LLANDUDNO hoteliers have come together to ask Conwy council for help in tackling an ‘eyesore’ block of flats.
Guesthouses and hotels on Deganwy Avenue are preparing to submit a formal petition demanding a derelict property on their road is not allowed fall into further decay.
Chris Brown, owner of The Kestrel bed and breakfast, said: “It's an absolute eyesore. It's the only building in disrepair on the street. We all spend a lot of money on our hotels and guesthouses - painting them, attending to the windows.
“It’s been scruffy for about 10 years, but now it’s empty and it’s growing weeds.”
The petition has been signed by a majority of businesses and residents on Deganwy Avenue, and it is hoped it will encourage council officials to address the problem promptly.
Mr Brown added: “I’m going to be delivering it by hand myself. I don't care what the flats become, as long as it is sorted out. Our main bedroom which people pay more money for with it's large four poster bed, looks out over it.
“People do stop and look at it shaking their heads - who knows what they think.”
Martin Speight, owner of The Granby House, confirmed there were people living in the flats when he first moved to Deganwy Avenue six years ago.
He said: “Since they all went it’s been getting worse and worse. There have been squatters there who the police had to come out and move on.
“I know there are lots of buildings in Llandudno which are a nightmare, but it desperately needs sorting.”
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