![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/our-popular-seaside-town-is-being-ruined-by-a-newbuild-nightmare-posh-people-are-taking-over/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23361573-1691234491963.jpg&description=OUT OF SIGHT Our popular seaside town is being ruined by a newbuild nightmare – posh people are taking over RESIDENTS say luxury apartments for the rich will wreck their humble seaside town - leaving locals priced out. Leas Pavilion in Folkestone, Kent, promises 91 elite flats valued from £935,000 to £3 million and is due to be finished next summer. 8 Residents say Leas Pavilion luxury apartments will wreck Folkestone in Kent, a computer generated image shows what it will look like Credit: leas-pavilion.co.uk 8 The development is the latest chapter in Folkestone's multi-million pound regeneration Credit: Getty But residents say that while the nine-storey development will bring cash to the town, it's not an appropriate project for the area. One long term resident told KentOnline last year: "There are so many people that need help and affordable housing at the moment. "In terms of the height, I think it is far too big. "It is so out of proportion with every other building in the area." The project began last summer and will offer high-end, modern flats with wraparound glass balconies. A RightMove listing said the Gustavia development' s £2.995 million penthouse offers "breathtaking" views of the English Channel. It includes a heated floor and ceramic tile surround bathtub and a 'modern smart home system' with a thermostat operated via remote control. With construction well underway on the site of an old 1902 Edwardian tea room-turned-nightclub, resident Mary Payne said it won't be for "ordinary people". Speaking to KentOnline this week, she added: 'These flats will be for prestige people who have plenty of money. 'I do feel sorry for the existing buildings that surround the new-builds. It's going to be very high so they might lose their views." The development is the latest chapter in Folkestone's multi-million pound regeneration. But the huge investment has triggered a swarm of tourists and second home buyers to the old shipping port, leaving locals irked. They say t){kind=link}
RESIDENTS say luxury apartments for the rich will wreck their humble seaside town – leaving locals priced out.
Leas Pavilion in Folkestone, Kent, promises 91 elite flats valued from £935,000 to £3 million and is due to be finished next summer.
But residents say that while the nine-storey development will bring cash to the town, it’s not an appropriate project for the area.
One long term resident told KentOnline last year: “There are so many people that need help and affordable housing at the moment.
“In terms of the height, I think it is far too big.