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£8,000 price tag on former public toilets
WHO lives in a place like this? Fleetwood, it's over to you.
The former public toilets on Station Road are to be put up for auction – and any bidders are welcome.
Going under the hammer on December 4 at Manchester United Football Ground, the building has two rooms, seven toilets and three sinks.
Members of the public can take a tour of the council-owned toilets, which closed last year, before they are sold next month.
Residents, who have already taken a tour of the toilets, led by auctioneers Pugh and Company, were secretive about their reasons for looking round.
A man, who did not want to be named, said: "We are very interested but we are holding our cards close to our chest at the moment."
But local people have come up with a range of uses for the building, which has a bottom guide price of 8,000, including a takeaway and improved public toilets.
Joe Chantrell, 44, a chef at cafe 316, opposite the conveniences, said: "What is certain is that whatever the toilets become they need a refurbishment, as they are in a key area near Freeport and town.
"I might even be tempted to buy them at such a low asking price, they could be turned into a takeaway like the burger van down the road."
Steven Morton, owner of Most Wanted, which sells reconditioned electrical goods on Warrenhurst Road, near the toilets, said: "I don't know why the council are selling them as I already have a lot of people coming in here asking to use my toilets.
"There is also quite a lot of crime that happens when people are hanging around that area, so something to deter this is what we need.
"I guess it could even be a police sub-station."
Kate Roylance, 28, who works at Jade Jewellers on Warrenhurst Road, said: "If I had 8,000 to spare I would buy them myself and refurbish them, because they aren't very nice at the moment. I'm sure people would pay 20p to spend a penny in decent loos, as there aren't any others nearby."
A spokesman for Wyre Council said: "We have received a number of enquiries concerning the auction of the council's former public conveniences at Quaile Holme Road, Knott End and Station Road, Fleetwood."
A spokesman for the auctioneer said: "The guide price is quite low and there are many things that could be done with it.
"Potential buyers would be getting two decent sized rooms that could be turned into good offices but the building comes as it is – complete with toilets, sinks, and urinal."
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