Just metres from the doors to the Senedd are seven apartment blocks which contain 457 homes. Built in 2006, flats within the development are listed as “executive” and “stylish” with some boasting “water views” with allocated parking and concierge but these flats have been besieged with problems.
In 2019, it emerged that the flats had "very poor" or "non-existent fire stopping " and residents highlighted a long list of problems, from ruptured sewage pipes flooding their apartments, render falling off buildings, being "banned" from their balconies over safety concerns and left feeling like "prisoners" in their own homes. It is going to cost millions to fix and the residents of Celestia have no certainty when or how that will happen.
They have also been left feeling like second-class citizens of the UK. If they lived in England, they could have benefited from an agreement facilitated by the UK government in which 35 developers have contribute £2bn towards fixing buildings over 11m tall with similar defects they had a role in constructing.
