WHATEVER else has gone on over the last ten "you've never had it so good" years, one thing is absolutely certain.

The whole caboodle surrounding property has become unreal - involving unreal amounts of money.

A defining moment in this area of York was in 1995 when a "desirable" detached house on Stockton Lane went up for sale at, a then astonishing, £100,000. A sure sign of things to come.

Then we have significant buildings, some even listed, under threat of demolition by a never-ending line of property developers - all in the name of housing demand.

Scalby Manor, a gem of a property on the outskirts of Scarborough has recently escaped demolition by only one council vote.

Now, on my very own doorstep, is the unthinkable possibility of the sacrifice of a rare 1960s design bungalow on the altar of development.

Mrs L Boulton, Beans Way, Heworth, York.