Residents living in high-rise flats left furious by soaring rent, eviction notices and lifts out of order for months
21.03.2023 - 09:43
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Residents of a high-rise apartment block at Salford Quays are claiming soaring rents coupled with ‘draconian’ eviction notices are forcing them out. The tenants of 20-storey The Gateway also list a catalogue of complaints over the lettings company X1 and the building’s management, Haymarket.
These include claims that lifts that are out of order months at a time, easy access to intruders, including rough sleepers and Amazon parcels delivered in a communal area going missing. One of the residents, Adeola Amosun, is a cancer patient and is having to leave her apartment after claiming her rent was put up to £1,300 per month, from £900.
Adeola told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I was sold the idea that my new property came with a 24-hour concierge and a fully-equipped gym, but this couldn’t have been further from the truth. There was only security available from 7pm to 7am, leaving the property vulnerable to theft and random people walking in unannounced.
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“The gym equipment barely worked, rendering it useless.” Adeola added: “To make matters worse, I had to pay a full year’s rent upfront, due to my health issues and need for stability, as I am a cancer patient receiving treatment.”
She claims the lift was also out of service for three months ‘making it extremely difficult for me to get around’. “The building was supposed to be cleaned daily, but this only applied to communal areas, not our corridors,” she said.
“Now, several of us have been issued with Section 21 (eviction) notices, as they want to force some of us out so they can increase the rent even further. My own rent has gone up to £1,300, and I was given 48 hours to