Residents in Manchester are being forced to cough up £300,000 to fix the roof to their apartment block after discovering they are not insured.
Since February 19 the roof over the 24 flats in Whalley Range has lain partially collapsed thanks to storm Eunice. And now because surveyors have revealed the roof was built with an "inherent defect", it means leaseholders are unable to claim insurance and have been quoted around £290,000 to repair the damage.
The effects of the storm left two flats uninhabitable and exposed a number of others to water damage. And a tarpaulin has been covering the building for the past nine months as repairs have been delayed, reports the Manchester Evening News.
