Several Ings Ave, St Clair, homeowners say they are stuck between a hard place and a wall - or should that be fence?

Homeowners Jeannie Coburn and neighbours Sharon McKay and Wayne McFarlane received letters from the Dunedin City Council last month, after selling their properties, informing them their fences and carports encroached on council road reserve by about 1.5m.

The letters said the frontage to their properties had been ''modified to exclude public access'' and that they had the option of buying the council land, applying for a licence to occupy it or removing their fences and carports.

Miss Coburn, who has lived in her house for about four years, said she felt the council had chosen to inform her of the issue after the house sold to pressure her into making a decision which would affect the future occupier.

''They are only advising us when we are in a difficult position,'' she said.

''I feel the DCC have acted in an underhanded manner. They are doing it when people are stressed.''

Mr McFarlane agreed with Miss Coburn and was particularly upset council staff had raised the issue when it had no intention of widening the road.

He felt it was revenue gathering.

''It's just absolutely shocking,'' he said.

''I could understand if they had plans to utilise the land ... but they are not going to widen the road and that's the point.''

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CEBU -- The demolition of 157 houses in Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Apas, Cebu City continued on Thursday but was marred by a looting incident that led the official in charge to suspend it.

About 15 families in Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Apas filed another petition to save their houses from being demolished. Two other motions, which asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO), have failed.

But the families said the unreasonable rush to demolish ignores so many other equally important issues unresolved.

Without any last-minute save from the court on Thursday, it was the looting, instead, that bought the residents some time because it forced the court sheriff to stop the wrecking crew for about four hours.

Around 8:30 a.m., a 200-man demolition team started the second day of the demolition on a property owned by Aletha Suico-Magat.

The demolition pushed through despite the appeal of Apas barangay captain Ramil Ayuman to court sheriff Edilberto Suarin Thursday morning to put it on hold, since the court has yet to act on the motion for temporary restraining order (TRO) filed by lawyer Feliciano Payot, who represents majority of the residents.

The houses that the demolition team targeted on Thursday belonged to those who received financial assistance from Magat in the past years.

The owners of the two houses that were first demolished last Tuesday have also received financial assistance from Magat.

According to Suarin, seven out of the 157 families already received cash aid, in varying amounts that depend on the type of structure built.

More than two hours after the demolition started, however, Suarin suspended it after barangay tanods and policemen apprehended a 16-year-old boy who was caught getting wires, a radio, blower and hair iron from one of the houses being demolished.

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THERE is no joy in demolitions, even for the 200-man team tasked to carry out the court-ordered demolition of 157 houses in Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Apas, Cebu City.

They are considered villains in every demolition but they said it pains them to see families lose their homes.

Nelson Estao, 31, a resident of Barangay Luz, said it is his first time to take part in a demolition and he cannot help but get emotional.

Kada panangtang namo masakitan ko para sa mga pamilya. Bug-at kaayo sa akong kasing-kasing ang mangguba (I pity the families. We go about the demolition with a heavy heart), he said, in an interview yesterday.

CEBU. Viewed as villains, some members of the demolition team say they sympathize with families who lost their homes, but they need the money. (Alan Tangcawan)

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Estao said his house was also the subject of an ejectment case. He is thankful that the demolition did not push through.

He said he became a member of the demolition team because he needed a job. A neighbor invited him to join the team.

Tambay ra man ko, unya kailangan kog kwarta mao niapil na lang ko (I dont have a job and I needed the money so I joined), he said.

He said those in the demolition team are just following orders. Trabaho ra man ning amoa. Way personalan (Its just a job, nothing personal), he said.

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