Soldato
- Joined
- 12 May 2007
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- Bristol
I live in a very nice flat in a nice building in Bristol. We pay £100/month just for the management fees so the building is taken care of.
Things were great and the building was professionally cleaned every week, the outside windows done every couple of months and anything that broke was fixed quickly.
Then, a year ago, the management company was changed to a different one. Now we're lucky if they clean once a month, the windows are never done and when things break, they stay that way.
The bin store room (where we put our rubbish) had the light go out in it. This left the room the blackest darkness. If the door was to swing shut, which it often did, you could not see a thing. It took them 4 months to fix this light even though it was a bad health and safety hazard.
Now, the fire doors are controlled by electro magnet and they've all stopped working. This was months ago and they still haven't fixed it so if there is a fire, it's going to go right through the building.
Of the emergency lights, 80% of them are non functioning and almost half the regular hall lights have burnt out as well.
The front door has a system connected to the phone line. I can just use the keypad to gain entry to the building and if someone buzzes our flat, it rings our telephone. This has now stopped working so any packages we order, the couriers cannot deliver them.
I realise there probably isn't much I can do about the door if they refuse to fix it but surely there is some agency I can contact regarding the lack of emergency lights and fire doors. I know back in Canada, there was a government agency which handled the building code and I could just complain to them. Surely there is an equiv in England?
Things were great and the building was professionally cleaned every week, the outside windows done every couple of months and anything that broke was fixed quickly.
Then, a year ago, the management company was changed to a different one. Now we're lucky if they clean once a month, the windows are never done and when things break, they stay that way.
The bin store room (where we put our rubbish) had the light go out in it. This left the room the blackest darkness. If the door was to swing shut, which it often did, you could not see a thing. It took them 4 months to fix this light even though it was a bad health and safety hazard.
Now, the fire doors are controlled by electro magnet and they've all stopped working. This was months ago and they still haven't fixed it so if there is a fire, it's going to go right through the building.
Of the emergency lights, 80% of them are non functioning and almost half the regular hall lights have burnt out as well.
The front door has a system connected to the phone line. I can just use the keypad to gain entry to the building and if someone buzzes our flat, it rings our telephone. This has now stopped working so any packages we order, the couriers cannot deliver them.
I realise there probably isn't much I can do about the door if they refuse to fix it but surely there is some agency I can contact regarding the lack of emergency lights and fire doors. I know back in Canada, there was a government agency which handled the building code and I could just complain to them. Surely there is an equiv in England?
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