Non-Believer Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 It was crammed full of asbestos, making it virtually unusable without investment in extraction to make it safe. The signs were everywhere. Could explain the strange almost plastic smell, but with asbestos being fire resistant its unlikely to have burnt through all of it, so it would now be more expensive to remove as the asbestos has been exposed? Might have been the accelerant.....😈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Instead of obsessing about what the cause of the fire is - which is going to do nothing to the current state of the building - the current shower of idiots in charge of this sinking island, need to concentrate on trying to get the building redeveloped, by someone a) genuine b) has the funds and c) will start developing as soon as completion of sale takes place - not left as a land bank - and not used as more flats. Why not use it as industrial? If the building was good enough for the University of Liverpool, why wasn't it useful as an IT training centre by the college? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 A pound to a penny the building will be demolished within 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 A pound to a penny the building will be demolished within 6 months. A bit optimistic. They will debate, debate and obsess about it, nothing will be done. If they do, knock it down, the taxpayers will be footing the bill. The building could have had a lease of life, but for its obsessions with car parking, government have killed any meaningful use for the building. If it's demolished and ready to build on, I would say if it's going to used for housing, it would need loads of car parking spaces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 When the former hotel on Bay View road in Port Erin went on fire a couple.of years ago it was demolished within a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) Yep, shoot first ask questions later. The demolition boys will have their engines running and warmed up as we speak. Edited January 2, 2017 by gettafa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 A pound to a penny the building will be demolished within 6 months.A bit optimistic. They will debate, debate and obsess about it, nothing will be done. If they do, knock it down, the taxpayers will be footing the bill. The building could have had a lease of life, but for its obsessions with car parking, government have killed any meaningful use for the building. If it's demolished and ready to build on, I would say if it's going to used for housing, it would need loads of car parking spaces If you were building from scratch you would put the spaces underneath. Bit of a tough one - commercially there isn't much to attract to Port Erin. I'm not really sure the residential demand is there. There is not really an immediately obvious win win here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 police now saying it is arson (4pm news MR) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Interesting. Now comes the real test for the investigators, who had the motive, and was it psychological or greed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Or kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Or kids. In all probability, accidental as well IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Maybe kids...that still comes under 'psychological'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 If it's a Laxey fella that dun it, does it come under "racial"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar the horrible Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 If it's a Laxey fella that dun it, does it come under "racial"? No, it should be classified as 'fishy'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 One wonders of this was the place NOT mentioned in a recent press release about people entering a closed, empty building and disturbing asbestos. The release went to great pains not to mention which building it was .. But if it was, it was known it was insecure and been entered, so should have been bricked up to secure it properly. With todays penny pinching attitudes, insurance will probably just say 'tough shit' and not pay out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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