It’s a revealing series so far, but even more to come from Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom.
And as we succeed in Episode 3, there will be much more in Salford, with City Mayor Paul Dennett at the middle level in an attempt to address some of Greater Manchester’s most important problems.
This includes the desperate desire for housing, with debatable plans to save a much-loved abandoned building.
While on the other side of the asset medal, we see some of the city’s boldest new developments.
In addition, the exhibit visits a disused physician where 15 residents, crouched in the building, are threatened with eviction through the owners.
West Tower
If you’ve taken mancunian’s address sometime next year, you’ll have noticed the West Tower block.
In fact, I couldn’t have overlooked the gigantic glass construction that I wouldn’t look at moved to vertical cities like New York.
The 44-story construction built exclusively for the rental market, and it is transparent that developers have pointed to the maximum sumptuous finish of the scale.
“We seek to replace people’s perceptions to make rent a positive choice, an ambitious choice. People can be proud of where they rent, they rent because they can’t buy. “
The cheapest apartments, at 860 euros according to the month, have all been rented, but the most esteemed apartments, adding an elegant room with two beds for 3500 euros according to the month, are suffering to attract interest.
Affordable housing
Paul Dennett, the mayor of the city of Salford, appears to be on the show as greater Manchester’s leader in housing and homelessness.
Affordable housing is, of course, a big challenge in Britain, and in Greater Manchester, Paul is willing to make a difference.
“It’s about building affordable housing,” Paul says. “And the circle of family homes. “
In the 1950s, town halls built 200,000 social housing sets a year, but the program claims to be about 13,000.
With another 97,000 people lately on the waiting list for homes in Greater Manchester, the town hall has committed to building 50,000 new housing sets over the next 20 years.
And one way to do that is to offer town hall-owned land for imaginable remodeling, and team up with developers like Tim Heatley and his corporate capital and Centric to verify and make that happen.
Buile Hill Park
This deserted Georgian mansion in Salford has long been the subject of many wonderful recoveries, and Manctopia covers one of the last.
Built in 1827, the manor house belonged to Sir Thomas Potter, Manchester’s first mayor and co-founder of the Manchester Guardian newspaper.
Construction was closed in 2000 to locate the Lancashire Mine Museum and has been closed ever since.
Several plans have been proposed over the years, adding a recently proposed one through Tim to build 60 homes on the site to earn enough cash to repair the building, which would require four million pounds to bring it back to life.
He needs the source of income from the houses to fund the recovery of the mansion.
But everyone’s so excited about it.
Hard to sell
Local citizens have pressured the council to return the mansion to public use; the new proposal provokes a backlash.
They are delighted with the concept of building houses in the park.
We meet Mary Ferrer who is campaigning for the mansion to be restored and reopened since it closed.
She said of the mansion: “There is dry rot, rainy rot, there are parts of the floor that have been ripped off. There’s injured water in the upstairs rooms.
“It’s structurally sound, it just wants a lot of love and care. And I’m sorry to say the dirty word: money.
“They have about 4 million to put it back on track. But what an investment. Just wish with a little vision.
She adds: “I’m not going to sit down and let the things I think are happen.
“They can locate millions for other things, but they can’t locate millions. “
Tim is holding a network meeting to present his plan for the recovery of the mansion and the structure of the new homes, but it doesn’t go exactly as planned.
But it’s not all dark and dark: Tim presents separate plans for his new construction for key workers, with 110 houses.
Salford squatter threatened with eviction
The workplace of a disused former doctor houses other people who sleep on the street and have nowhere to live.
The show meets Stacie, 32, who has been homeless for a month after breaking up a violent relationship.
She explained: “This position has given me the strength to say, that’s all, I’m leaving. And I left.
“It was intimidating. When I came down, I was petrified. But when I got hit here, I felt so welcome and safe. I wasn’t afraid. “
GM’s authority has recently pledged to offer a bed to each and every homeless user in transitional accommodations or inns.
But Stacie says she had fewer disorders in the doctor than in an official home.
She said: “I have stayed in assisted accommodation, hostels and hostels and have been in worse situations than this, which are run by the government and supported by staff.
“I’ve had less here than in positions like this. “
We know Ashley, who uses the eye of her mind to make her room a home.
“Things are starting to look like home now,” he said. They gave me my bed, my little TV, my little Playstation. I’ve been looking to wear those T-shirts as ornaments on my walls right now.
Things haven’t been pink for a long time: the building’s owners have applied for a court order to evict the occupants.
Manctopia: Billion-pound assets continue on Tuesday from 9pm on BBC Two.