Tenants discover “unrecoverable property” at Christchurch building.
Nearly two weeks after being told nothing from their building was recoverable, Community House tenants learnt yesterday that many items had been found in the central Christchurch building. This latest incident comes just a week after residents found supposedly “lost” property being offered for sale.
Alec Neill, the chairman of the Canterbury Community Trust (CCT), which owns the building, said he had been contacted at noon yesterday by project manager Structex about the discovery of contents in a back part of the building previously thought to be inaccessible.
He had asked for the items to be retrieved by Grace Removals, and the demolition was stopped, he said.
Items found included valuable records, computer equipment and outdoor equipment, apparently belonging to the Project K organisation, which takes young people on wilderness experiences and whose insurer went into liquidation.
“It’s a substantial amount of material,” Neill said.
The discovery has capped a tumultuous week for the building’s 23 tenants. On September 30, they were told by the CCT it had received “confirmation” none of the tenants’ property could be recovered from the building because of safety concerns.
On the same day, staff of tenant Christchurch Small Business Enterprise Centre (CSBEC) found many items from their office at the salvage yard of demolition contractor Shilton and Brown in Heathcote. The other contractor on the site is March Construction.
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