HS2 Victim
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Hi everyone
I am wondering if you are.able to help me understand a predicament my father in law is in with HS2.
He lives in a house that is a direct hit with the HS2 spur that will link into Manchester Airport hub.
He has been in limbo on this for up to 7 years since the route/ project was announced and this was initially one of several and later confirmed as the preferred route.
The situation is that he is now 74 years old, and needs to sell the house to officially retire as the house is quite large and needs upkeep, the house needs repair work and obviously with everything going on just isn't worth doing and hasn't been for several years - roof needs reroofing etc.
He has had an offer after negotiations and got to a reasonable place on that. Since he has found a new house and the seller has found one too, they want to complete late November.
His agent is getting no response from HS2 at all, no sight of any date to complete. He has had several bat surveys and another survey all paying £750 to £1500 each but nothing seems to be happening.
I dont have a specific questuon but am in search of more information or someone who has been through this.
Should we be concerned? Do we think this spur will happen? Does anyone have any experience of payouts? I'm concerned that this whole thing could be a complete waste of time? Any advise would be appreciated!!
Thanks
I am wondering if you are.able to help me understand a predicament my father in law is in with HS2.
He lives in a house that is a direct hit with the HS2 spur that will link into Manchester Airport hub.
He has been in limbo on this for up to 7 years since the route/ project was announced and this was initially one of several and later confirmed as the preferred route.
The situation is that he is now 74 years old, and needs to sell the house to officially retire as the house is quite large and needs upkeep, the house needs repair work and obviously with everything going on just isn't worth doing and hasn't been for several years - roof needs reroofing etc.
He has had an offer after negotiations and got to a reasonable place on that. Since he has found a new house and the seller has found one too, they want to complete late November.
His agent is getting no response from HS2 at all, no sight of any date to complete. He has had several bat surveys and another survey all paying £750 to £1500 each but nothing seems to be happening.
I dont have a specific questuon but am in search of more information or someone who has been through this.
Should we be concerned? Do we think this spur will happen? Does anyone have any experience of payouts? I'm concerned that this whole thing could be a complete waste of time? Any advise would be appreciated!!
Thanks