This house has been empty since 1979 and the owner was given a grant of £55000 to do it up!
Sounds like council tax payers in Brighton have every right to be annoyed by this as the council wants to get a second compulsory purchase order
BBC news story
The work was never completed and the council is now attempting to obtain another CPO.
To be honest from the outside it doesn’t look too bad, the front garden looks like it’s been looked after