So new money moves in and does not like the current neighbor and his "hobbies" so they call the police and have him forcefully removed from his own home and condem his house. Yes I understand the gas leak issue and the trash if it's smells but other than that what did he do wrong. This is his property and can do as he wishes. It even states that he did not tunnel into the other neighboring properties.
first world problems. I personally cannot see the appeal of paying ridiculous prices to be living like an ant colony and breathing down each others neck....the area doesn't even look nice. It seems to be all about status.....
$350,000 for a vertical car trailer!!! i reckon all of mr littles neighbours need to persue a hobby to keep their noses inside their expensive shoe boxes
Do you really think that bum came and lived next door? Or has he been there for decades before the street went upmarket, probably before any of his posh neighbours?
If this home were in a different neighborhood, I doubt anyone would have cared about this man's home or safety. The rubbish here is the neighbors who care about nothing but themselves that the value of their property, Did any neighbor at any time offer to help this man? Or, was he treated as a infidel and left alone.
My, my, my... I must say, this 'neighborhood' hardly looks like a place that is highly sought after. Surely, this isn't the best that London has. Oh well, I imagine the inside of that fiasco looks like the inside of one of Beverly Hills' most sought after mansions- chandeliers, marble floors, perfect antiques, etc. lol
sad that he tried to do this without the training, but even more sad that others took him from his home to save their value.. wonder what he could have done had he had the chance.
I would have rather seen the neighbors help with the project instead of sitting back nagging about the mess and letting it get to a point where the owner probably loses everything he owns + gets a bill presented for taking his stuff away, work done to make it safe enough for nobody to be able to enter the property all probably much more expensive than demolition what has to follow now anyway.
He was occupying his time, mind, and freedom. Now he has no freedom. No home. No free time. I see this as an attack on freedom. He had errected a fence, so unless someone scaled over it the only person at risk was the homeowner. No one should have the authority to remove a man from his home because they don't like his abode.
Dads like this, except he doesn't collect debris. But he will often tell me I can fix this and this and this if I removed this from that machine the neighbor threw out, or that handle from the chair he saw on the side of the road, and so on. I'm somewhat like him too, thats how I got started in dumpster diving, I didn't collect any of it though, if I needed something I went out to find it, once I do it gets used. What doesn't get used goes back in the can
I was against the council removing the man from his home until I seen what he was doing underground. That is reckless, dangerous, moronic and as a result he council had every right to remove him from his home and secure the building in the way that they did. That home owner was a danger to that street and it was a rare occasion that I agreed with a local councils decision to intervene.
lol at the people pissed cause it's an "eyesore"... that whole street is an eyesore :/ Half a million plus for those, what the fuck have real estate agents conned people into believing.
Let me see if I get this right, they arrested him for no reason, they stole his stuff, they did very little work and charged him an excessive amount of money for it eventhough he made no contract with anyone to do the work. For the amount of money they said they did I could tear down that house and build another just like it and possibly partial furnish it.
This was handled extremely insensitively and the city should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. All they could think to do was torture the man and almost-sort-of-maybe fix the place except still not at all within the guidelines of safety and then demand this man come up with more money than he may have had in his entire life? Heartbreaking. Did anyone speak to him like a human and work toward a plan? Did anyone even WANT to help him? All the commentary is extremely callous and incompassionate.
Since the neighborhood is so expensive, some one trying to make an excuse to kick him out? They should help him and help to fix the house..not kick him out..It's his house!!
Thats fucked up for the gov to steal from a citizen. Just because its a "rich" neighborhood. Offer him a emanate domaine settlement, tear it down and build a park.
Would you not question why the property you brought was reduced by £80,000. Yes the house next door was an eyesore but poor guy being carted off in handcuffs because of a bunch of snobbish C**ts.
It's an illness, the guy needs help by the authorities not some national police carrying him out by the cuffs. Disgraceful behaviour from the tory loving police.
3:05 - So the ark *does* exist! 4:26 - "It was worrying for Rob next door." Well I'm worried Rob-next-door is going to be Rob-fell-out-of-his-house-next-door. One goose by someone from within and Rob's a goner.
£1000? The cost of these repairs was £300,000. That would be close to $500,000 u.s. Yes, nearly half a million u.s dollars! Did you watch a different video to me?
He probably made the most solid secure deep foundations, compared to other houses. If he did, the authorities would still condemn it. Where were the cracks in the house walls ? It was the authorities scaffolding that was most ugly.
NEWS FLASH! He dug fucking tunnels under his house jeopardizing the structural integrity of the actual foundations and the whole house, making it a risk to the surrounding area and any one who lives in it.
He probably made the most solid secure deep foundations, compared to other houses. If he did, the authorities would still condemn it. Where were the cracks in the house walls ?
I feel sorry for everyone.Time for the neighbors to sue the council. In the U.S. you need a permit to do any alterations to your home. Britain doesn't? You'd think a building inspector would have noticed all the scaffolding and no permit visible. If the owner did get permits there has to be progress inspections,engineering and I'm sure,approval by local building societies.This is a failure of sanitation authorities and others to do their job. Bet you can't keep pigs in town.You know. Zoning laws.
What the fuck? That poor old man has no home to live now and all they can talk about the fuckin house. They forced him out and repaired the property, those neighbor are the ones who should be paying that 1000 pounds.
Just look it up on google maps - surprised that the council let it go on so long... serves him right... he is the last person anyone wants as a neighbour..
Im 12 and i bo a lot of diy projects and other stuff. But digging a Labrynth under the house that is easy to resupport I know a little bit of architecture
You all would have a different opinion when the house falls on your kids while there walking on the sidewalk. Or if your next door and it falls on your house and take a wall out.
@5:55 "...to demolish the building..." I guess someone changed thier mind! I've just been on Google earth...and its still there! scaffolds the lot! Sadening to see such treatment of an old man...
@blobby1972 took the words right out of my mouth. they may as well have billed him for a billion quid, he will never be able to pay that either. what he needed was a social worker, a few decades ago
at 1:17-1:33 is he doing a history today badiel impression? i was expecting "...and does it say what poor soul lived in such a house?" "thats your mums house that is, it's where you grew up"
The man was obviously mad so where were the relevent agencies that are there to protect such people from harming themselves? Also what were the family doing?
I just went on Google Maps, the house is still in total disrepair with the ugly tin-roof fence. Check out "121 Mortimer Road, Hackney, London, United Kingdom" on google maps - do the "street view" thing. Image is from May 2012. I guess things are still tied up in court. Looks like a nice corner piece of property someone could build on.
@czarekaj1098 - Only in England can you quite correctly get people out of their house when you find out they are actually putting the structural integrity of your property at risk as well as your safety. Tut tut
clearly the old boy had issues. guess it is easier for a neighborhood to attack the odd man out rather than step up and get involved in helping his ass. window peekers, sounds as though they knew he needed help for years. and on a final note, based upon what the house mentioned sold for? your properties are all over valued...enjoy the market crash. :)
Need to check for dementia/early Alzheimer's; sometimes so subtle, the docs can't tell w/o extended observation; I care for such kin & she's always underdiagnosed, with no recourse because extended observation is required see it (patterns, see things she could hide by being witty/out of an environment requiring real competence, i.e. beyond chit chat). Love the neighbors' show of concern about 'the eccentric who made an eyesore'? 'He was always' from folks who didn't know what he was doing?
They're complaining about eyesores in London? How can they say that without feeling the ball crushing irony?
So new money moves in and does not like the current neighbor and his "hobbies" so they call the police and have him forcefully removed from his own home and condem his house. Yes I understand the gas leak issue and the trash if it's smells but other than that what did he do wrong. This is his property and can do as he wishes. It even states that he did not tunnel into the other neighboring properties.
first world problems. I personally cannot see the appeal of paying ridiculous prices to be living like an ant colony and breathing down each others neck....the area doesn't even look nice. It seems to be all about status.....
$350,000 for a vertical car trailer!!! i reckon all of mr littles neighbours need to persue a hobby to keep their noses inside their expensive shoe boxes
The old guy ruined a perfectly good detached house. Madness.
Do you really think that bum came and lived next door? Or has he been there for decades before the street went upmarket, probably before any of his posh neighbours?
This is why I desire to someday own a home with no neighbors.
If this home were in a different neighborhood, I doubt anyone would have cared about this man's home or safety. The rubbish here is the neighbors who care about nothing but themselves that the value of their property,
Did any neighbor at any time offer to help this man? Or, was he treated as a infidel and left alone.
news flash! not everybody's mommy and daddy left them a fortune. diy is not an option, but a necessity for some
Reminds me of the old guy from the movie "Up", except for him they should change the title to "Down"
no harm, no foul.
My, my, my... I must say, this 'neighborhood' hardly looks like a place that is highly sought after. Surely, this isn't the best that London has. Oh well, I imagine the inside of that fiasco looks like the inside of one of Beverly Hills' most sought after mansions- chandeliers, marble floors, perfect antiques, etc. lol
sad that he tried to do this without the training, but even more sad that others took him from his home to save their value.. wonder what he could have done had he had the chance.
I would have rather seen the neighbors help with the project instead of sitting back nagging about the mess and letting it get to a point where the owner probably loses everything he owns + gets a bill presented for taking his stuff away, work done to make it safe enough for nobody to be able to enter the property all probably much more expensive than demolition what has to follow now anyway.
He was occupying his time, mind, and freedom. Now he has no freedom. No home. No free time. I see this as an attack on freedom. He had errected a fence, so unless someone scaled over it the only person at risk was the homeowner. No one should have the authority to remove a man from his home because they don't like his abode.
All of those houses look like dumps, even after they are remodeled. Dreary looking.
I thought the same thing, If these snobs think that is high society, I'd hasten to think what they call the dregs over there.
Dads like this, except he doesn't collect debris. But he will often tell me I can fix this and this and this if I removed this from that machine the neighbor threw out, or that handle from the chair he saw on the side of the road, and so on. I'm somewhat like him too, thats how I got started in dumpster diving, I didn't collect any of it though, if I needed something I went out to find it, once I do it gets used. What doesn't get used goes back in the can
oh no my 1.3 million pound house is now worth only 1 million, and now my caviar is off, my life is falling apart
they kicked him out of his house !
Badass old man
did he dig it all out by hand ????
it's his property and i think he can do whatever he wants with it!
I was against the council removing the man from his home until I seen what he was doing underground. That is reckless, dangerous, moronic and as a result he council had every right to remove him from his home and secure the building in the way that they did.
That home owner was a danger to that street and it was a rare occasion that I agreed with a local councils decision to intervene.
poor mr Littles into the council for 300 bags.
Seems something was wrong with the owners upstairs.
His property but it affects others so if he wants to be silly do it out int he country not int he city not caring about your neighbors.
lol at the people pissed cause it's an "eyesore"... that whole street is an eyesore :/
Half a million plus for those, what the fuck have real estate agents conned people into believing.
Let me see if I get this right, they arrested him for no reason, they stole his stuff, they did very little work and charged him an excessive amount of money for it eventhough he made no contract with anyone to do the work. For the amount of money they said they did I could tear down that house and build another just like it and possibly partial furnish it.
Something unpleasent about watching snobs get an old man evicted despite what he's done it was his house.
This was handled extremely insensitively and the city should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. All they could think to do was torture the man and almost-sort-of-maybe fix the place except still not at all within the guidelines of safety and then demand this man come up with more money than he may have had in his entire life? Heartbreaking. Did anyone speak to him like a human and work toward a plan? Did anyone even WANT to help him? All the commentary is extremely callous and incompassionate.
your home is your Castle
oh dear, this dirty dirty house is ruining my rich life. Call the police and have this man taken to the poor house.
Since the neighborhood is so expensive, some one trying to make an excuse to kick him out? They should help him and help to fix the house..not kick him out..It's his house!!
(DIY)Dig It Yourself! but anyway, its his house.
Ahhhh poor rich people
Thats fucked up for the gov to steal from a citizen. Just because its a "rich" neighborhood. Offer him a emanate domaine settlement, tear it down and build a park.
god bless the man; all his hopes, dreams and effort lost and ridiculed - makes you proud to be British watching this type of care in the community
I saw a fish in the upstairs window waving to a frog..
suggestion: do what i do: conduct one-of-a-kind experiments on them
Would you not question why the property you brought was reduced by £80,000. Yes the house next door was an eyesore but poor guy being carted off in handcuffs because of a bunch of snobbish C**ts.
The homes over there are just square boxes, they all are ugly.
his land his home..they had no right. i'd sue for trespass
It's an illness, the guy needs help by the authorities not some national police carrying him out by the cuffs. Disgraceful behaviour from the tory loving police.
Man, that house makes a really creepy sound when the camera focuses on it.
3:05 - So the ark *does* exist!
4:26 - "It was worrying for Rob next door." Well I'm worried Rob-next-door is going to be Rob-fell-out-of-his-house-next-door. One goose by someone from within and Rob's a goner.
The House is actually kinda cool looking now. Like a giant sculpture.
Mr. Steve, Mojang, and Notch would be proud.
oh no my 1.3 million pound house is now worth only 1 million, and now my caviar is off, my life is falling aprt
They did everything but help the poor lonely old man.I wonder if anyone in that neighborhood even knows the names of any of their neighbors?
£1000? The cost of these repairs was £300,000. That would be close to $500,000 u.s. Yes, nearly half a million u.s dollars!
Did you watch a different video to me?
Lol "English horrible neighbor". This is a joke compared to even the kind of neighbors you year about in the USA or Australia...
Would it be cheaper just to rebuild a new house.
He probably made the most solid secure deep foundations, compared to other houses.
If he did, the authorities would still condemn it.
Where were the cracks in the house walls ?
It was the authorities scaffolding that was most ugly.
Google maps shows the house without scaffolding.
Only in England can you be removed from your own home because of neighbors complaints. Solution to this "eyesore"-buldozer.
Poor babies have to look at a run down place...cry much?
NEWS FLASH!
He dug fucking tunnels under his house jeopardizing the structural integrity of the actual foundations and the whole house, making it a risk to the surrounding area and any one who lives in it.
He probably made the most solid secure deep foundations, compared to other houses.
If he did, the authorities would still condemn it.
Where were the cracks in the house walls ?
I feel sorry for everyone.Time for the neighbors to sue the council. In the U.S. you need a permit to do any alterations to your home. Britain doesn't? You'd think a building inspector would have noticed all the scaffolding and no permit visible. If the owner did get permits there has to be progress inspections,engineering and I'm sure,approval by local building societies.This is a failure of sanitation authorities and others to do their job. Bet you can't keep pigs in town.You know. Zoning laws.
What the fuck? That poor old man has no home to live now and all they can talk about the fuckin house. They forced him out and repaired the property, those neighbor are the ones who should be paying that 1000 pounds.
He sounds like an eccentric.
is this house even still here? i wonder...
Did you not watch the whole video? Or did you stop at "He was removed from his own home." He was making the whole area unsafe.
"...obvious eccentric." NO! He was bat shit eating CRAZY!!!
Just look it up on google maps - surprised that the council let it go on so long... serves him right... he is the last person anyone wants as a neighbour..
@GSXRMarshall
It's interesting to see all the comments that passed the approval process.
i think other NEIGHBOUR is evil...what a poor old man.. They want to buy the old man house, but he dont want! that why they make it up
Im 12 and i bo a lot of diy projects and other stuff. But digging a Labrynth under the house that is easy to resupport I know a little bit of architecture
You all would have a different opinion when the house falls on your kids while there walking on the sidewalk. Or if your next door and it falls on your house and take a wall out.
its not illegal to hoard stuff they shouldnt have kicked him out if he owned the house
lol, theres a boat in there!
I don't like that neighborhood anyway. Why is everything so greyish in the UK?
i agree with that sentiment.
@5:55 "...to demolish the building..." I guess someone changed thier mind!
I've just been on Google earth...and its still there! scaffolds the lot!
Sadening to see such treatment of an old man...
Very sad on all levels.
@blobby1972 took the words right out of my mouth. they may as well have billed him for a billion quid, he will never be able to pay that either. what he needed was a social worker, a few decades ago
121 Mortimer Road, well i've been trying to locate that address on google maps.
It isn't there.
at 1:17-1:33 is he doing a history today badiel impression?
i was expecting
"...and does it say what poor soul lived in such a house?"
"thats your mums house that is, it's where you grew up"
Where the hell he put the dirt that he have taken out ???
maybe he didn't play enough mine craft
THERE SHOULD BE A PROGRAM CALLED 'NEIGHBOR NUT JOBS'
Is that "Official" wearing a dress?
The man was obviously mad so where were the relevent agencies that are there to protect such people from harming themselves? Also what were the family doing?
I just went on Google Maps, the house is still in total disrepair with the ugly tin-roof fence. Check out "121 Mortimer Road, Hackney, London, United Kingdom" on google maps - do the "street view" thing. Image is from May 2012. I guess things are still tied up in court. Looks like a nice corner piece of property someone could build on.
@czarekaj1098 - Only in England can you quite correctly get people out of their house when you find out they are actually putting the structural integrity of your property at risk as well as your safety. Tut tut
DIY NEIGHBOUR FROM HELL do it yourself neighbour from hell who i didnt know they sold them!!!!!
(o_o)
not sure if you know but brick dosnt burn
121 Mortimer Road, London, England, United Kingdom, it is there.
@Spudsmuggler Can't just dig and modify dude,ya need surveys and strict building permits to protect your arse from being hurt.
burn the thing down, let firefighters do it for training
why didn't they demolish it instead? securing the building costed 300,000 pounds, Demolition should cost much less I hope.
clearly the old boy had issues. guess it is easier for a neighborhood to attack the odd man out rather than step up and get involved in helping his ass. window peekers, sounds as though they knew he needed help for years. and on a final note, based upon what the house mentioned sold for? your properties are all over valued...enjoy the market crash. :)
Only in England can you be removed from your own home because of neighbors comlaints. Solution to this "eyesore"-buldozer.
Alzheimer's maybe? 33 skips? Interesting number to pull out of thin air.
Need to check for dementia/early Alzheimer's; sometimes so subtle, the docs can't tell w/o extended observation; I care for such kin & she's always underdiagnosed, with no recourse because extended observation is required see it (patterns, see things she could hide by being witty/out of an environment requiring real competence, i.e. beyond chit chat). Love the neighbors' show of concern about 'the eccentric who made an eyesore'? 'He was always' from folks who didn't know what he was doing?
Dawg, know me fiorst before yout etalk
Is this his land?
I hate neighbors like this. Smiley Carol Smilie's got a lot to answer for.
Just. Leave. It. Alone...
snobs