Donald Trump's plan to build a Scotland resort with two golf courses, a 450-room hotel, 500 homes and 950 short-term rental apartments are being scuttled by a quarter of home owners who say their homes aren't for sale at any price.Trump improved his offer to the sellers but according to Bloomberg, "David Milne, whose four-bedroom house, Hermit Point, is a former coastguard station, rejected an offer of 230,000 pounds, he said in a telephone interview today. He turned down an offer of 175,000 pounds three years ago."
Trump also offered Mr. Milne, and the other holdouts, new homes in the resort at cost and free lifetime use of the club's facilities.
Oh great, what a deal. Trade your charming house with a nice history in for some monstrosity built by the Clown Prince of Tacky. I can't imagine why he wouldn't want to take Trump up on that bit of generosity. If Trump can't reach a deal with the dissenting home owners, he may be able to compel them to sell by appealing to the municipal government. But whatever happens, these four brave souls' willingness to stand up to Donald Trump should be a source of great national pride for Scotland.
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9-22-2009 @ 5:32PM
debra said...
Thanks for that.
There are five homes affected. One is willing to sell - but after two years of discussions, no deal has been concluded.
It seems Trump prefers to talk about CPOs and set totally unrealistic deadlines. CPOs are normally only used for public infrastructure or in cases to protect a wide public interest (e.g. property is a hazard to health) - and only then if negotiations have failed over an extended period. Using them for private profit .... does this count as the public interest? I think not.
Cllr Debra Storr