Council tenants in Barton Hill, who have been complaining about noisy pipes that are keeping them up at night, leaks, periods without heating and hot water, mould, damp, and cracked windows have now been told they will have new bathrooms fitted in their entire block as part of a £12.5 million council 'Bathroom Programme'.
The Corbett House residents held a meeting with mayor Marvin Rees and the council officers back in 2020 but one tenant in the tower block said she had been complaining for 12 years. After being promised investment in the block that did not materialise, ACORN members living in the tower block led a protest on Temple Street and handed in a petition, demanding ‘Dignity for Corbett house'.
The council said at the time that £3 million had been allocated to refurbish the block, with the work to begin in April 2022. However, the issues of leaks had gotten so bad in the block that one 79-year-old resident had to use an umbrella to go to the toilet and the refurbishment plans did not address these issues.
