Bungalow demolition a waste – neighbour

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COMING DOWN: The bungalow being demolished on Vanguard St.

Demolition of an old Vanguard St bungalow in Nelson has raised questions about whether parts of it could have been recycled.

But it was never an option for health and safety reasons, spokesman Martin Sutton said.

The pre-1935 bungalow was demolished after a few swipes of the digger yesterday, to make way for new storage units to be built on the site.

The neighbour opposite, Winnie Luthje who has renovated her own 1930s bungalow almost entirely with recycled materials, wondered why the public could not help themselves to the stained glass windows and rimu wood before the house was torn down.

"I was concerned about the waste, and there were a couple of house-lots of firewood the public might have been able to use."

Luthje was surprised it all happened so fast.

"Surely a sign could have gone up or something, then this morning it was just crash, bang," she said yesterday.

She said the house had a mix of aluminium windows and stained glass windows someone might have wanted.

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