Demolition is well and truly in full swing on the bungalows next to the Maurepas roundabout.
Retirement flats are a great money spinner for developers, as older people downsize, they have plenty of spare money to splash out on a retirement flat.
The video below was taken earlier today:
You can find more about this development on our blog post from last month: From Bungalows to 27 Retirement Flats (with just 6 parking spaces) and do check the Comments section for local opinion.
It’s such a shame to see these houses like this! So wrong. They’re already making a right mess all over the pavement and I have to walk that way to and from work. God knows what it will be like when they’re doing the buildings!
2 nice houses gone. What a waste. More bloody flats.
Sad
I wondered what was going there. I should’ve guessed!!
like there isnt enough houing development in waterlooville already. great idea tolet that through, way to go planners.
But who will be able to afford these retirement flats, if that’s what’s being built on the site of these bungalows?
I feel really sad every time I go by, they were lovely houses, such a shame..
Emma Burch
So sad :( my great aunt and uncles house, so many happy memories for the whole family! Marilyn Botham Wendy Younane
I can’t bear to watch it ð¢
I know, so sad ð¢
I was the postman for them for 2 years it’s sad to see them go
Christine Downing here we go now you no what they are doing
Its all about the money the comment about it all says it all.
“The elderly have lots of money to splash out”
That was their exact words,what a bunch of
Disrespectful f###ing a###holes.
they dont give a toss about the elderly all they care about is the elderly peoples money.That really disgusts me how can the arrogant b##tards be that low and say that the elderly have loads of money to splash out.
I wonder if these lovely properties had a compulsory purchase order put on them ?
such a sad end to two beautiful properties!
Well what an obscure way of getting rid of us olds, build a retirement complex right next to a major roundabout and road. (I’m thinking of car exhaust fumes and being run over getting the daily loaf). Does anyone on the council have any sense!
There is a good subway with a gentle ramp to get to the Precinct, I myself don’t intend on retiring to Waterlooville … though retirement is a few years off as yet …
Two beautiful family home destroyed. Shame on the power’s that be for doing this. Yes we are living longer and yes need took down size but the general public who like me have worked bloody hard for many years Well not be able to afford one that’s a dead cert. Makes me mad. Plus on a roundabout!!!!! Please!!!!!!!
The people that sold the bungalows have cashed in though and from what I’ve heard made a fortune!
I guessed that would be right sis.bet they say tight til the right price came up and then Paid a fortune too
I’ve heard the price lol xxx
You will have to let me know ð
I don’t understand the 27 flats but only 6 parking spaces , do retired people not drive or have visitors ?
Obviously not but like has been said it’s all about the money. They don’t care how many parking spaces there are or who buys them they just want the money and in such a stupid place too but hey who am I to say ……….. !!
Just a thought why are they not stripping them roof tiles before demolition?? Seems a real waste in all aspects to me!
Just one and a half bungalows remaining!
I hate seeing this every day. So sad x
How dare you all assume that the owners made a fortune. My Auntie & Uncle lived in that bungalow for 43 years and it was a family home for all of us. They wanted to downsize as they couldn’t manage the house any longer. Can you imagine how hard it was to try and sell a home like that on a main road and on top of a roundabout!! They unfortunately had no choice but to sell to these people, so stop thinking that they made a fortune out of it ð¡
Someone has made good money out of it because the plot cost a lot !!!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-44769704.html
Don’t know where they get “that we have plenty of money to splash out” don’t think so…
Hi Sue I wrote that, perhaps it was too brief. Pensioners that own their own house that need to downsize to something smaller, say from a £350,000 house, have plenty of money to throw at a retirement flat. This increases demand, and the developers lap it up. This is why building / selling retirement flats are so profitable for developers. A vicious cycle …