LIMASSOL - DANGEROUS APARTMENT BUILDINGS - EOA PROCEEDS WITH AN EVACUATION ORDER - Filenews 22/4 by Ioanna Mantziipa
The three-day deadline for the evacuation of the dangerous Seagate apartment building, in the tourist area of Germasogeia, expired at midnight on Monday, with the Limassol District Self-Government Organization (EOA) immediately proceeding with the next actions, trying to intervene and enforce the evacuation of the apartment building.
The president of EOA Limassol, Mr. Yiannis Tsouloftas, speaking to "F", said that the three-day deadline has expired and the next steps are of a legal nature. Specifically, the EOA assigned the case to a city law firm, in order to proceed with the appeal to the court to secure an eviction order for the dangerous apartment building. The process is expected to be initiated immediately, while the same information states that most of the apartments in the apartment building have been sold to an Israeli, with an additional request for information through the Land Registry for the other owners.
Regarding the 36 buildings that have been deemed dangerous and in which warning stickers were placed at the entrances, written in Greek and English, Mr. Tsouloftas said that the next steps and the judicial route for these cases are following as well.
The issue of dangerous buildings, both in the Municipality of Germasogeia and in the Municipality of Limassol has been known for years. However, after the double tragedy with the collapse of the apartment building, it seems that the authorities are trying at a faster pace and with every available means to prevent a new tragedy and at the same time to activate the owners of dangerous buildings as much as they can.
The warning signs placed last Saturday in 36 apartment buildings in Limassol, which inform that the building has been deemed unsuitable, have caused panic and upset among the owners and tenants, who do not know how to react. Indicative of the situation is the case of the Soulla Court apartment building, in the area of Germasogeia, where the tenants and some of the owners were surprised, since they did not know that the apartment building they live in is dangerous.
Speaking to "F", Mr. Evanthis Papadopoulos, chairman of the management committee of the apartment building, told us that "they came, put a sticker on the door of the apartment building. They did not inform anyone, nor did they talk to anyone. They put up the sign and left and left us wondering what was going on." The apartment building, as he claims, was renovated in 2017 and since then no technical inspection has been carried out. He wonders how the apartment building was deemed dangerous. He claims that some files were given with dangerous buildings and among them their apartment building, but without taking into account that renovation had taken place.
The manager sent, as he told us, a letter to the EOA Limassol asking the authorities to clarify the reason why the apartment building was deemed dangerous, so that they themselves know. He even points out how the apartment building was deemed dangerous, since there was no technical inspection.
