Ten years ago, hospital support staff worker Patrick Lee toyed with the idea of selling his Housing Board terraced house - a rarity - located in Stirling Road and which has 49 years left on its lease.
"It was getting old - the beams were rotting, the awnings were coming off, there was termite infestation," says the 58-year-old.
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