A HOUSING campaigner has slammed a block of new build flats after visiting the two-year-old property to find mould, collapsing ceilings and damp throughout.
Kwajo Tweneboa, a well-known housing and social justice campaigner visited The Fold in Croydon, South London to inspect the quality of the build after receiving tip-offs from residents.
Kwajo was left shocked and appalled by the state of the two-year-old private apartments which are on the market for between £1,500 and £3,000 a month.
The building has been riddled with problems in the short time it has existed with extensive issues plaguing the poorly built block.
Kwajo reports residents have been dealing with sewage leaks, ceiling collapses, damp, mould and more.
Using video footage of his visit to drive home the plethora of issues associated with the newly built block, Kwajo tours the building showing off the appalling state and highlighting issues residents have faced.
Horrifying images from the first of the flats he tours shows white walls turned almost completely black with mould.
The shoddy material quality has left the entire property susceptible to mould with the black substance dominating nearly every wall in the flat from floor.
Moving on to a second flat where the roof in the bedroom has collapsed, Kwajo shows viewers the hole in the ceiling and a large chunk of fallen debris left on the floor of the bedroom.
Kwajo reports the resident of the property had been complaining about leaks for some time but had been ignored.
They came home one day to find the ceiling in their bedroom had collapsed despite their warnings to the management agent who did nothing to act on the complaints.
The flat is, like the first, plagued with mould on many of the walls in the property.
Kwajo shows the living area and kitchen of the flat where the ceiling has also collapsed, leaving massive holes above and rubble all over the floor.
Kwajo briefly shows the basement of the building too, which has water pouring in through the ceiling, leaving its walls sodden.
Two large buckets can be seen, filled to overflowing with yellow water, placed in an attempt to catch the floods of leaking water.
Kwajo was told by residents that the basement issues were caused by a sewage leak in the building.
The developer of The Fold, Urbanbubble, has reportedly created identical blocks in the same area which will be used for social housing.
Developers and property managers have reportedly been unresponsive and unhelpful to concerned residents.
The horrifying video of the block of flats was shared to social media yesterday by Kwajo in an attempt to raise awareness around the problems faced by residents.
He wrote: “Thinking of buying or renting a new build home? I’ve visited one. It’s falling apart.
“Residents moved into this Croydon block in 2022. This is the state of it now.”
The shocking video has since received over 3,400 likes and more than 140 comments from social media users.
One user wrote: “Shameful. The days of landlords milking tenants with zero responsibility are well and truly over.”
Another replied: “So sad, this looks like it might be beyond practical repair.”
A third commented: “I have a friend in the trade and he wouldn’t advise anyone to buy a house built from the 1990s onwards.
“He said that’s when the quality slipped as developers got more greedy.”
Another added: “Pretty much everything to do with housing in this country is a scam at this point.”
A fifth said: “Building the slums of tomorrow, today. Building standards and expertise is disgraceful in the UK.
“We live next door to buildings that are over 300 years old but can’t build one to last two years?”
