A FORMER Council run care home is still on the market after failing to sell at a property auction.

The Holme View Care Home in the Holme Wood estate was shut in 2017, and has remained empty ever since.

The 1,425 sq m property went under the hammer at a recent auction by Pugh Auctioneers on Thursday. The building, which was home to 37 residents, had a guide price of £325,000.

As it failed to sell, the building is currently still available.

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Bradford Council closed Holme View, which used to provide housing for people with dementia, in 2017 saying it would have cost £1m to bring the two storey home up to scratch with modern standards.

In 2016/17 the authority spent £1.5m on running Holme View, roughly £40,000 per resident, with income only coming to £352,084.

Residents were moved to other facilities, and the Council has since worked to develop a number of other homes for people with dementia.

The Council sold the building in 2018.

Local politicians had hoped the site would be bought by a housing developer.