By Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter Edited by Amal Udawatta Image caption, David Taylor said he cannot refurbish the Elephant House café until the building's owner makes sure it is structurally safe A café where JK Rowling wrote parts of her Harry Potter books cannot reopen because the building's owner has gone into liquidation, the BBC understands. The Elephant House café was one of several properties badly damaged in a blaze on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh in August last year. Café owner David Taylor said no work had been carried out to repair the building and he was left in limbo. Liquidator Mike Solomons said it was "addressing issues" around the fire. Mr Taylor, who has 12 years remaining on his lease at the property, said his insurance company had signed off £350,000 to renovate the café after the fire. The five-storey building damaged by the fire houses a number of other businesses such as the Oz Bar, Merchants restaurant and rental flat