Housing

Cash bid to demolish unloved estate homes

PLANS: Terry Johnson, of Lilydale Road, Bucknall, talks to neighbourhood renewal manager Phil Dawson. Below, Karen Bowen.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

HUNDREDS of houses could be demolished to transform an estate where residents are living in freezing homes.

Bucknall is one of seven areas earmarked for a radical overhaul, which could see modern properties and improved community facilities being built in 2013.

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Larger homes plan as families expand

DERELICT: Resident Mohammad Amjid Wazir outside the former Howard Pottery building, on Norfolk Street, which will be demolished to make way for housing. Picture: Cara Edgington

Monday, March 15, 2010

FOUR and five bedroom homes are due to be built in a regeneration area following calls for more housing for large families. Members of the Asian...

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Tony's home sweet home

OCEAN VIEW: Tony Pulis has a home on the Sandbanks in Dorset. Above, Tony's new view and the property during a previous sale.

Friday, March 12, 2010

STOKE City manager Tony Pulis has bought an exclusive slice of paradise in one of the most expensive places in the world to live. Dubbed Britain's...

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Demolition strikes at housing figures

Thursday, March 04, 2010

REGENERATION specialist Renew North Staffordshire knocked down three times as many homes as it built last year. More than 500 houses were bulldozed by...

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Residents question value of home fees

COMPLAINT: Lock 38 resident James Sheldon is unhappy with the maintenance firm Mainstay. Above, how we reported the issue at Sadler's Park. Picture: Shaun Smith

Monday, February 22, 2010

MORE homeowners on a new estate say they are paying "extortionate" maintenance charges for services they are not receiving. The Sentinel reported...

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Councillor resigns over homes plan

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

CONTROVERSIAL plans for hundreds of new homes have been thrown into disarray by the resignation of a leading councillor from the group overseeing...

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'Sign up' call over housing

Monday, February 01, 2010

RESIDENTS have been told to register their interest in new accommodation for the over-55s before it is too late. Staffordshire Housing is building 30...

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Tensions run high over new home plan

Friday, January 22, 2010

COUNCIL leader Sybil Ralphs was heckled as she faced hundreds of protesters fighting plans to build large scale housing developments on their...

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Owners face fines for state of homes

TAKING ACTION: Pinnox Street, Tunstall, is one of the areas earmarked for the scheme to penalise landlords.

Saturday, January 09, 2010

HOMEOWNERS have backed a scheme to impose stricter legislation on private landlords after witnessing the decline of their neighbourhoods. Councillors...

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