{"id":5175,"date":"2013-06-14T15:55:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5175"},"modified":"2013-06-14T17:24:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T16:24:33","slug":"in-case-you-missed-it-arts-centre-demolished-for-being-75cm-outcareful-what-you-leave-out-when-the-estate-agents-come-roundmr-blobby-paint-job","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5175","title":{"rendered":"In case you missed it&#8230;Arts Centre demolished for being 75cm out\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6careful what you leave out when the estate agents come round\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Mr Blobby paint job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Arts Centre Debacle<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a tail of woe courtesy of the planning department at St Neots, Cambridgeshire, we can report on an \u00c2\u00a38m cinema and leisure complex residents reportedly campaigned tirelessly for 10 years to get built. Just 6 months into the project, it is to be demolished and rebuilt just 75cm further across. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The error was on the part of the lead design contractor who did not fully consider stringent planning restrictions and mistakenly sited the building too close to neighbouring properties. Those neighbours noticed the error and, despite an application for retrospective planning permission with \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcminor amendments\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, construction has halted and demolition begun. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Wide Lenses and Dodgy Statues<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At first glance, the typical slideshow of photos for a 4 bed detached house in Sale, Cheshire listed on Rightmove.co.uk reveals nothing remarkable. The property is well presented, as you would expect, the garden is neat, the paint barely dry but, in the master bedroom, a rather cheeky surprise is awaiting. Captured forever in the throws of passion, a grey statue stands (or rather kneels) watch over the room: a pair of lovers intertwined (rather exotically) in perpetuity &#8211; or at least until a new owner is found. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Have a look, if you dare, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/weird-news\/rightmove-property-advert-features-photo-1900879\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">here.<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The news comes as Rightmove reports on the highest average asking prices ever seen by the site, with \u00c2\u00a3250,000 asked on average, and more than \u00c2\u00a3500,000 in London. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Beware of Holiday Pranksters<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When Steve O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Rourke pranked his brother by building a 4ft high wall across his driveway whilst he was away honeymooning in Barbados, he probably expected some form of reprisal. What he likely didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect was returning from his own honeymoon in Rhodes to find his house in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southendsurveyors.co.uk\">Southend<\/a>, Essex, had been painted bright pink with white spots in the style of Mr Blobby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Despite the fairly alarming colour change, Mr O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Rourke sees the funny side of the prank and reportedly has no plans to change the colour scheme. His wife Hayley commented:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s making a lot of people smile, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also causing a few near pile-ups on the road, with people stopping and staring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very extreme &#8211; you forget about it when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in the house but then when you step outside you realise how bright pink it is.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The prank saga goes on, as older brother Dave plans to get married next year and the two brothers have laid plans for an even bigger prank. 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Just 6 months into the project, it is to be demolished and rebuilt just 75cm further across. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5175\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In case you missed it&#8230;Arts Centre demolished for being 75cm out\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6careful what you leave out when the estate agents come round\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Mr Blobby paint job&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-5175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In case you missed it...Arts Centre demolished for being 75cm out\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6careful what you leave out when the estate agents come round\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Mr Blobby paint job - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5175\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In case you missed it...Arts Centre demolished for being 75cm out\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6careful what you leave out when the estate agents come round\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Mr Blobby paint job - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arts Centre Debacle In a tail of woe courtesy of the planning department at St Neots, Cambridgeshire, we can report on an \u00c2\u00a38m cinema and leisure complex residents reportedly campaigned tirelessly for 10 years to get built. 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