St George s Court in Walthamstow A Walthamstow mum has had foul-smelling liquid leaking into her council flat for over a year after repeated failures to fix the problem. Daniela Bimms, 50, lives in the St George’s Court estate and has been struggling with recurrent leaks in her flat since February last year. Despite multiple visits from contractors, the latest leak has yet to be fixed, with one contractor reportedly telling her pipes throughout the building needed replacing. In March, a report prepared by council officers showed that 81 per cent of repairs in council properties were overdue because the work was “heavily impacted” by lockdown.
“We are in dispute with a former provider because the administration of the service. was so lax. “Three or four years ago, the report from the team was saying 70-90 per cent (of repairs were done on time) but residents were saying 40-60 per cent. Residents were reporting faults and people were not attending but those faults were being recorded as closed and having to be rebooked. I have no doubt that some of the financial differences between us and Osborne relates to where we paid for work that we thought had been done that had not been done. “All we are seeing here is what the council and the service are telling us.”