Marrickville building on verge of collapse

Sydney weather: Severe thunderstorm causes havoc on roads, public transport

Not sure if SMH simply googled "Ewart St Marrickville" or whether this is the actual block in question. Though description does match, this one does have a big pond next to it.

I believe a forum member may own a unit within this block.

Not sure if insurance will cover this... hopefully they will, otherwise strata on this place might sky rocket!

 

Yep, that's the block. It's an old brick pit, I think. A bit of a local landmark. I'm not sure why it has suddenly become a problem unless something has stopped excess water draining away or the bank has become unstable. There was a bit of local argy bargy recently about the fact that the local golf course had been draining water for their greens and lowered the water level in the pit substantially. There will be some finger pointing.

 

What is the appeal of that pond / old brick pit anyway?

Last i went there (to attend an auction) a few years back it was all fenced off with "do not enter"... can't see how that is an attraction... more of a eye sore in my opinion.

 

Attracts lots of native birds and has fish in it. If I lived at the back of that block, I would rather look over that pond than look into another block of flats.

 

Three I believe

 

I think that a few others own properties in that street too.

 

I missed out on a flat in that complex at auction in December.

 

I own one in the effected building (by the looks of it). Bit of excitement for my tenants, no doubt. Looks like the media got a bit carried away with a precautionary evacuation.

 

The '100 people trapped' was a bit hysterical, too. Mid week there would not be many people at home and they could all just walk out the front door of the building.

 

And "100 people" is also not close to the number in the affected building. If you count all apartments on the block, maybe but they don't back on to the pond.

 

You'll just never get a job posting news stories on social media with that kind of attitude.

 

This building is becoming quite a star. It was only about 2 years ago that one of those TV reno shows did surprise renos for a few residents.

 

wow interesting, we bid on a property that backed onto there last year but got outbid........

I did raise the question of "who owned" the pond etc with the agent and got NFI thought this isn't why we lost the bid....just went too high based on the surrounding rental values.