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I can imagine how the others on the island decided on that course of action. If there's a house decaying for 8 years without anyone visiting, it's not too diffi

I can imagine how the others on the island decided on that course of action. If there's a house decaying for 8 years without anyone visiting, it's not too difficult to assume that nobody will ever return before that house naturally decays. So they just sped up what would happen anyway. But what I find remarkable is how strong the "don't snitch" spirit was in that community. I mean the deed was obviously done and surely people knew who did what. It almost appears as if most people in that community did not like Neville Presho that much ...

a012 5y ago
The population on the island was just 120, I can feel it's like the community in Hot Fuzz (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/) but less dramatic, it's still a closed community though.
- bluebubble56 5y ago
  Yeah, with a community that small, I can see them managing to keep it amongst themselves. Especially since this guy was "an outsider."
- progre 5y ago
  I was thinking "Wicker Man" https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/ Ah this is great: The *police in Wicker Man is played by the same actor as the old neighbourhood watch guy in Hot Fuzz! Edit: He would have been about 42 at the time of filming Wicker Man
wirrbel 5y ago
What baffles me is, if you leave a house FOR YEARS, why don't you hire a neighbour for upkeep? I mean every now and then a roof tile must come off in a storm that needs to be refitted, a house that you don't heat in winter starts to rot, etc. pp. I can actually see that in a moderately short time span of 8 years a lot of decay can happen naturally after which 'hands-on' neighbours might have just not felt too bad to tear down the remains.
- dmix 5y ago
  Notably it was also described as one of the oldest houses on the island. Which I think is a key point.
- BasDirks 5y ago
  A neighbour was asked to look after the house. https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5da053ed4653d07dedfd58b0 https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5da053ed4653d07dedfd58...
Aeolun 5y ago
They could have come up with a more satisfying lie than ‘we got no clue’. Just say it burned down, and you tore down the remains.
- gambiting 5y ago
  I think the problem there is that the local council decided to notify him about some damage to the house with a letter - so someone on the island isn't "in" on the whole conspiracy, otherwise, why even send him a letter. Or indeed, why not send a letter saying "yep, there's been a fire, we tried saving it but the house is gone".
  - rsynnott 5y ago
    That’d be Donegal County Council; the island doesn’t have its own one. Unlikely that the council had someone on the island; someone probably made a complaint about a derelict building to them.

a012 5y ago

The population on the island was just 120, I can feel it's like the community in Hot Fuzz (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/) but less dramatic, it's still a closed community though.

bluebubble56 5y ago
Yeah, with a community that small, I can see them managing to keep it amongst themselves. Especially since this guy was "an outsider."
progre 5y ago
I was thinking "Wicker Man" https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/ Ah this is great: The *police in Wicker Man is played by the same actor as the old neighbourhood watch guy in Hot Fuzz! Edit: He would have been about 42 at the time of filming Wicker Man

wirrbel 5y ago

What baffles me is, if you leave a house FOR YEARS, why don't you hire a neighbour for upkeep? I mean every now and then a roof tile must come off in a storm that needs to be refitted, a house that you don't heat in winter starts to rot, etc. pp. I can actually see that in a moderately short time span of 8 years a lot of decay can happen naturally after which 'hands-on' neighbours might have just not felt too bad to tear down the remains.

dmix 5y ago
Notably it was also described as one of the oldest houses on the island. Which I think is a key point.
BasDirks 5y ago
A neighbour was asked to look after the house. https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5da053ed4653d07dedfd58b0 https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5da053ed4653d07dedfd58...

Aeolun 5y ago

They could have come up with a more satisfying lie than ‘we got no clue’. Just say it burned down, and you tore down the remains.

gambiting 5y ago
I think the problem there is that the local council decided to notify him about some damage to the house with a letter - so someone on the island isn't "in" on the whole conspiracy, otherwise, why even send him a letter. Or indeed, why not send a letter saying "yep, there's been a fire, we tried saving it but the house is gone".
- rsynnott 5y ago
  That’d be Donegal County Council; the island doesn’t have its own one. Unlikely that the council had someone on the island; someone probably made a complaint about a derelict building to them.