The last man standing on UK's loneliest housing estate

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

Комментарии • 234

  • @jabbadabbajew6035
    @jabbadabbajew6035 18 дней назад +473

    Offered him £40k for a space that will sell for £250k once it’s been gentrified. He’s not daft.

    • @husiroyoh4548
      @husiroyoh4548 18 дней назад +9

      no they are not offering anything

    • @mrmmrm1515
      @mrmmrm1515 18 дней назад +38

      Yeah they offered him £40k around a year ago he said....did u not watch the interview?!? 😆😂

    • @jabbadabbajew6035
      @jabbadabbajew6035 18 дней назад

      @@husiroyoh4548 just watch the video dude.

    • @StandardLz
      @StandardLz 15 дней назад +9

      clearly is daft. he doesnt own all the block so why would he get a bigger portion of the money? dont even try and say that flat is worth more than 40k either becuase it really isnt hahahaha

    • @jabbadabbajew6035
      @jabbadabbajew6035 15 дней назад +16

      @@StandardLz no, but the house built in its place will be sold for £250k so no, he’s not daft. Nice try though.

  • @stonehengemaca
    @stonehengemaca 18 дней назад +294

    He must love living there now. No noisy neighbours and he can turn his tunes up. Make the most of it fella.

    • @kmma1094
      @kmma1094 15 дней назад +11

      Funnily enough there used to be a speed addict/dealer that lived in my old area that used to held out that long he ended up dying before being offered the right price. He could use his sound system on max and stash drugs in neighbouring vacant flats but if found he could never get in trouble because it’s not his property. Being the crazy speed freak he was he probably had 100 stashes that went down with the building

    • @billyboing215
      @billyboing215 11 дней назад +2

      ​@kmma1094 where is this??

  • @GF_MF
    @GF_MF 18 дней назад +162

    The government should offer him a choice of like-for-like properties in the area, or a flat in one of the new builds.

    • @CorinaGilligan
      @CorinaGilligan 18 дней назад +4

      Quite!

    • @Fab666.
      @Fab666. 18 дней назад +2

      Well it’s ur taxes, spend it how u like

    • @jacktissington
      @jacktissington 12 дней назад +2

      He has been offered a new house and cash

    • @IDontModWTFz
      @IDontModWTFz 7 дней назад

      ​@@jacktissington He's been offered pittance compared to what they'll make after they rebuild awful new builds that fall down and crumble after a few years compared to these flats that have been standing for years.

  • @RikAindow
    @RikAindow 17 дней назад +50

    This is happening all over the UK. Social housing is run by private housing associations who got most of their housing stock off councils for cheap. They're demolishing perfectly fine homes with parking, greenery around them so that they can replace them with even more densely packed in dwellings with smaller floorplans. It's the biggest downgrade in living standards and it's been going on since the 80s.
    I hope this gent is given an offer suitable to buy him a new home at no cost to him because why should he or anyone else be turfed out of something they legally own and forcibly be left worse off?

    • @riverdeep399
      @riverdeep399 11 дней назад +2

      Selling the large 3-4 bedroom houses off too for profit.

    • @PeteRed-ig3fp
      @PeteRed-ig3fp 11 дней назад +1

      Arise... fight the power..take back the Earth it's yours it's yours.🏴‍☠️

  • @kriskalpa
    @kriskalpa 18 дней назад +165

    so he wants an extra 20k and thinks Sky News can help. he's probably right.

  • @importedmusic
    @importedmusic 15 дней назад +16

    People will leave but the memories won't. Good luck to this man.

  • @RhonaJack-b2q
    @RhonaJack-b2q 18 дней назад +34

    They should give the man a brand new home or the money he is asking

  • @saltireeire5775
    @saltireeire5775 18 дней назад +63

    I wouldn’t budge until they dragged me out too. Give him an offer he’s happy with. It will costs the government more in costs to remove him.

    • @christopherbate6248
      @christopherbate6248 15 дней назад

      Tax payers will pick up the bill from the appointed legal team . But who profits from the work done by the legal team ? We all know politicians and councilors are parasites that will milk it one way or another.

  • @Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick
    @Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick 15 дней назад +31

    NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL must be the worst council in the UK.
    Drive on their roads, it's like driving drunk....just missing the pot holes.
    They're not interested in doing house repairs, yet they'll manage to put flowers on Wishaw and Motherwell main streets.
    They now refuse to put the Christmas lights up in some areas, even though, the actual towns and villages own the lights....NLC says they can't afford the manpower or the electricity.......yet they have grass cutting teams out when its teaming with rain and on sundays and bin teams out on Sundays, but they're not emptying all the public bins.
    And no doubt the bigwigs will still be getting the big wages.
    I know this will be the same in all areas but I'm speaking as an NLC resident.

    • @GalianMode
      @GalianMode 10 дней назад

      Council corruption is widespread. They're all as bad as each other.

  • @debbiecurtis4021
    @debbiecurtis4021 18 дней назад +71

    They should rehome him somewhere warm, cozy and better.

    • @RogerMellie-yk3gw
      @RogerMellie-yk3gw 16 дней назад +8

      Osprey Heights

    • @jonathanbarnes7981
      @jonathanbarnes7981 16 дней назад

      Don't be daft they only do that for immigrants

    • @Hoppy91
      @Hoppy91 9 дней назад

      He was offered a new build house but turn it done

    • @Hoppy91
      @Hoppy91 9 дней назад

      He was offered a new build home but turned it down

  • @elgee6202
    @elgee6202 13 дней назад +15

    It's outrageous that developers offer people _less_ than the market values for the homes they want to buy and demolish. If anything, compulsory purchase laws should be forcing developers to offer, say, 10% above that market rate as a starting point! The rarity and sheer inconvenience of forced expropriation should be enough to warrant a higher price.

  • @kelz182
    @kelz182 18 дней назад +33

    I agree with him totally he's too old to get a mortgage and he will be paying out a lot of money for rent so they need to compensate him for thar

  • @fleshboundtobone
    @fleshboundtobone 18 дней назад +29

    All he wants is to be treated fairly. Sometimes if David is willing to go down to the wire he can force Goliath's hand. Well done that man.

  • @alancawfield6549
    @alancawfield6549 18 дней назад +55

    So there is a shortage of housing in the UK so they have decided one way to remedy this is to demolish housing.Makes sense to me.
    surely they should fix up this building and use it for social housing and seeing is there is a lot of empty space around this estate couldn't they build more apartments and houses there?

    • @LeoLion-g6c
      @LeoLion-g6c 18 дней назад +15

      Did the same by me our village had 3 tower blocks ripped down to build 5 bungalows and 8 houses, having to relocate every person from the tower blocks each floor to the blocks had 8 flats, the blocks was 42 stories. Now our village is falling apparent and most shops and businesses can not get the staff they need because the people no longer live close enough

    • @CorinaGilligan
      @CorinaGilligan 18 дней назад +3

      They built new housing around the corner and rehomed the council tenants only !

    • @4TK-d3h
      @4TK-d3h 17 дней назад +2

      It's all about square footage to developers,every mm is ££.
      Sardine state & build cheap lego houses.

    • @alexwood9645
      @alexwood9645 17 дней назад +3

      They are doing that, they're knocking them down to make new flats

  • @MrBadsanta78
    @MrBadsanta78 18 дней назад +6

    I know that estate, I worked there earlier this year as they where demolishing nearby buildings 🧐
    Guys on site told me they offered this guy so much for his house but he’s refusing, interesting how it will all pan out, poor man 😮

  • @Chumchumbum6
    @Chumchumbum6 18 дней назад +7

    at least there's no need to complain about noisy neighbours

  • @Dathom1986
    @Dathom1986 17 дней назад +20

    They knock them down they build apartments that only yuppies can afford.

    • @Ron-Lfc10-163
      @Ron-Lfc10-163 11 дней назад +2

      Ive watched only fools and horses so i know what a yuppie is 😃

    • @Dathom1986
      @Dathom1986 11 дней назад +2

      @Ron-Lfc10-163 young urban proffesionals ..is what it's shortened from 😃 😊 😀

  • @NEWCASTLE-UNITED-1892
    @NEWCASTLE-UNITED-1892 18 дней назад +10

    Is it not a council house? Why are they giving him 40k?

    • @tbonemccabe4203
      @tbonemccabe4203 16 дней назад +18

      He must have bought it off the council years ago

  • @EvilMammal
    @EvilMammal 2 дня назад

    The number varies but the amount of empty homes in the UK is absolutely mental. To the point where if the gov put their foot down, they could start easing the housing crisis in the country and refurb them as council houses.

  • @shadowindex9850
    @shadowindex9850 10 дней назад +1

    1:19 50,000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town.

  • @how2noob905
    @how2noob905 18 дней назад +24

    Jesus guys just pay the man.

  • @Michael-c8b6v
    @Michael-c8b6v 18 дней назад +40

    What a legend

  • @steveparsons2575
    @steveparsons2575 13 дней назад +2

    Stand your ground people

  • @nathandavies6857
    @nathandavies6857 15 дней назад +7

    Stick with it mate

  • @polo6669
    @polo6669 5 дней назад

    40k was offered... that's around 1/4 of what he'd need to buy a replacement of the same; that ultimately will be smaller and considerably more crowded.
    Even if he gets the 60k that he wants, it would mean changing to a rental agreement.

  • @trishtraynor
    @trishtraynor 13 дней назад +2

    Sky News come to my place in Edinburgh ! Maybe then I'll get a home that's insulated, with windows that fit and a front path I can negotiate without tripping over broken slabs.

  • @TrueGaming140.48
    @TrueGaming140.48 13 дней назад +1

    The uk needs more cabins in the woods for remote living.

  • @biffalump
    @biffalump 18 дней назад +25

    What a legend , fight the fight DONT back down ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @eggonegg
      @eggonegg 18 дней назад

      Exactly what I was thinking, rake more money in for the actual landowner 😊

  • @Wearethewingmakers
    @Wearethewingmakers 11 дней назад +2

    Whats most baffling about this is, that he is sitting in Gowky with a Hearts top on! 😂

  • @MikeCollins-u8w
    @MikeCollins-u8w 8 дней назад

    Maintenance is slacking on this building due to be demolished...

  • @nemesisc8341
    @nemesisc8341 10 дней назад +1

    This happened to a fella by us and he was the only house standing,until he was attacked with a hammer and when he got out there was a whole new estate built around his house 😂

  • @publics.public
    @publics.public 18 дней назад +6

    So build him a house on that exact spot then.

    • @LordProteus
      @LordProteus 10 дней назад

      Where will he live while the house is being built?

  • @bovnet
    @bovnet 14 дней назад +14

    40k. He needs four times that for his trouble

  • @harrypenn611
    @harrypenn611 17 дней назад +2

    Only thing he has in his life that's keeping him going

  • @leebailey229
    @leebailey229 11 дней назад

    This will be the future of UK as a whole

  • @tobyjackman3212
    @tobyjackman3212 18 дней назад +9

    What an absolute legend

  • @kmma1094
    @kmma1094 15 дней назад

    I knew a guy who did this because he was a low level drug dealer and any drugs found outside his property but in his block couldn’t be tied to him. The guy passed aswell and no doubt atleast one stash of money or drugs was never found

    • @RJ-wx3fh
      @RJ-wx3fh 13 дней назад +1

      Demo crew got a nice pickup, lol

  • @bigjohny8446
    @bigjohny8446 18 дней назад +42

    So he's just holding out for money
    How noble

    • @codswallop164
      @codswallop164 18 дней назад

      A rebate on all the tax that was fraudulently taken from him to now give social housing to migrants.....

    • @RoaminRob
      @RoaminRob 18 дней назад +26

      Money he deserves

    • @CorinaGilligan
      @CorinaGilligan 18 дней назад +21

      He should be able to buy a new flat at least wouldn't ypu think ?

    • @bigjohny8446
      @bigjohny8446 18 дней назад +3

      @RoaminRob for what? It's a council flat

    • @CorinaGilligan
      @CorinaGilligan 18 дней назад +14

      @@bigjohny8446 can he afford another council flat with 40k Pal?

  • @Palemagpie
    @Palemagpie 11 дней назад

    He seems happy enough

  • @Frostfern94
    @Frostfern94 18 дней назад +5

    Keep the balloons away from him

  • @Rod-bp8ow
    @Rod-bp8ow 18 дней назад +3

    Scottish heritage are lifetime in their Chosen estate. Lancashire knows that, same with Chelshire, Yorkshire, Gloucershire. First States of the First begotten, as that of House of Spencer, House of Kent, House of Stuart, House of Hanover, House of Leeds, and plenty that doth knoweth their way of life, living within their means or lifestyle, with TAXES. The Scottish man deserves to stay, remain and live to its fullest in his state, since the state knows the cost, while on his part, it is what he paid in years.*****

  • @NickyRiding-jf3ih
    @NickyRiding-jf3ih 17 дней назад +4

    Love his stubbornness!!!

  • @stewartcurtin9590
    @stewartcurtin9590 18 дней назад +1

    where is that

    • @ELD-k3q
      @ELD-k3q 16 дней назад +3

      Gowkthrapple, Wishaw.

  • @ksmith7965
    @ksmith7965 11 дней назад

    Must be great having no neighbors, most my neighbors are horrible selfish people .

  • @RutlessMan1
    @RutlessMan1 12 дней назад

    That man should move to a place where he gets more company, warm and cosy.

  • @jacklifeonwheels
    @jacklifeonwheels 5 дней назад

    Pay the man what he is due

  • @garyramsay7900
    @garyramsay7900 12 дней назад +1

    There's plenty of like for like new builds getting built in the local area in the coming years! He's gone too far with this he'd should take the offer of 60 grand if it comes.

  •  10 дней назад

    £40k it's a council flat isn't it?

  • @sp-pz8uc
    @sp-pz8uc 18 дней назад +13

    He doesn't own the house. That's why they call them council houses. When he does get kicked off eventually, he may well not get another one. More fool him.

    • @Philip5478
      @Philip5478 18 дней назад +1

      ​@@kaninchenemwbIt is literally worth that is the problem. It isn't like they were offering under market value for the area.

    • @sp-pz8uc
      @sp-pz8uc 17 дней назад

      @kaninchenemwb Then it depends what he paid for it, because it wouldn't of been standard house prices.

    • @Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick
      @Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick 15 дней назад +6

      He owns it.
      He bought it when the council flats etc were around £7k to buy in this area.
      It's 4 miles from my house.

    • @GroundTruthUK
      @GroundTruthUK 13 дней назад

      What a time 😅😅​@@Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick

  • @footystar1GamingOfficial
    @footystar1GamingOfficial 11 дней назад

    If I had a flat complex all to myself, I'd be in heaven. He's lucky to have that building all to himself. If I were him, I'd buy the whole place out and turn all of it into one massive home. Two birds, many stones.

  • @sean367
    @sean367 18 дней назад +2

    Where in North Lanarkshire ?

  • @GaryMartin-n7d
    @GaryMartin-n7d 10 дней назад

    Well done, quite right

  • @CarlHarris-ey2rx
    @CarlHarris-ey2rx 15 дней назад

    I thought this was in King's Lynn!

  • @billyboing215
    @billyboing215 11 дней назад +1

    Should swap it for a freshly built one

  • @Catherine-ib3di
    @Catherine-ib3di 17 дней назад +2

    Give the man a nice flat in the area he likes which is round there !

  • @carolinejayes157
    @carolinejayes157 18 дней назад +4

    The homeless the poor will want these homes,A good tidy up and lick of paints,if not flatten them ,and start again.!

  • @Jakelemon875
    @Jakelemon875 15 дней назад

    Could he not buy the whole building and he could remodel the flats

    • @LordProteus
      @LordProteus 10 дней назад

      Where is all this money coming from? His flat alone is worth 40K, and the ones around a similar price too. Then it'd probably cost him 20K+ just to remodel one of the flats.

  • @freespeech7747
    @freespeech7747 18 дней назад +4

    Hold firm

  • @deividas_kimontas
    @deividas_kimontas 8 дней назад +1

    Bless him! 😅

  • @jasonchrist2172
    @jasonchrist2172 18 дней назад +1

    Good man.

  • @ChristineFisher123
    @ChristineFisher123 18 дней назад +3

    At least he hasn't got any pesky neighbours..

  • @marykelleher5593
    @marykelleher5593 17 дней назад +1

    Best of luck ☘️

  • @ScottH-t5m
    @ScottH-t5m 13 дней назад

    Place is a dive i stayed there for a wee while was glad to get out it.

  • @andymcnab2.0
    @andymcnab2.0 10 дней назад

    They should offer him a home in a nice little village.

    • @Hoppy91
      @Hoppy91 9 дней назад

      Offered him a new built house along with large sum of money but turnwd both down

  • @Beauloqs
    @Beauloqs 18 дней назад

    No, in case like this we would be combat ineffective in a fortnight

  • @AlienBrains123
    @AlienBrains123 12 дней назад

    It's like the Up film in real life 🤣

  • @AlexHumphries2314
    @AlexHumphries2314 17 дней назад +1

    Give him 100K. That'll sell for much more

  • @willbenson6264
    @willbenson6264 9 дней назад

    Has he tried putting balloons on his flat and flying away, watched a documentary and it worked

  • @billyboing215
    @billyboing215 11 дней назад +1

    Its literally better than every council property in Doncaster. We did have a lovely lesbian outreach centre tho

  • @-bret
    @-bret 18 дней назад +1

    Some J.R. Isidore vibes

  • @PorkChopExpress86
    @PorkChopExpress86 4 дня назад

    Earmarked for housing for "newly arrived" no doubt

  • @Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick
    @Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick 15 дней назад +1

    This is GOWKTHRAPPLE, WISHAW.
    This place was notorious for Junkies, Dealers and where the Paedos were housed.
    Not sure if its still the same, but leopards and spots.....

  • @JustinPreston-fd6ub
    @JustinPreston-fd6ub 10 дней назад +1

    he needs to say he wants one of the new flats and also a cash incentive and ask them to cover rent while the new homes are built

  • @akshaytrayner1960
    @akshaytrayner1960 10 дней назад

    It's craigylang from still game

  • @ptertaintv
    @ptertaintv 17 дней назад +10

    No point in giving him a lump sum , if he can't afford to buy another property with it.
    Best thing just give him another flat to live in ,
    with outright ownership.
    And £15, 000 cash.
    And a car with petrol allowance, or an electric car so he can get around a do his shopping.
    Plus they should provide home help if he wants it, as he may need help keeping his new flat clean.
    Plus give him a social worker with monthly visits, to check up on him.
    And give him weekly beer money 💰 because he may want to go for a drink with friends from time to time.

    • @Thegreycomrade
      @Thegreycomrade 17 дней назад

      The smartest decision would be that but it's the council and government... They don't have no bright ideas

    • @RJ-wx3fh
      @RJ-wx3fh 13 дней назад +2

      Is that a joke?
      The man is holding out for best price on a flat he owns, they're waiting out him getting fed up of living on his own, he's waiting for them to up their offer.
      60k for a flat near Glasgow isn't unreasonable as a cost price to buy similar property, if anything, still a little short .

    • @JohnRock14
      @JohnRock14 10 дней назад

      He just wants a can of irn bru and some deep fried haggis

  • @adriancawley2203
    @adriancawley2203 18 дней назад +3

    Real life still game

  • @techtinkerin
    @techtinkerin 17 дней назад

    Youtub Blocked me for no reason

  • @timbrown1897
    @timbrown1897 16 дней назад +3

    i would if he council move new dinghy divers in next door he wouldn't last long

  • @nicolataylor6011
    @nicolataylor6011 11 дней назад

    Good for him 👏 👏.. wlf do these bullies think they are

  • @InfiniteCookie3-jo2bb
    @InfiniteCookie3-jo2bb 10 дней назад

    They may take our lives! But never our freedom! 🥲 that’s all I could get from that old mans determination to keep his home 🥲

  • @troubleshooting114
    @troubleshooting114 18 дней назад

    There’s always one!!

  • @TomNook.
    @TomNook. 18 дней назад +5

    HOLD THE LINE

  • @Michael-c8b6v
    @Michael-c8b6v 18 дней назад +16

    Top man

  • @IDontModWTFz
    @IDontModWTFz 7 дней назад

    I wont lie, kinda reminds me of still game.

  • @marcjenkins1520
    @marcjenkins1520 13 дней назад

    Nice and quiet

  • @codswallop164
    @codswallop164 18 дней назад +58

    Easiest solution would be to give him outright ownership of one of the new builds but the Scottish government prioritises "new Scots" of humza Yousefs breed.

    • @publics.public
      @publics.public 18 дней назад +8

      your closet racism is showing.

    • @TomNook.
      @TomNook. 18 дней назад +13

      Is he wrong though?

    • @RosalieThomson
      @RosalieThomson 18 дней назад +1

      Why is truth now called racism?.....look around you....​@publics.public

    • @codswallop164
      @codswallop164 18 дней назад +9

      @publics.public yeah most people just call me the other term for that.... "Uncomfortable truth teller"...

    • @codswallop164
      @codswallop164 18 дней назад +4

      @TomNook. I'm never called a liar strangely enough.

  • @Mentalhealthcoach-c8j
    @Mentalhealthcoach-c8j 18 дней назад

    Come to Bradford with your 20k or 40k mr man

  • @Zippytie
    @Zippytie 10 дней назад

    if he rents , he should move out , as its not his , and to get 40k is a bonus ,

    • @HollowRick
      @HollowRick 9 дней назад +1

      He bought the flat from the council it is his

  • @bambamwiggy7039
    @bambamwiggy7039 7 дней назад

    Get him out wai that top on 😂😂😂

  • @andyneville4059
    @andyneville4059 18 дней назад +2

    I'd say that s a grim place to live... Lol

  • @jbuckley2546
    @jbuckley2546 11 дней назад

    Well he won't miss the views.

  • @difficultkunt4050
    @difficultkunt4050 11 дней назад

    Wonder who they are for

  • @riverdeep399
    @riverdeep399 11 дней назад

    Fancy taking on Connexus then, Sky News?

  • @zuluabantu
    @zuluabantu 11 дней назад

    Better call Saul!

  • @최다미-o7w
    @최다미-o7w 13 дней назад

    How sad.

  • @V2DHEART
    @V2DHEART 10 дней назад

    legend

  • @RoughWalkers
    @RoughWalkers 18 дней назад

    This story is doing the rounda again 🤦‍♂️

  • @DoFeedThePigeons
    @DoFeedThePigeons 18 дней назад +1

    Nobody wants a flat or live in a city around other communities

  • @pumpkinpaper
    @pumpkinpaper 18 дней назад +3

    It's a nice neighborhood though.

  • @CantIiseverythingtomee
    @CantIiseverythingtomee 17 дней назад +1

    Legend