Neighbours are demanding a landlord sells his dilapidated house after making the garden look like a 'bombsite.
Neighbours have been demanding that repairs on “eyesore” number 57, Oxford House, be taken in hand by the council after complaints of inaction against the landlord.
A look behind a neighbouring house, 59, owned by the same person shows the true state of disrepair not visible from the street, with a large crater in the garden and first-floor doors opening into thin air.
A representative from Chalkhills Swindon Ltd, which owns number 60, said: “It’s been left in a sorry state and I don’t understand what his long-term goal is as his investment is devaluing.
“In all the years that he's had it, he hasn't benefited from any rental income really.
“He needs to get it sorted out or sell it."
Minaz Moledina owns both the well-reported dilapidated number 57, Oxford House, and the next-door 59, which the images show the rear of.
Pictures show an empty former garage, a large hole that fills with water, and smashed windows and internal brickwork left exposed.
The garden and house were left in this state after an extension was demolished, work which also caused “awful smelling” raw sewage and gas to leak from the house, according to the representative.
An internal wall was also left exposed, allowing damp to seep through which was only repaired at the neighbour’s expense.
57 has been described as a fire risk, an “eyesore” and a waste of valuable accommodation during a national shortage.
Squatters, fires lit, drug dens and vandalism have all been reported - which have left their visible marks on the house.
The Chalkhills representative said: “This is the point. It's the impact it has on other people. If it’s not for him anymore, that’s fine, things change.
“But I do not feel that it is for the taxpayers of Swindon to subsidise his business.”
He was referring to a section 215 order from Swindon Borough Council, which means Moledina must fix the house or else the council will do it for him.
But one neighbour, Chris Evans, has expressed frustration that the council has not taken on work despite an apparent lack of progress and missed deadlines by Moledina.
The chief executive of the council, Samantha Mowbray, has admitted that Swindon Borough Council does not have enough money to do the work itself and so saw working with Moledina as the best option.
Moledina is a senior partner at a chartered accountancy firm based in Corsham. He was contacted but refused to comment.
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