Pensioner told to sell flat or pay for £200,000 renovations

Maria Duncan has lived in Linksview House for more than two decades.

An Edinburgh pensioner says she’s losing sleep after being told she either has to sell her flat back to the Council or pay more than £200,000 in renovation costs herself.

Maria Duncan has lived in Linksview House for more than two decades and has owned the property for most of that time.

But as a major refurbishment prepares to get under way, she’s been given an ultimatum.

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