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This is the hidden tragedy of the "listed building" process. It's actually a sizeable burden on a property, because suddenly there's all these compliance requirements on how you do repairs and upkeep.

_Not_ doing repairs and upkeep is free.

Arson is very difficult to prove.

So the listing process preserves a building exactly as it is, sometimes for decades past its usefulness, until it collapses or burns down.





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