£1 for a house | Made in Stoke-on-Trent

[@theGuardian]

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[@harveyskilton2238]

The Guardian I

[@ukdream5982]

The Guardian how can I get it I need it badly

[@errolpowell2]

Do won’t people to move up there

[@unityy4234]

Guys I live in this exact area the people are so kind please don’t make fun

[@autismo721]

Stoke is garbage mate

[@110gore]

It's down by go outdoors in Hanley

[@nievegrummett3414]

Autismo it is, I live there, but so are certain other places around England. You get it everywhere. And just to let you know, there are places that are much better than this in Stoke. Like this is just parts of it

[@autismo721]

@@nievegrummett3414 boi I've lived in stoke all my life and honestly it's just getting worse

[@nievegrummett3414]

Autismo I have and it is getting worse it’s just getting really bad in certain places and others, like trentham, aren’t

[@tegmay4155]

It honestly devastates me that this is one of the only videos some people here will see on Stoke-On-Trent. Honestly it's not all like this, it's not all bad. Of course it's not the most picturesque of areas, and it isn't a rich area, but it's better than this. The majority of people are amazing and there's a real sense of community - not everyone should be grouped in this way. Stoke is more than this. We are more than this.

[@secretterces8467]

anna Onymous looks like a reyt shitole luv full of foreigners and thief’s. not for me int stoke on Trent.

[@chrishowell9821]

Well said girl

[@mumdad4889]

TCar same

[@psixi7230]

couldnt pay me to live there lol

[@georgiag2014]

Stoke is actually a nice place. My cousin lives there and I went there for my cousins baptism and it's nice.

[@malicahamilton]

Might as well move everyone out knock everything down and rebuild ! The whole area looks run down and depressing it's not going to get better any time soon

[@LabRat6619]

Malica Hamilton after brexit this will be worse than anywhere.

[@malicahamilton]

LabRat6619 that's so true they would do better if they just removed loads of houses and shops in the area and just built new attractive houses make the area look pretty throw in a few nice shops and people are more likely to live there and start something new! I'm sure it would cost a lot but they are taking over beautiful land in the countryside and budding 1,000s of new houses when money should be spent on areas like this you know. It's full of poor people and people on drugs and it seems like there are no jobs for people to earn a living so it's like an endless cycle when they have kids adding a few decent people to the community won't solve the bigger problem in my opinion 😕

[@grimsplague]

That's called gentrification, what happens to all the people who can't afford these nice new houses? do we just kick them out of the communities they've lived in their entire lives.

[@malicahamilton]

grimsplague Well they would need to sort themselves out and get their life together and start start fresh somewhere maybe they could be rehoused

[@LabRat6619]

Malica Hamilton this country is grossly overpopulated and not full of jobs to do. The poor tend to breed like rats to create even more desparate poor! Globalisation totally destroyed The West with cheap imports closing factories. Poor people tended to work in factories and manual labour industries. Previously world war used hundreds of thousands of lives and tended to regenerate the country afterwards. The future is bleak as people continue to breed as if a golden world of opportunity awaits them!

[@merlinmediagroup]

That was such a beautiful and profound moment from 7:26 when she's talking about her mum. The way she avoided crying when someone came and said hi was heartbreaking. She seems like an extremely kind and gentle person, I hope she's doing well.

[@TheGodParticle]

I so agree, she seems such a wonderful lady, I wish her all the best.

[@DanielLarsonTheBlackDragon]

Sadly she recently passed away from an overdose 😢

[@juliepownall2000]

The place is awful wouldnt live there if u paid me but the people are nice

[@nicklaytonUK]

I think that is part of the reason why it is a £1.

[@rage8kage]

I think you miss spelt inbred

[@jimjam6598]

:0000

[@hollytweedie7913]

I’m from the boarders of Stoke...like every place some bits are nice but some bits are like this

[@Ella-cx1yz]

I mean I live like in the middle of stoke and have all my life but I agree 😂. Some parts are nice though. It’s not all like this.

[@beccymiddleton1458]

I recently moved to Stoke for uni and while some of it is pretty beat up, this makes it look worse than it is its not like this all over.

[@LionOfKashmir]

jim taylor Shelton’s littyyyy

[@96Jesster]

i live 14 minutes away.... i'm suprised they managed to film this on a sunny day

[@lol-kz8lu]

Jessica same😂😂

[@israeladesanya4596]

14 minutes away, you probably wouldn't even be in stoke.

[@iJamie8467x]

Technically it's a 10-30k house or how ever much she spend repairing that dump

[@eml9147]

True, but where else can you get a down payment of £1? Depends on the interest on the loan

[@benlotus2703]

@@eml9147 Monies wasted

[@jjenfield7444]

After living in Stoke-on-Trent for three years I can honestly say the people there are brilliant

[@sarahdean5088]

I'm born and breed in Stoke, I love the people but it's a forgot city sadly. Wouldn't blame my kids if they wanted to move out of the city, don't think I ever will. it's very upsetting, but where there's life there's hope.

[@tombollox10]

"I know what will improve squalid social deprivation in inner city Stoke!" "What?" "Ceramics" 😳

[@paulnicholls8683]

Tom You are right. Sourcing out ! Wedgewood was losing money sothey moved most of their business to Indonesia. Doullton mo ed most of their production to China and Thailand. If they hadn't done that, the companies would have gone down the tube. It's difficult to find anything which is not made in China.

[@mistermotivation2502]

I laughed too, sorry folks but in 2019 young people aren’t interested in ceramics smh

[@tormon506]

@@mistermotivation2502 Not true. Many are sick fed up of everything being digital. We had a similar project in Scotland and the kids loved it, especially the teens. We re-decorated and old church, made a bar, a workshop, a stage. They loved it and still do.

[@omicron942]

Good luck to em

[@delboy4407]

Yeah, people above corrupt parliment that's what i like to see doing something positive

[@TCJones]

10 years is far to long to commit to live in stoke, the Liverpool ones where only 5 years of no sale.

[@heyhoes8733]

TCJones I’ve lived here for like 12 years but okay

[@cleobarrett6168]

Im 11 and have lived here ally life. Stoke on Trent isn't as bad as it looks on this video

[@tombarnes7844]

Cleo and Tala bob I've lived in Stoke from birth, no where near as bad as advertised..

[@tombarnes7844]

Sanya Ahmed good then, don't need people like you round our city

[@nicholasdickens2801]

So they sell homes to locals for £1 and someone from Kent moves in. *Sigh* haha. Oh the irony.

[@yasminpaul3068]

Nicholas Dickens none of the locals can afford to buy the house AND renovate it to make it liveable

[@rashhuman]

No, because locals wouldn't even pay a pound in this area as they know what it's like! True, it's not all bad, but no way would I live in Hanley or Middleport, even for a quid.

[@sneekz07]

Well if no one could afford to buy and renovate then they will sell to someone who can.

[@itzyashirooo]

@@rashhuman Hanley isn't as bad, yes, there's thieves and poverty, BUT GIVE IT A TRY HONEY.

[@rashhuman]

@@itzyashirooo I did, hence the comment.

[@av782]

What they need is CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design), and you can tell through the evening gatherings that they are starting to use those methods. If the perception is that the area is safe, crime actually goes down. The suggestions to rebuild, cover up graffiti immediately, plant nice things and maintain the area will bring in more shops and more families moving in. So will better lighting and camera equipment - just the perception that the area is being watched will help a ton in the long-term. You don't have to knock everything down - you just need to put effort into the community.

[@Kayzef2003]

I won't be surprised if many of these people voted Brexit. AND, I can't blame them. This level of neglect is shameful.

[@UKgamer87]

Alot more is needed but if the eu is far more trustworthy than any tory government. No that brexit is happening these areas will probably become massively more derelict.

[@Lycaerix]

Yep. That's the unfortunate reality: their own government (that they have most likely also voted for) has failed them and they blamed the EU. Sheer ignorance but no, you can't blame them for what they have been led to believe.

[@UKgamer87]

@Hugo I mean how can people fall for the lies of the media. It feels like sooo many people in the country have lost the ability to think critically. Muslims can't fart in an empty field without getting negative coverage.

[@SL-yz6ew]

Kayzef2003 I'm from Stoke and the majority of people living here are benefit scrounging white people

[@jimibarker2744]

+d your totally correct the biggest parasitic benefit scroungers are indeed white all the royal family are indeed white

[@LabRat6619]

Due to brexit these houses have been reduced to 50p.

[@cait3666]

LabRat6619 😬😬😬how awful

[@isenfyre612]

It's a joke 😂

[@nickjupp6868]

dont be silly... england has survived far worse on worse terms dont be a fool...

[@sandysimpson4785]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@carlomarco1895]

@@nickjupp6868 this time is the end!

[@TakumiXD]

Why can’t they just put the homeless in these houses

[@fpl_bailey]

How the homeless going to pay for utilities?

[@ifihadfriends437]

Because they're derelict and need significant renovation which somebody without income could not do

[@AhmedAhmed-yz4rd]

strong woman don't give up

[@margin606]

Romantic stereotype?

[@charlestalks5638]

These look like nice victorian houses. They've just been poorly looked after that's all

[@welovepies]

A lot of stoke is nice these days, I think this estate is a exception not a rule bc regeneration has been really strong generally. there are dilapidated bits in every city.

[@AvaT42]

I just watched that young girl in blue, the artist, and her partner on that gardening show where a guy named Monty help fix peoples gardens. They did a good job with it. Taking and sending those photographs was a good idea.

[@c93636]

how awful for the residents that is a very challenging reality that im sure many in the UK, myself included, were ignorant of. the complete disregard from the council and government is truly shameful. well done to Sarah and Anna for attempting to revitalise the community

[@willpolr]

I’m absolutely gobsmacked that anyone living here could be ignorant of this reality. Time to open your eyes. It’s all around you, just around the corner from all the wealth and arrogance.

[@AJGeeTV]

Wow! I used to live nearby in Shelton and left for a new life abroad with 20 quid in my pocket in 1990. It's amazing how things are 30 years later! I'm still quite skint where I'm living now in Germany.

[@madisontaylor5647]

Not all people from Stoke are in Benifits and things like that . It’s how they are as a person that matters . All of the people are lovely and all of the people that go there agree . We love you Stoke xxx Lol

[@ayahedries]

Who else is from stoke and watching this??... nope just me ok

[@Benjy52]

Did you even look at the other comments?

[@Maggie2183]

I watching eet duck!! (Even though I’ve lived in London for the last 20 years!! 🤭😬)

[@Tipperary757]

This entire series is brilliant. People worked so hard to revive this area, lovely community.

[@h3526]

1900's: in the future there will be flying cars 2019: a £1 house

[@zopo1976]

I live in stoke and when you listen to tv you sound like the other British people and when you here stoke people you sound so weird 😂😂😂 who agrees

[@nellydoyley3815]

ASMR Gang we actually do sound so odd though haha

[@zopo1976]

Nelly Doyley ik we all do when you hear yourself on tv 😂

[@lorrainegriffith8101]

Re: the closed down pub. “This part we’ll hopefully make ceramic wares & the room with the carpet will be the permanent community room”. 🤣🤣🤣

[@lunes-1]

I want 10 houses please. Have you got change of £20?

[@israeladesanya4596]

Used to hang around there when i was younger. Its ok selling the council houses for a quid but theyve still got to live by smackheads in the private rented.

[@jonmills5097]

I used to live in Portland street and trust me it’s finished

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

And yet people say the is a shortage of homes due to this, that and the other. There are lots of homes available. The problem is people don't want to live there or can't afford to live in the nicer bits.

[@flumpaustin1994]

There is also high unemployment in these areas and people would not be able to afford to renovate the homes.

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

That's kind of my point. The people with many to do them up don't typically want to live there an dated people who might end up living here can't afford to renovate the properties into a decent habital standard.

[@marktaylor6491]

Clear they could do it on a cold November in Stoke.

[@jordantheallroundangler85]

i lived in stoke and handley for a few yrs. i can say its a nice place to live but there is a big homeless amd drug issues in the city. but over all its not that bad tbh

[@dearfutureme2929]

There’s a mansion near me that went for £1 at auction in the 90s... it’s only just been fully renevated!! 😂😂

[@aoifekennah1161]

I wouldn’t be able to live there even if you could buy the house for £1

[@k-lou7012]

hard to believe this is happening 20 minutes away from me?

[@AngusYoung4100]

Lol at the timestamp 02:11, the lady asks: "Have you called the police?", then she gets the reply: "Yeah, eight years ago...". :D

[@kravch5653]

Stoke on Trent has a huge potential as a city & as a community! Its friendly people on the streets, who will stop by & answer you if you were to ask for directions for example. Council has neglected many areas of the Stoke, the bright proof is the city centre with old, vacated buildings, which were due for demolition since around late 90s! Money is there, because Stoke is the Mecca of Take Aways & non-chain restaurants, with the variety of Asian cuisine, many car sales, garages & main dealership as well as so many small & medium companies and huge estates of many kind of factories & busineses & are all contributing to the economy of the Stoke! My personal view on the state of the negligence in some areas is bad financial management & laid back approach of local authorities!!!! Stoke on Trent council is sending "un-spent" funds back to the capital & thats why locals fighting for survival & London believe that Stoke is very rich city! I admire efforts of those few, who has a caradge to flow life back into the area, but also know for sure, that each & everyone of us has something to contribute for the success of our full of historical inheritance, city of Stoke On Trent! I wasn't born here, but found hapiness & made it home here! Stoke is incredibly beautiful with a magical & breath taking countryside, canal & boats, museums & sculptures, pottery & factories, where till today you can enjoy a master class with so many talented artists & you can make your own pottery to take home! We have several colleges & one of the best medical university in Britain! Stoke is not a dream city- Stoke is memory maker!!!!! Stoke, i believe in you & your people, now is the right time to get together to help our home blossom & shine again!!!

[@briggaskin]

I live in stoke.... its not great though is it. Nice try but its a dump

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

A £1… One pound … I would expect change.. :0) 6:04 Like the accent.. Attempt to revive a community?

[@juan-claudewakefield8373]

North? i'm in the South , we don't have these problems. It's a disgrace . The government should seriously step in!

[@lukemullin9153]

We having issues down north it's England's Sithole

[@juan-claudewakefield8373]

Absolutely !

[@heyhoes8733]

Juan-Claude Wakefield it’s called West Midlands 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@newsannouncement226]

Well Ireland isn’t perfect but it’s going better than this

[@matthewJworthy]

I live in stoke and i feel that will not help

[@lucyburns-hawkins8052]

I live in the area and it's not all as bad as this...we have community gardens and parks it's just where you live ..but Portland Street it very rough and I hated living round there

[@barrydavies9747]

I would love to see an update places like this need more resources the government should be working better with the community and if your doing drugs were kids play your sent to rehabilitation

[@mick2345vid]

stoke on Trent its hell i know i live here

[@josuenogueras7141]

northern england is such a depressing place.

[@haydentaylor8400]

Would help if it was in the north... It's the midlands! It's not like this everywhere up north

[@paulhall7848]

Stoke is not north and there r lots of nice areas in stoke

[@paulnicholls8683]

Good luck with what you are doing. I used to work in Stoke and lived close by. Stokies are solid people. I have lived in Western Canada for a long time and we have similar drug problems.

[@tsa4594]

I lived in Stoke for 15 years. Terrible place, I hate it. It’d be alright if it wasn’t for all the chavs and criminals about. It’s not their fault that they were brought up like that, though. They’re the result of years of austerity from the ‘80s onwards. People lost their jobs and since then it’s just gotten worse. And though Stoke isn’t technically in the North, it bloody is.

[@paulnicholls8683]

Jack Cade What does that mean? Don't you hate it when people write or speak and you don't have a clue what they are on about

[@rickyholman3116]

😂 I would rather keep my £1 😂😂Hang on free burger 🍔 hotdog jacket potato 🥔 I’m on the way I got £5 I take 3 houses and I want my change 😂

[@romansm3682]

haha so good :d you made me laugh :D

[@elliemoore8630]

I live In stoke on Trent and honestly this is quiet an accurate representation of the majority of the area. But there is alot that isn't like that but you just sort of get used to it. Oh looks there's TinTin passed out maybe dead on the corner again someone go try wake him up. And we shouldn't have to deal with it the government needs to step up

[@AlessandroAloisi23]

I lived there for 2 years during my uni studies . A lot of burglary news on a daily basis and people collapse around the town like in this video . I hope they can fix this it really needs some support.

[@mrrawson8385]

Me and the boys buying 5 houses then smashing down the walls to make a big house

[@craigpearson7578]

They've trashed me house? What was it like before? Did the burglar bring their own trash?

[@GigaAndy]

Her hubris has ruined her child's future. Should have stayed in Kent.

[@Zacoban29]

Auto Generated subtitles... C'mon Guardian

[@christianbennett1724]

Working on transcription now. All should be updated within the week (Ep1 now with full titles I think)

[@MrJokerh61]

This was done in Liverpool as well £1.00 homes..

[@iamthehoy]

Rubbish! I've been down portland Street. I stood on the corner all day and night once waiting for a bus. No one offered me any black mamba or so much as asked for a pound. Sensationalist paranoid trash. Great shoes though I must say.

[@jtayyy7126]

I hate that people are calling this a dump, this is dump because of how it has been left, and its disgusting that there are so many people on the streets that would love to have a roof over their head and the government has let this shambles happen.

[@kimberleysimpkin1529]

Lived there about 20 years ago with my x partner and 1 year old daughter, needles everywhere, smack heads everywhere. We got burgled and that was the last straw we moved. Lived in Stoke-on-Trent all my life and sadly that area has been stained many many years back

[@unityy4234]

Guys I am one of the boys at the bonfire I’m not joking

[@janetk3770]

Who tell me your name then I promise to tell you mine I lived there well I left a week ago

[@soundbite290]

If you don't try and help anyone ever, your life is meaningless. That lady, that many people will pass off as naive etc, is stronger than most.

[@katesmith3431]

This is horrible to see people do that but there is always someone to turn it arrowed ❤️❤️❤️ xx

[@thisisbob1001]

Alright after brexit. Loads of jobs???

[@helencoven]

How can you be a part of the community if you paid a quid for your house and all the residents around you are struggling to live and are paying a rent for the same type of house?I think the local people need more than a bloody ceramics workshop!

[@rtoplass1985]

worst part of stoke

[@jessbirmingham889]

Should call the police on that fringe the posh woman's got, that's a crime on its own.

[@Kryzon_]

What if some of them "drunk" people are sleeping 🤣🤣

[@eml9147]

Theres a lot to be said about ones attitude here

[@iJamie8467x]

They complain at money but they're all fat maybe make a Salad or a pasta and stop buying McDonalds You can literally buy tons of pasta for cheap from Aldi and buy a jar of sauce, add some vegetables (if they're on sale/reduced that's even better, I see Fruit and Vegetables on sale a lot, whilst in Aldi you can look for Half Price Reduced Vegetables which are expiring soon, cook them as soon as possible or freeze them

[@LionOfKashmir]

Pasta is one of the worst foods for you lmao

[@haitchcee6731]

£1 for a haircut too judging by that fringe 😅

[@anisah.5388]

HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂💀💀

[@UKgamer87]

When it comes to areas that are deprived you have people that are worn down and have become jaded that don't have the energy or the right mindset for the right kind of change. This is why I think the migrants and refugees really renew these sorts of areas. Yet the daily fail incites such hatred of the solution.

[@andrew7taylor]

@Archibald Maule Ramsay - How do you "ethnicaly and culturally replace all native British people when they fall on hard times"? I mean outside of how they're forced into moved out from the area because there's no money moving in? And even if that oh so important to you, was this woman Sarah in the beginning "ethnically and culturally" not British?

[@stokiedave7771]

It’s about the Metal too right mate, can’t say anything cus they go in groups of 10s. Police won’t do anything in case they get called racist by the far left. The 2nd wave of immigration to hit stoke on Trent has ruined it, bought its 3rd world culture and gang violence

[@forza223bowe5]

Thing is the migrants and refugees are poor too, and can’t see them making the area rich again. These areas need major investment

[@vinnieharrison5474]

The thing is, They don’t intergrate

[@criticclips1560]

@@vinnieharrison5474 Tbh who would want to integrate with the people of stoke looool

[@samussnake6601]

Started seeming depressing, but it was optimistic - wholesome at the end

[@shivababy4899]

complaining about crime in your area while supporting it at the same time... lol

[@jomama5186]

Wow, i might really consider moving here. How neat! Beautiful place

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

The U K sure looks like a different place that I remember as a child; I haven't lived there for almost 50 years.

[@fumis2045]

Where is the part where they blame it on immigrants?

[@shaunwilson7148]

I wonder how they're getting on now

[@scotttheboss1]

Ha ha Sara is a legend, Neil the dog

[@pingopong]

awwwww!! there is still hope for humanity!

[@RSR423]

Open the pub as a pub, you'll see how long your ceramics class will last. Its not rocket science.

[@Ron.S.]

AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED LEAVE AND ARE DECIDING ON OUR FUTURE.

[@Olivia-cw7ch]

Ron S attitudes like yours won’t help the matter

[@Ron.S.]

Olivia Watson our country is in a state of emergency now. No time to be mr nice guy. Time to act. Forget about this referendum and open a new page, where those people aren’t forgotten and aren’t receiving benefits but only if they work for it (working for the council for example, cleaning the streets and gardening in return for free housing)

[@samesame8502]

1 pound for that trim too?

[@patrioticjustice8462]

Can't believe Hillingdon Council were trying to stick me and my kids in a place like this I'm so glad a stood my ground and stayed in bnbs until I got a property. Not slagging the place off but it doesn't look like a place I'd like to bring my kids up in

[@humbug4478]

My Dads family left Stoke in the 60's

[@thornbird6768]

I thought this was about homes being bought for £1 ?? Not benefit st the sequel !! So this area of Stoke needs more regeneration , just like many other areas in cities all over the UK !!

[@amberslater8368]

Stoke is such a beautiful place! For outsiders it might seem ‘disgusting’ but this video has shown the worst of stoke.

[@autismo721]

Yea but the best isn't that much better

[@mrnootnootmcnoot4954]

Let us artists Unite and move there and make it a beautiful place...Anyone can art,wven those left in the community

[@fatgoit]

In the early 90s I was fixing my car window out side that pub and a prostitute opened my passenger door and got in. Nothing will fix that area.

[@emmaodonnell5147]

Guys don’t worry the north is not that bad I live in the north and I live in a beatiful vilłage

[@emilyc7783]

Anna was my art teacher at Uni and was fab, has a great heart in the right place. I loved Stoke while I was living there, it was very run down but the people were on the whole very friendly.

[@arilebon]

Watching British TV series, never had the impression the UK would be like this.

[@maddy_xx8885]

I swear Sarah’s daughter is on the dengineers

[@aboutthemetal8783]

Watching the guardian documentary as some who knows all the sides of Stoke iv got to say for the majority of people nothing has improved things are not getting better and this is just a typical media hyped load of rubbish, things are worse in the towns than they ever have been, Stoke is horrific place to live , I can’t see anything getting better in the areas it needs to !

[@antifugazi]

I think what they are doing is great

[@wkb9683]

I'd buy the house for £1 and live there for 10 years.

[@johndavies4644]

You think that but you wouldn't. I brought a lovely newish terraced house in durham for 31k. Absolutely mint with a new boiler etc. 8 hrs into the move in I had my windows bricked. Rubbish thrown in my garden.. mud bombs chucked up the bricks. And guess what. Police can't do anything to an under 10.. I come back to Birmingham.. house is up for sale

[@jeffsmith8330]

looks like all the ladies are eating well!

[@brettdowns277]

Jeff smith your not wrong

[@memyselfi3258]

Wish I could buy it for a pound and do it all up and show people with perseverance we can get there. It’s only a few streets away from me but I’ve never actually ever been there 😕

[@Mark-ms5pn]

We used to park there for free then go up Hanley

[@memyselfi3258]

Mark haha what a place to park.. I know it costs in Hanley to park but I used to park in side streets in Hanley then walk up.

[@artforlife9042]

I live like 15 mins away!

[@peaceLove1988]

Anna is a godsend if more people on that estate was like her they could build a great community.

[@delawrencecharlesblue2014]

England’s industrial 🏭 heartland coming back by manufacturing solar panels and computer 💻 chips