New Street

johndoe99

Noticed over the past week, extensive work being done on the houses in New Street, last week they were tearing up the back of the houses and this morning removing the roof slates. Are they finally levelling the street.

If i remember correctly this was to be part of the new shopping centre before that deal fell through.

Anyone any info on what's being done?

BBM77

johndoe99 wrote: »

Noticed over the past week, extensive work being done on the houses in New Street, last week they were tearing up the back of the houses and this morning removing the roof slates. Are they finally levelling the street.

If i remember correctly this was to be part of the new shopping centre before that deal fell through.

Anyone any info on what's being done?

http://www.waterford-news.ie/2013/07/23/demolition-of-derelict-buildings-underway/

This explains it. Just clearing the site for now to tidy it.

lassykk

Did anyone else notice that a couple of the houses still looked like they were lived in / maintained?

I wondered when the New Street project didn't go ahead did some of the original owners of the houses move back in?

Max Powers

lassykk wrote: »

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i doubt it, just squatters/junkies in them apparently. Better off knocked down.

ArtVandelay76

Max Powers wrote: »

i doubt it, just squatters/junkies in them apparently. Better off knocked down.

There was definitely someone living in one of them up to recently, the 2nd bottom one i think.
Lights were on, front garden maintained and wheelie bins out.

lassykk

ArtVandelay76 wrote: »

There was definitely someone living in one of them up to recently, the 2nd bottom one i think.
Lights were on, front garden maintained and wheelie bins out.

Yeah that's what I thought too. Seemed way too well kept for junkies / squatters.

I wouldn't blame them if they had moved back in... they probably thought nothing was going to happen to the houses when the development wasn't going ahead!

hearny

There was an old lady living in one of the houses alright up until recently, felt sorry for her with the state of the neighbouring houses.

Nypd

hearny wrote: »

There was an old lady living in one of the houses alright up until recently, felt sorry for her with the state of the neighbouring houses.

One of them had been burnt aswell they were starting to become an eye sore

Hoffmans

was the top one the birthplace of ignatius rice , ah well its history itself now flattened to the foundations .......

shockwave

Hoffmans wrote: »

was the top one the birthplace of ignatius rice , ah well its history itself now flattened to the foundations .......

He was a kilkenny man born in callan, as a mount sion survivor this knowledge was bet into me at an early age:P

BBM77

Hoffmans wrote: »

was the top one the birthplace of ignatius rice , ah well its history itself now flattened to the foundations .......

That was the site of his first school it was not the actual building. Those house were built in the 60s or 70’s.

johndoe99

they took the ignatius rice plaque down before the demolition began.

0rt

Max Powers wrote: »

i doubt it, just squatters/junkies in them apparently. Better off knocked down.

lassykk wrote: »

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there was only one woman still living in her house, the rest were pulled apart by junkies.

Squatters live a much cleaner and maintained life, theres actually a few people in waterford squatting their own houses because they couldnt keep up with mortgage payments.. essentially they are squats.. but they are homes.

Im delighted they are doing something with the place anyway.. it was a dive and really made that area feel a bit dodge in the evening.

Just a quick note on the junkies.. they are squatting a whole apartment building on oconnel street to the right hand side of the post office..