Chris Pickels says the temporary heritage order by Brisbane city council meant he was forced to halt renovations on his Moorooka home two years ago.Chris Pickels says the temporary heritage order by Brisbane city council meant he was forced to halt renovations on his Moorooka home two years ago.He’d nearly finished replacing the modern vinyl cladding of his house – added by a previous owner – changing it back to weatherboard.
Brian Luckins, another owner, has a newspaper clipping from the era when then lord mayor John Chandler called the houses “dog boxes”. Luckins is now leading a fight for legal changes to make sure homeowners are compensated if heritage is imposed on them.Local councillor Steven Griffiths was initially in favour of the “temporary local planning instrument” – before he found out how intensive it was.
Parish priest Dang Nguyen described the building as a “dump”, and estimates it would cost $700,000 to fix, which they don’t have. The 700-strong parish now can’t hold youth events, doesn’t have a parish hall and had to move their office.A hall owned by Our Lady of Fatima church has been heritage listed, despite being described by the parish priest as a ‘dump’ that cannot be used.“This hall has already been condemned. So we’re not allowed to use it.
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