It would be hard to give up half your house....
geezer defies house-halving order
July 21 2004 at 04:13AM
London - A British pensioner has vowed to sit tight after being ordered by a court to quit half his house under the terms of an unusual 19th century lease.Derrick Bensted on Tuesday vowed to stick it out after complaining that the order - which would see him lose his kitchen, bedroom and half his sitting room - was unfair.The dispute is centred around the lease under which 77-year-old Bensted's home in Whitstable, on England's south-east coast, was first built.Half the former pub was constructed in around 1860 on land rented from the Whitstable Oyster Fishery Company, and the firm has been fighting to reclaim what it considers its share of the property.A deadline for Bensted to leave following a court ruling expired on Tuesday.
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