'Our charity landord auctioned off our street - we fear we will lose our homes'

Residents of a roadworthy successful Gloucestershire "fear for the future" and are disquieted that they whitethorn suffer their homes aft the full thoroughfare was auctioned disconnected by the Canal and River Trust

Worried residents accidental they "fear for the future" aft an full thoroughfare of 24 homes has been sold by a foundation for £2.5million.

Dock Road successful Sharpness successful Gloucestershire has been auctioned by the Canal and River Trust - and fetched a cardinal much than expected. Deemed arsenic an "incredibly popular" batch by the auctioneer the roadworthy was sold successful little than 5 minutes with radical making their offers online and connected the phone. The azygous batch - marketed by auction house Allsop - was described arsenic a 'rare unbroken street'.

It comprises of 12 terrace houses, 8 semi-detached and 2 detached properties. The merchantability included 2 semi-detached mixed usage buildings, a single-storey workshop, 3 garages and 1.7 acres of vacant land. One of the buildings was the Sharpness Post Office.

But tenants said they are 'shocked and worried' aft they were informed of the merchantability done a missive from Allsop - adding that a caller proprietor would apt summation rents. A spot spokesperson dismissed the assertion saying determination "would beryllium nary alteration to the residents' tenancies". The thoroughfare presently generates rents of astir £168,000 for the Canal and River Trust.

Amanda Cawston, 54, who has lived successful the aforesaid location for astir 3 years with her hubby and lad fears she volition beryllium forced to permission her household home. She said: "We thought we would beryllium present everlastingly and present we don't cognize what the aboriginal holds. It is simply a daze - we person spent a batch of clip getting the location the mode we like. We mightiness not beryllium capable to spend this location successful the agelong term.

"It is simply a existent concern. We person Christmas successful the horizon. This is simply a beauteous assemblage and everybody gets on with each other. We whitethorn person to determination again. We are not successful a presumption to bargain and rents are costly - we truly don't privation to permission if we don't person to. I can't ideate the rents volition enactment the same, they volition possibly summation successful enactment with backstage landlords."

Her lad who is 19 works 2 minutes distant from the location and Amanda fears if they are forced to determination it volition 'take his independency away'. She said: "It is fantastic for him due to the fact that helium doesn't thrust - everything is connected his doorstep. They are each precise aged houses present and determination are immoderate damp issues truthful it would beryllium bully to person a landlord who cares astir it."

Dave Morse, 78 who has been a nonmigratory for 25 years said his bigger interest is that whoever takes the merchantability volition summation the rent and 'put a batch of dos and don'ts'. He added: "I would beryllium bittersweet to suffer it present due to the fact that I person done a batch of enactment wrong and extracurricular the location and I would beryllium disappointed if I had to leave."

Jack Meredith, 29, who lone moved to the thoroughfare 1 period agone said: "It is simply a spot of a daze but we each knew it was going to hap aft the sewage been done. It is simply a beauteous small tract down present - it is cleanable for everyone and astir radical down present enactment successful the docks anyhow truthful this is ideal. I bash similar surviving present - my enactment is conscionable astir the country 2 minutes from here."

James Cooke, 27, who lives with his parents said: "We person lived up present each of our lives. We privation the dock to beryllium what it is. My parents are successful their 60s and they don't privation to beryllium stressed retired astir moving out. We agreed to instrumentality this location arsenic it was due to the fact that the terms was somewhat cheaper."

Zoe Walker, 45, moved to her location connected Dock Road successful 2006 - she said if she is forced to permission she has 'nowhere to go'. She said: "I person been connected the assembly database for a agelong clip but if you person a extortion supra your caput you can't bash thing astir it. There is simply a batch of uncertainty - rent however overmuch is going to spell up by, if we are really going to beryllium kept arsenic tenants. Nobody knows, we conscionable got to hold and see.

"It could beryllium a bully happening oregon a atrocious happening - it depends who takes them on. They bash request a batch of enactment truthful it is inevitable past they are going to enactment the prices up." Suze Ashford-Barnes, 42, has been surviving successful the aforesaid thoroughfare for 7 years - she said she was not shocked with the landlord's determination to auction the street.

However, she stated that it wasn't 'very nice' to get the missive arsenic she would person preferred to beryllium told personally. She said: "They couldn't merchantability the houses due to the fact that of the sewage system. So erstwhile they started to hole the circular sewage strategy that meant the houses could beryllium sold.

"If the prices spell up truthful beryllium it truly - we similar surviving present arsenic agelong arsenic they hole the damp occupation we are good with it due to the fact that it is hard to find anyplace other to rent. We similar it and we judge that it is cheaper present and we don't mean to determination anyplace else. The houses were built by manus by the dock workers - determination is simply a batch of history. It is simply a existent attachment for america - we are fortunate to unrecorded here."

A tenant, 37 who lives with her mum and kids says the neighbourhood is simply a 'nice country to live' and she doesn't privation to determination retired of there. She said: "It is simply a spot bittersweet that they are auctioning it disconnected and hopefully volition person this mended and repaired. We interest that the outgo we are renting mightiness spell up. We would person to determination retired if the rent goes up arsenic we can't spend to wage it."

A spokesperson for the Canal and River Trust Said determination "would beryllium nary alteration to the residents' tenancy agreements". They said: "Our foundation is successful interaction with residents astir the merchantability of the properties on Dock Road. The merchantability volition beryllium via an auction astatine the opening of November. Our volition is that each the cottages volition beryllium sold unneurotic arsenic a azygous batch to a azygous buyer.

"We recognize that a alteration of ownership mightiness look unsettling, but successful practice, whilst determination volition beryllium a alteration of proprietor determination won't beryllium a alteration to our resident's tenancies i.e. cipher is required to permission their location and the properties volition beryllium sold connected the aforesaid presumption arsenic the tenants person successful place. We'll support successful interaction with our tenants arsenic the merchantability process progresses."