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A schedule of anticipated prices sent to leaseholders last month said new cladding would cost more than £2million.
Other costs included £20,000 for a waking watch, almost £40,000 for a new fire alarm system and more than £270,000 in “professional fees”.
Each leaseholder s share will depend on the size of their flat.
Alex s will be 5.92 per cent of the total – which would be £147,086, based on the estimates provided by Parkfords.
His £75,000 bill was only for the first six months of 2021. Further instalments were to be included in future service charges.
As terrifying as his bill was, he said, Other, bigger flats would have to pay even more.
A obstructed view of a City Mills resident s balcony.
- Credit: Caroline Little
Tenants have been living without sunlight in their flats for about a year, after scaffolding was installed by their landlord.
Residents living at the City Mills development, comprised of several Haggerston buildings around Laburnum Road and managed by housing association L&Q, are living with the scaffolding obstructing balconies and windows, unsure as to when it will be removed.
One tenant, Caroline Little, who lives in South Mill apartments told the
Gazette hundreds of residents have been affected. It s absolutely awful here. We are not allowed to use our balconies, I haven t been able to see the sky or get any sunlight in my flat for a year and I can t open my bedroom window, she said.