SEVERAL Council owned buildings will go to auction later this month - with guide prices as low as just £15,000.

Bradford Council is hoping to sell unused buildings at an online auction by Pugh Properties on June 23.

The Council has sold dozens of publicly owned buildings at auction in recent years in a bid to bring the unused properties back into use.

One house going to auction, 27 Sydenham Place near Peel Park, has a guide price of just £15,000 - but is described as currently being unlivable.

The back to back terraced property has three storeys and a basement and is described as “in need of full refurbishment throughout.”

The auction listing adds: “There is no water supply and the the floors need replacing. The property is dilapidated and there is no formal accommodation.”

Photographs of the property show gaping holes in the floors in some rooms, and an uninviting staircase leading to the basement.

3 Cranbrook Street in Clayton is a one bedroom house that is also in need of a major refurbishment.

It has a guide price of £40,000.

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Two bedroom back to back house 31 Daisy Hill Lane has a guide price of £35,000. Photographs of the property show that it requires a major refurbishment inside.

19 Armstrong Street in Laisterdyke is another property that is in need of a major lick of paint.

The two bedroom back to back has a guide price of £20,000.

Current housing policies at Bradford Council include buying long empty properties to sell them on - bringing them back to use.

A Council spokesperson, said: “Empty properties can often blight neighbourhoods, attract antisocial behaviour and have a detrimental impact on communities. They are also a wasted resource.

“Our Empty Homes Team seeks to bring long term empty properties back into use through various approaches ranging from advice, financial assistance through grants and loans through to compulsory purchase.

"Properties are only purchased through compulsorily purchase as a last resort and only where other approaches encouraging owners to bring their houses back into use themselves have been unsuccessful.

"Long term empty properties purchased by the Council are then sold onto new owners, usually on the open market, with a requirement that the new owners bring them back up to standard so they can be usefully occupied again.”

For more information on the auction visit www.pugh-auctions.com