Struggling families living in an 'eyesore' tower block have been told their rent will shoot up on Christmas Eve. Residents living in the tower labelled ‘the biggest eyesore in Salford’ are being hit by a 20 per cent increase in rent.
Tenants of 120 apartments in the 24-storey Briar Hill Court in Pendleton will see their monthly rent rise from £545 to £650 on December 24. Just two months ago, Pendleton and Charlestown ward Coun John Warmisham, in a planning meeting, slammed owners of the block for ‘under investment’ and described it as ‘the biggest eyesore in Salford,'
Now, residents have contacted the Local Democracy Reporting Service over lifts that frequently break down that take days to be repaired, and outdated water heating systems which cost £100 a week to run. Many of the residents living in the block ran by Bury-based Sterling Property Management are elderly and disabled, but others are professionals, including a neurosurgeon who recently left to go back to his Syria homeland, reports the Manchester Evening News.
