Plaster Fun House demolition to bring relief for struggling businesses

By NICOLE CAIRNSApril 27, 2014, 8:33 p.m.

NEWS of the Ballarat Plaster Fun Houses demolition has come as a relief for neighbouring business owners, who have been waiting patiently for Grenville Street to reopen to traffic.

NEWS of the Ballarat Plaster Fun Houses demolition has come as a relief for neighbouring business owners, who have been waiting patiently for Grenville Street to reopen to traffic.

Carpet Court Ballarat business owner Rod McDonald said he was frustrated it had taken this long.

Were coping. But were down 50 per cent on sales, which is significant, Mr McDonald said.

Ive lost one month of business, as its been almost three months since it happened.

The businesses have been told the facade of the building will be demolished, after an engineering inspection deemed the building unsafe.

Once the engineering report is submitted to the city council, the demolition will proceed.

The central Ballarat business was gutted by fire on February 6.

Mr McDonald said it had been 84 days since the fire.

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Plaster Fun House demolition to bring relief for struggling businesses