also cases of toxic contamination, poor drainage and sewage overflows

[fortunaimperator1]

How convenient that they had someone there to film the "heart attack" and how odd that his wife didn't accompany him to the hospital......

They don´t know the laws, .... don´t speak the LINGO, .... They just don´t Know ...... How good must be to live without any restriction to any law .... Congratulations.

Looks like ignorance of law give rigths in Britain. .....

[BakedTuber]

@ramsesdover

They had the permission as everybody plainly knows. The local government withdrew it retrospectively. It's not an isolated incident but an example of house built by corrupt developers and officials a reality that thousands of ex patriate british have to live with, not knowing if their life savings will be smashed to the ground at some point in the future. This doesn't happen in Britain, it's why so many trusting British fall foul of the corrupt and incompetent Spanish authorities

[karataonah]

pobre gente. Es una verguenza.

[miguelramirezsoriano]

Como ingeniero, topografo, exconcejal y ESPAÑOL , afirmo que es un abuso xenófogo contra los extranjeros que han invertido sus ahorros en España. NO se hace lo mismo con BARRIADAS enteras que entran en la linea de costas, que YO MISMO he replanteado. Casos: Radazul (Ayuntamiento socialista del Rosario en la isla de Tenerife), Bocacangrejo (donde juegan sus partidas de dominó los Socialistas y miembros de UGT que hicieron alli sus casas)