'We're scared stiff!': War breaks out over chalets on famous beach after 'disagraceful' elderly ladies give terrified tenants the boot... but locals say 'they DESERVE it'

A travel to the British seaside is synonymous with achromatic pebble beaches, food and chips and pastel chalets serenely overlooking the beach.

But there’s thing peaceful astir the formation chalets connected the Dorset seashore wherever astir fractional of the leaseholders assertion they person been unfairly evicted by a radical of ‘disgraceful’ aged ladies from their seaside cabins. 

Families assertion the trust, tally by a radical of exclusive women that oversee the properties successful Weymouth person evicted them for an alleged breach of rules without providing proof.

While others, who person been leaseholders for years, person been forced to permission due to the fact that they don’t unrecorded successful the area.

Meanwhile different leaseholders, who person been vigilant astir the rules judge the radical merit to beryllium evicted.

One resident, who chose to stay anonymous, told MailOnline: 'The radical that got kicked retired merit to beryllium kicked out. I've been successful the chalet for 10 years. There are rules and if you interruption the rules you're out.

'The committee person done a bully job. They've enactment caller doors connected and they painted it and they've upgraded it. They don't get immoderate thanks.’

Greenhill Community Trust (GCT) took implicit the moving of the chalets successful Greenhill gardens and on the promenade from Weymouth municipality assembly successful 2019.

They negociate the council-owned properties successful Weymouth, which are leased for £1,600 a year.

The spot evicted 19 radical for breaking ‘electricity rules’, which the booted retired families assertion was the responsibility of workmen carrying retired attraction connected behalf of the trust.

However, the anonymous nonmigratory explained that workmen participate his chalet each the clip and ne'er hide to crook disconnected the electronics.

He added: ‘It's their ain responsibility they get told not to permission their electrics on. The builders coming successful and leaving their chargers is rubbish.

'There's adjacent 1 pistillate that got kicked retired that lives successful America.’

The spot besides evicted each families without a section address, a determination that has labelled them arsenic having ‘zero assemblage spirit’.

But Carmel Starr, who has lived successful Weymouth for years and dreamed of having a formation chalet truthful she tin walk clip connected the formation with her grandchildren, thinks the spot are being fair.

She told MailOnline: ‘They’ve been kicking retired non-Weymouth residents, which I deliberation is wholly close due to the fact that past they could beryllium utilized regularly.

‘We would emotion to travel down present with our grandchildren and fto them entree the beach.

‘Some clip agone I expressed an involvement successful getting 1 and I was told “no chance” and I expressed involvement again and I didn't adjacent get an acknowledgment.

‘I consciousness the absorption could bash with being much transparent, truthful if you use they admit your exertion and archer you if you’re connected the waiting list.’

The radical that has been evicted from their chalets said they received a missive retired of the bluish connected January 19, stating their licences would not beryllium renewed.

They attempted to entreaty the determination but claimed the GCT refused to transportation retired an inquiry.

One chalet leaseholder, who chose to stay anonymous retired of fearfulness of eviction, described the concern arsenic ‘disgusting’.

He told MailOnline: ‘They're not culpable to thing they do.

‘It's their mode oregon the highway, the 1 onslaught and you’re retired regularisation that they've been doing is conscionable disgraceful.

‘They're utilizing claims that energy was near on, if you near the energy connected you would expect them to interaction you and springiness you a informing but they've conscionable kicked radical out.

‘We're precise very mindful that if we get recovered to beryllium talking against the trustees past we'll beryllium kicked retired for immoderate benignant of reason.

‘Everyone's treading connected eggshells they're perfectly frightened stiff they're going to get kicked out. We've spent a batch of wealth doing up our chalet and if you get kicked retired you suffer everything you enactment into it.

‘We've had our chalet for 2 years and we've been connected the waiting database for years and present we've yet got 1 and we don't privation to suffer it due to the fact that we've got the kids and so, we're precise mindful of what we accidental and do.’

The chalet declaration requires leaseholders to support the properties successful ‘good decorative order’, truthful leaseholders are encouraged to walk wealth connected maintenance.

The evicted radical wrote: ‘The GCT reported that an inspection had been undertaken connected November 11, 2024, by an autarkic individual, who determined that energy had been near on. However, the GCT person failed to supply immoderate impervious of this claim.

‘As per the licence agreement, each fridges are required to beryllium unplugged by September 30, 2024, which Chalet users adhered successful enactment with the licence.

‘During this period, GCT painters and workmen were entering the chalets to transportation retired attraction and repairs.

‘Many chalet holders reported to person recovered drinks, telephone chargers and different items near behind, indicating that workmen whitethorn person utilized the energy portion connected site.

‘Five different chalet holders are besides being evicted connected the grounds that they are deemed to unrecorded retired of the country and person been required to wage a higher yearly fee.

‘Several of these individuals reside successful Chickerell and Osmington, which are intelligibly section and precise overmuch portion of the Weymouth area.'

They besides complained that the radical of directors person got to support their chalets.

The radical added: 'The GCT Directors are the lone ones who tin name caller Directors. 

'There is nary consultation process, this is simply a wide struggle of interest, successful that the directors are chalet occupiers themselves, and person been for galore years.

'Several chalet users with years of acquisition person expressed an involvement successful becoming Directors, nevertheless determination is nary mode oregon announcement they tin use for a post.

All Chalet users should person an accidental to beryllium considered arsenic a Director of the Greenhill Community Trust CIC to guarantee a balanced radical with capable representation, to guarantee a balanced and impartial process.'

Lloyd Hatton, MP for South Dorset, has been advocating for the group.

He said: ‘I asked whether the GCT would see gathering with licencees to effort and resoluteness disagreements. They refused

‘I asked whether the GCT would see a gathering with maine to sermon these issues further. They refused this also.’

Judy Haley, 69, who has had her chalet for 2 years says she feels 'sorry' for the concern but has had nary problems with the GCT.

She said: 'This is my 2nd twelvemonth and there's a beauteous assemblage here, everyone I've met is truly friendly.

'I haven't had immoderate problems the radical who tally the chalets are nice.

'The fridges person been disconnected each wintertime due to the fact that if you permission them connected it's a occurrence hazard.'  

The GCT person been contacted for comment.