Enquiries yet to be made on Repair Breakdowns - Farrer House roof

Problems with the roof at Farrer House are historical. Top floor residents suffer leaking ceilings every time there is heavy rain. On occasions they have been requested to pay for repairs out of their own home insurance.

Here are the roof related charges for Farrer (here presented in date order which is not how they were presented to us by Lewisham Homes):

3619780   NO 33 REPTS GUTTERING ON ROOF BLOCKED £64.50  28/03/2008
See 3625125 below

3625125   INSP LOFT AREA FOR POSSIBLE LEAK AFFECTING FLAT 33  £171.14  09/04/2008
Related to 3619780 and done before 3645122.  

3645122 AS AGREED SEVERAL MINOR REPAIRS TO ROOF £356.25  27/05/2008
Is this related to 3619780 blocked guttering?
This repair was ordered a month after 3625125. Was roof repair required or was it just blocked guttering?

3676093 LOUD VIBRATING NOISE COMING FROM THE PIPE WORK IN THE LOFT  £36.27 08/08/2008 
Who reported this? Same as 3686400? Investigated again a month later (see below).

3686400  NO 32 REPORTS PIPES IN LOFT MAKING A LOT OF NOISE  £47.15  04/09/2008
Same as 3676093 where problem already persisting from one month before? Or different pipes?

The total cost of these charges is £675.31.

The resident at no.33 wrote to us:

"Re the £171 for no.33 I was gobsmacked when I saw that and wondered what on earth they were charging that amount of money for. The problem still exists, and all it needs is a regular gully clear out – which they never do. All they do when they come round here is go up to the roof, have a look, and where they see the gullies are stuffed with leaves empty them!"


A resident from Castell pointed this out to me and I took the photo on 21st March 2010. It shows the area where these 'roof repairs' have been taking place (during 2008) – note the structure above the stairwell. It has a door and two windows. One of these windows has no glazing and is completely open to the elements, and probably home to pigeons. It is directly above no.33 and no.32. All residents in Farrer are paying for this neglect.