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<\/p>\nRESIDENTS living in an ugly brutalist high-rise have gushed about their love for the building – and revealed how every flat has a sea view. <\/p>\n
The concreted tower in Margate, Kent has caused controversy among locals who said it's killing their trendy seaside town. <\/p>\n
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The 18-storey Arlington House has been dubbed the Margate skyline and is home to hundreds, including artist Tracey Emin.<\/p>\n
The Grade-II building, constructed in the 1960s, sits between the revamped Dreamland theme park and Margate's classical-style train station.<\/p>\n
But despite its architectural value, residents have slammed the building for being ugly. <\/p>\n
Dad-of-two Andrew Creed admitted the outside of the building put him off when he first moved in with his wife and children. <\/p>\n
He said: "I didn't know what to think about at first. From the outside it looks like you are going into a hospital. <\/p>\n "I think the way it looks from the outside makes it look like 'ergh Margate'."<\/p>\n Young parents Abbie and Josh, both 24, have rented their family's flat in Arlington House for four years.<\/p>\n They admit the concrete exterior is unsightly.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Abbie said: "It looks horrible from the outside but from the inside it's really nice<\/span>."<\/p>\n Josh added: "It's easy for locals to notice. They say the outside is not really the best-looking but inside they keep it tidy and clean for the people who live here."<\/p>\n Other residents are even planning to move out due to issues with access and maintenance. <\/p>\n David Laird: "I don't really like living here because my wife uses a wheelchair and it's a real issue with getting about if the lifts are out of order. <\/p>\n "One time they broke down for five weeks and she couldn't leave the flat.<\/p>\n "Hopefully we will be able to get a bungalow or a ground-floor soon."<\/p>\n Plans to redevelop the plot have fallen through repeatedly – including a proposal by Tesco to take over the unit at the base of the tower.<\/p>\n The proposal was rejected by locals and scrapped in 2014 despite the claims that it is an "eye-sore".<\/p>\n Mr Laird added: "I wish the Tesco<\/span> development would have gone through but they said they were going to build her and people objected to it. <\/p>\n "They were going to do up all the front and spruce it up a little bit."<\/p>\n Andrew added: "But when you go inside the flats are quite nice<\/span>. The tower<\/span> makes my kids think that they live in a massive house.<\/p>\n "Once you close the windows you don't feel like you are in a flat at all."<\/p>\n Residents said they love living in the flats despite its "unsightly look".<\/p>\n Arlington House resident Ronnie Shaw, 76, bought a flat on the 11th floor in the tower in 2000 and lived there with his late wife.<\/p>\n Mr Shaw said: "I love it. It's the view. I do not ever want to move. Where can I get anywhere with a view like this?<\/p>\n "I came up to visit my brother-in-law who moved in here first and I thought 'you poor sod' but when came in and I saw the windows and how big it is on the inside I fell in love with the place.<\/p>\n "I get a mixed reaction when I tell people I live here. Some people don't like the tower – but when they come in they say 'oh that's nice."<\/p>\n One resident who does not live in the tower said that they wouldn't see the tower knocked down, it needed work to make it less of an "eye-sore".<\/p>\n "It definitely needs a lick of paint or something doing to the outside. I hear it's quite nice in there though."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24623539-1699027506927.jpg\")
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