From early in the morning, a group of neighbors from Lanzarote gathered next to the hut of Emiliano Ventura Berriel in front of the coast of Seifío between Charco del Palo and Mala to prevent its collapse. The Directorate General of Coasts had set this Friday for the execution to demolish this small family house with more than 200 years of history. Finally, the demolition did not take place due to a judicial appeal.
Next to Emiliano Ventura's house, there had been for decades another hut that disappeared forever this week. This second small house was indeed demolished last Thursday. While the neighbors awaited the arrival of the Coast representatives, the machinery was already collecting the remains of the rubble from the neighboring house.
"For me, it's a refuge," explains Emiliano Ventura during a conversation with La Voz about his hut. The Lanzarote native believes the property is at least two hundred years old because as a child he heard his grandparents say that their grandparents built it. This fishing dwelling served for centuries to store fishing gear, wash blankets, and provide shelter.
Ventura indicates that through a lawyer, he filed an appeal against the Coast's resolution that ordered the demolition of the property. This judicial tool has allowed him to gain one to two more years with the hut, but he is aware that sooner or later he will have to say goodbye.
Ecologists in Action has denounced "the double standard" for enforcing demolition sentences on traditional huts built by the sea in Lanzarote, while hotels like Papagayo Arena (currently Sandos Papagayo) have "a demolition order from the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands, but have been given a temporary concession for 700 beds."
At the beginning of the week, the Demarcation of Coasts of the Government of Spain demolished another small family summer house facing the sea of 31 square meters located in Caleta de Escamas in Haría.
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