Meet the last man standing on UK's loneliest housing estate

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Meet the last man standing on UK's loneliest housing estate
Published: Dec, 04 2024 12:15

A pensioner who is refusing to leave what's being branded Britain's loneliest housing estate has told Sky News he is facing bullying and intimidation tactics to force him out. Nick Wisniewski's ex-council flat in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire is set to be demolished because the local authority wants to redevelop the area, which has become a derelict eyesore.

The vast area on the outskirts of Glasgow used to have almost 1,000 properties, but slowly the bulldozers have moved in, creating huge mounds of rubble where homes once stood. The land is overgrown, with all remaining properties boarded up - apart from the retired bank worker's home, which demolition teams have been unable to touch as he refuses to budge.

'They'll basically need to drag me out'. The 68-year-old, whose neighbours were all rehomed in 2023, bought the flat in 2017 under the discounted right-to-buy scheme and is now mortgage-free. He told Sky News he rejected an initial offer from North Lanarkshire Council of £35,000 plus two year's rent as it would not be enough to buy a new place.

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