'I wouldn't move when council wanted to destroy my home, now value has SOARED'
"I told them straight - that I’d been born here and I wasn’t going to move.
"Mum and dad raised all nine of their children here and we all loved it. Even now I see it as part of the family."It was Margaret Thatcher who gave ordinary people the right to buy their council houses, so I told the developers there was nothing to think about. I’d never sell." Charlie lived for years in a solitary house with only the remnants of two derelict properties for company.The former oil worker was nearly forced out when a burglar set about him with a hammer.By the time he was well enough to come out he found himself the owner of a newly-detached house with the derelict shells next door stripped away.His house was repainted to help it blend in with the snazzy new properties nearby - but his bright yellow door remained untouched.
Nearby show houses have been upmarket names like The Knightsbridge and The Bamburgh. Charlie’s place is just plain No. 8."But it’s tiny compared to mine. This is the only four-bedroom detached on the estate, so I reckon it must be worth well over £200,000”.Credit: Nigel Bunyan News and FeaturesCharlie fondly recalls the "magical moment" of being driven into the street to find the developers had put the finishing touches to his new upmarket home.
“Some of my neighbours were raised around here, and when the houses across from me are built it will be wonderful.
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