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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88670, member: 27"]
Old Swakopmund post office risks lives rotting away while heritage rules block fixes, turning it into a boutique hotel.

Developer safety alarm
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[*]Quintin Simon warns that the Erf nine eighty-nine structure fails modern health standards.
[*]The building sat neglected for twenty years, making occupation dangerous.
[*]A collapse could kill people inside without urgent action.
[*]Developer blasts heritage council for ignoring upkeep duties.
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Historic building background
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[*]Gottlieb Redecker designed the old post office back in nineteen oh seven.
[*]Redecker also created Christuskirche and Tintenpalast in Windhoek.
[*]Structure served as a post office until around nineteen sixty, then the municipality HQ.
[*]Protected status locks it under the National Heritage Council rules.
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Heritage Council stance
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[*]August twenty-one, twenty twenty-five letter bans demolishing original parts.
[*]Council rates building top-tier heritage with strong structural bones.
[*]Orders full preservation of authentic elements, including interiors.
[*]December sixteen response pushes for revised plans instead of the final no.
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Redevelopment pushback
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[*]Boutique hotel scheme keeps facade but upgrades guts for safety.
[*]The Swakopmund municipal council gave strong backing on March eleven.
[*]The residents' association endorses adaptive reuse on March twelve for a tourism boost.
[*]Without viable use, historic gems face long-term decay risk.
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