The pink street house on Västra Vallgatan 7 in central Kristianstad was built in the early 1800s and over the years has, among other things, housed a bakery.
The property owner Dahlqvist’s property management has also applied to demolish the house earlier over the years – but was then refused by Kristianstad municipality.
Want to build apartments
This time, the officials suggested that the politicians on the building board should once again say no – but the politicians chose to overrule the officials.
The need for housing in the center was deemed more important than preserving the street house, according to the chairman of the building committee Christina Borglund (KD). The property owner wants to build modern apartments on the site.
– The city must also be able to develop and then you cannot preserve everything, Borglund to SVT Nyheter Skåne.
“Losing a key to history”
The Regional Museum, for its part, has chosen to appeal the decision.
– Kristianstad is losing a key to its history. It becomes much more difficult for visitors and residents to actually understand their history. I am appalled, says Helene Stalin Åkesson, head of the department for knowledge building at the Regional Museum.
Claes Dahlqvist, CEO of Dahlqvist’s property management, says this about the house’s cultural and historical value:
– Spontaneously, we do not share that opinion. It is not a 17th century house.
Dahlqvist emphasizes that there are no restrictions or limitations in the city plan when it comes to demolishing the house in question. And so he believes that housing at the address would lift the entire street.
– It’s not a beautiful building there, says Claes Dahlqvist.
In the video clip, you can see more of the disputed old house.