Derek Saunders
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GO AWAY MR STYLE - 2007/06/06 13:13
I am basically in favour of developing the North Street area, because it is pretty awful as it is today, and in my opinion we desperately need new life injected into Lewes, to provide entertainment, work and homes for our young people and create a future for them here.
HOWEVER, we simply cannot entrust this endeavour to a developer who has not behaved openly towards us and who continues to be in dispute with both the Planning Authorities and Residents of his flagship project i.e. the Jam Factory in Southwark. That would be nonsensical - we would be doomed to years of chaos and dispute.
Let's look at what he says (from The Independent in 2001)...
"The Hartley (Jam Factory) project got delayed by what I felt was verging on incompetence, but it ended up making money because the value of the site went up. I like to have a joke about that: Spencer's (Charles Style's brother) incompetence has made us lots of money, which is a bit cruel, but there's some truth in it. When we disagree I get the veto. Angel Property is built mainly with my capital, but Spencer has a profit-share on the jam factory and a salary, and he gets a stake on any project he instigates. When we did the deal, he had no capital to risk, and when he said, "we're going to get very rich", I had to say, "it's me who's going to get very rich, but you'll get quite rich". Spencer will do very well out of it, and he's earned it. But if you're not risking as much, you can't expect as much reward."
We will NEVER trust Mr Style and his company Angel Property. Nothing he and his arrogant architect Piers Gough have done has made us feel anything other than anger and mistrust towards them. And in my opinion nothing they can do now will change that feeling.
So, GO AWAY MR STYLE, change your name, change your company name and go try make your fortune elsewhere, where they don't know so much about you.
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