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A family living next door to a dilapidated property which has been vacant for the last ten years have filed a judicial protest to force its owners to repair the dangerously run-down property. The Farrugia couple, living in Triq Lapsi, St Julian’s, filed thFamily turns to courts to force repairs of run-down property next door
A family living next door to a dilapidated property which has been vacant for the last ten years have filed a judicial protest to force its owners to repair the dangerously run-down property. The Farrugia couple, living in Triq Lapsi, St Julian’s, filed the judicial act in the wake of the recent collapse of buildings in Gwardamanġa and Swieqi. In the protest, they called upon M & M Properties Ltd and co-owner Mario-Victor Attard to carry out all necessary remedial and precautionary works on the adjacent property and to do so within one week. The couple’s claim was backed by architectural reports attesting to the “unsafe scenario” caused by the property next door which had been left vacant for around 10 years with little or no maintenance and was overgrown with vegetation even throughout the roof area, in spite of repeated calls by the concerned neighbours. Part of the property’s roof had collapsed in January and the situation was aggravated by heavy rains and storms in recent months. An architect appointed by the Farrugias had said that the collapse was “predictable to say the least”, given the “inaction and lack of general maintenance” of the property. The Farrugias say their... Read more
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