Am I missing something in that story, how did HS2 cause him to lose his business??
Not to sound unsympathetic, but …
He says people refused to buy the house because HS2 was going to be built next to it. But then, says his business folded and he was forced to sell the house.
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I can’t see the connection here with HS2.
There’s massive gaps in this story.
HS2 is planned to be close by, this causes his house value to plummet. OK, that makes sense.
But he then sells his house at a massively reduced value *anyway* and somehow manages to lose his business in the process?
Also, the second phase of HS2 that would have gone past his house wasn’t slated to even start construction for a decade at least, and given all the issues with phase 1 it didn’t take Nostradamus to see the cancellation coming. Why the hell wouldn’t you hold out just in case?
If this is true then there needs to be an investigation into why sitting MPs who were campaigning against it (eg. Andrew Bridgen) and MP relatives (eg Stanley Johnson) were given millions for their houses, whereas those without connections sold at a loss.
Although I suspect there is more to the story and he is blaming HS2 for failures in his life that he may well be responsible for.
Is this another misreported sob story from the BBC?
Probably voted Tory his entire life and will just abstain from voting this time round. Don’t care about him
I sold my house for less because of HS2, under the plans my house was the closest house to the centre of the track in Leeds. As it was urban I wasn’t due any compo and they were due to dig down next to existing railway line.
Anyway the plans changed to save money and the track was going to be above ground creating something akin to a motorway flyer next to my house and I’d have been living in a big fucking concrete shadow.
I thought fuck it … cut my losses and sold up … while I was selling the route was cancelled and I was advised that I may wish to reconsider the price I’d accepted. I’d already found somewhere else but I’m pleased that my former neighbours aren’t going to have to live in a concrete shadow.
>I tried to sell it and estate agents laughed at me.
>He was forced to sell the property and his business folded within months
How did he sell it then?
That story is bulllshhittt.
His business was in trouble before he got that letter.
The letter didn’t destroy his business – he did.
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The only thing HS2 did was drop the value of his house, which he was going to lose anyway on account of running his business into the ground.
Very silly for not separating his home from his business.
This is what happens. You owe £45 million and the creditors take all the assets.
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Am I missing something in that story, how did HS2 cause him to lose his business??
Not to sound unsympathetic, but …
He says people refused to buy the house because HS2 was going to be built next to it. But then, says his business folded and he was forced to sell the house.
​
I can’t see the connection here with HS2.
There’s massive gaps in this story.
HS2 is planned to be close by, this causes his house value to plummet. OK, that makes sense.
But he then sells his house at a massively reduced value *anyway* and somehow manages to lose his business in the process?
Also, the second phase of HS2 that would have gone past his house wasn’t slated to even start construction for a decade at least, and given all the issues with phase 1 it didn’t take Nostradamus to see the cancellation coming. Why the hell wouldn’t you hold out just in case?
If this is true then there needs to be an investigation into why sitting MPs who were campaigning against it (eg. Andrew Bridgen) and MP relatives (eg Stanley Johnson) were given millions for their houses, whereas those without connections sold at a loss.
Although I suspect there is more to the story and he is blaming HS2 for failures in his life that he may well be responsible for.
His company [owed £45m when it went bankrupt](https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2020/02/18/bardsley-crashed-owing-45m-to-trade-creditors/). Blaming it all on HS2 seems a little extreme.
Is this another misreported sob story from the BBC?
Probably voted Tory his entire life and will just abstain from voting this time round. Don’t care about him
I sold my house for less because of HS2, under the plans my house was the closest house to the centre of the track in Leeds. As it was urban I wasn’t due any compo and they were due to dig down next to existing railway line.
Anyway the plans changed to save money and the track was going to be above ground creating something akin to a motorway flyer next to my house and I’d have been living in a big fucking concrete shadow.
I thought fuck it … cut my losses and sold up … while I was selling the route was cancelled and I was advised that I may wish to reconsider the price I’d accepted. I’d already found somewhere else but I’m pleased that my former neighbours aren’t going to have to live in a concrete shadow.
>I tried to sell it and estate agents laughed at me.
>He was forced to sell the property and his business folded within months
How did he sell it then?
That story is bulllshhittt.
His business was in trouble before he got that letter.
The letter didn’t destroy his business – he did.
​
The only thing HS2 did was drop the value of his house, which he was going to lose anyway on account of running his business into the ground.
Very silly for not separating his home from his business.
This is what happens. You owe £45 million and the creditors take all the assets.