For more than four decades, Nakuru Alms, a safe haven for the elderly was neglected.
Most buildings were dilapidated and had leaning walls.
The grabbing of land belonging to the 73-year-old facility sandwiched between Manyani and Kivumbini Estates put in jeopardy plans by the County Government to expand it.
Where once stood a perimeter wall, a poorly tended bush acted as a porous fence for rodents.