Lift Noise: Over 2 years without repaired

The Zonevideoz channel is about all the unnecessary problems we've been going through since becoming leaseholders back in 2001. There's been nothing but noise and disasters that could have easily been dealt with by the council. However, Lambeth council, The RMO, The Ombudsman and the MP Kate Hoey, have all allowed these oppressing residents to continue bombarding us with noise, Lambeth contractors to tear out excellent Everest windows just to install faulty ones and put cracks in our walls at the same time, and allowed the resident above to flood us and put cracks in the ceiling.

I've provided evidence to these firms and bodies, but they all believe it's not enough. We've invited them to come to investigate for themselves, but they choose not to. Even the Lift doesn't work properly as it makes heavy grinding and screeching noises as it travels through the shaft, but all believe it's not a health and safety issue. I suppose if a fire occurs because of it, all parties would probably deny any knowledge of the current problems with it. My advice to anyone is, never by Leasehold on a home that is in a block of flats. The chances are, you will be ignored by all these parties that are taking your hard-earned money through service charges and other charges that involve maintenance on the estate.

Water coming up through Bath-tub

We contacted the council numerous times about this as it presented a health and safety issues as other residents bath water was coming up through our bath and food coming up through the sink. However, we were told by our local RMO that it's wasn't there problem but ours. It was later revealed that it was their problem and the fault of their own ignorance that caused it.



Within a couple of months, the biggest disaster that we have ever witness in our home happened. This could have been prevented if those in the local council office took the time to investigate what was happening with the plumbing.


What lurks beneath the bath?
SHOCKING STUFF!

When we got flooded on July 17th 2009, the carpet had to be taken up, then we found out by an insurance company that the brown tile that were under the carpet, had Asbestos in them.
Eventually on November 17th 2009, those tiles were removed by specialist floor contractors. We were left with a dusty, grainy concrete floor to walk on. No further work were done on the floor until April 2010. The whole concrete floor was suppose to have a Latex screed, but was only patch in small areas. These four pictures show the result of the floor from the day the flood happened.