{"id":14804,"date":"2018-10-30T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T02:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=14804"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T02:14:08","slug":"what-happens-to-the-blocks-evicted-gatwick-hotel-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/what-happens-to-the-blocks-evicted-gatwick-hotel-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to The Block\u2019s evicted Gatwick Hotel residents?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PHOTO:\u00a0Host Scott Cam with the five teams on the first day of filming.\u00a0Source: Supplied<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

WHAT happens now to the former residents of The Gatwick?<\/p>\n

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The camera crews have gone home and the former owners of the notorious boarding house \u2014 who sold the building to Channel 9\u2019s\u00a0The Block<\/i>\u00a0last year for $10 million \u2014 snapped up\u00a0one of the renovated apartments<\/a>\u00a0for $2.77 million in Sunday night\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n

Sisters Yvette Kelly and Rose Banks ran The Gatwick for more than 30 years before finally caving to public pressure to sell the \u201cdrug infested hell hole\u201d, the site of scores of serious crimes including\u00a0rapes, drug dealing and assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not everyone was happy. News the building had been bought by the reality home renovation show sparked protests earlier this year. Some questioned what would happen to the people being moved on.<\/p>\n

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