2025-07-21 – News – www.theguardian.com
Wandsworth refused to class a repair to damage from a water leak as an ‘emergency’
I am a 91-year-old leaseholder in a block of flats owned by Wandsworth council. I’m living with saturated walls, dripping water and falling plaster because the council has failed to address a leak that began elsewhere in the block a year ago.
When I first reported it, contractors made a large opening in my kitchen wall to inspect a service duct that contains plumbing for 10 flats. The hole has never been made good and is now crawling with insects.
