![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-live-in-the-shadow-of-a-premier-league-stadium-i-used-to-love-it-now-its-embarrassing-it-looks-like-a-jigsaw/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/grey-mare-estate-road-manchester-836805700.jpg&description=HOMEOWNERS living in the shadow of a major football stadium say their once-popular neighbourhood has become "embarrassing" and looks "like a jigsaw". Locals are leading an exodus from a neglected estate next to reigning Premier League and European champions Manchester City's Etihad Stadium. 5 The 'neglected' Grey Mare estate borders the multi-million-pound Etihad Stadium Credit: STEVE ALLEN They say the area has slumped into decline - and shames the city as tens of thousands of football fans descend on the area every other weekend. Residents have told how they used to love living on the Grey Mare estate next to the 55,000-seater venue which was initially built to host the Commonwealth Games in 2002. Yet plans by estate owners One Manchester to renovate homes have been abandoned due to financial problems, with locals complaining their properties have fallen into disrepair. One local resident, who has lived on the estate in Beswick for more than 50 years, says many people are now wanting to leave. She told the Manchester Evening News: "I used to feel really good about living here. "But since all this, it's just a s*** tip - and it's right by the stadium where thousands of people come. "I've lived here since I was five - this is the first time I've thought I'd like to move." Another local described the estate as looking "really run down", adding: "For people visiting the Etihad it just gives the wrong impression." And Glenda O'Hanlon said the paused redevelopment plans left the estate looking like an unfinished "jigsaw puzzle". One Manchester manages the social housing on the estate and had planned to retrofit properties to improve their energy efficiency, but the scheme has stalled. A masterplan drawn up in 2021 suggested demolishing 124 maisonettes, flats and houses and building 290 new homes but this too has been put on hold - with many properties now remaining boarded up. Manchester City Council has been investigating whether they could help, but residents say they){kind=link}
HOMEOWNERS living in the shadow of a major football stadium say their once-popular neighbourhood has become “embarrassing” and looks “like a jigsaw”.
Locals are leading an exodus from a neglected estate next to reigning Premier League and European champions Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.
They say the area has slumped into decline – and shames the city as tens of thousands of football fans descend on the area every other weekend.
Residents have told how they used to love living on the Grey Mare estate next to the 55,000-seater venue which was initially built to host the Commonwealth Games in 2002.
Yet plans by estate owners One Manchester to renovate homes have been abandoned due to financial problems, with locals complaining their properties have fallen into disrepair.