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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Anna Highfield & Katie Weston

Residents fear building collapse due to cracks 'so big they can see through them'

Residents of a building with cracks so big they can see through them say they are "living in fear" of a collapse.

Huge gaps in the walls started appearing at the block of 36 flats in Ealing, West London over the past few months, but occupiers said they've been battling issues such as damp, mould, leaks, and hairline cracks for years.

The residents, mostly made up of tenants but also including 12 leaseholders, are fed up with their housing association for sending a maintenance surveyor who "fobs them off" and doesn't return calls.

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