Residents of a luxury apartment complex in South Bristol have been left without heating or hot water, after the boiler system for the building broke down. A resident of Lakeshore contacted Bristol Live, claiming that the only functioning boiler for the facility stopped working on Friday and that residents were being asked to foot the bill for temporary boilers that could cost "tens of thousands of pounds" between them.
A spokesperson for Residential Management Group (RMG), which runs the site, said that they "totally sympathise with the residents" and are doing "all we can to minimise the cost". They added that they are bringing forward an existing boiler replacement project, due to commence this week, which was always going to necessitate the use of temporary boilers.
Formerly the headquarters of Imperial Tobacco, the seven-storey, Grade II-listed building was re-opened in 2012 as Lakeshore and is home to almost 300 apartments available to buy or rent. Lakeshore and its developer Urban Splash garnered several prizes for the conversion, including a gong in the Sunday Times British Homes Awards in 2013.
