A Nottingham woman says she has been scared when having her grandchildren over due to falling concrete from her property which she first reported months ago. Sandra Corner, 57, lives in a Nottingham City Homes property on Richardson Close in Clifton and says that she first noticed concrete falling from its roof in April.
Ms Corner has lived in the Nottingham City Homes property for 23 years but says that the recent issues have caused difficulties. She said: "I've been trying to get this fixed for months but I just feel as though I'm being passed from pillar to post.
"The last conversation I had was on Monday, August 15, when someone from the council asked if I was at home. I told them that I was told I didn't need to be at home for the property to be sorted.
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"I asked if they were going to come and make it safe by putting scaffolding up, but they said that they were just coming to have a look at it. I told them that somebody had already been to do that and that they shouldn't bother if that's all they were going to do.
"In the end I rushed back and they never turned up. It's frustrating how long it is taking because I know that if I missed a week's rent they would be on my back straight away."
The concrete has been falling from the ridges along the roof of Ms Corner's property and the neighbouring one. It has mainly been falling onto a shared entry which Ms Corner uses for her bins.
She said: "I've had near misses where I have gone to put something out in the bins and a big chunk of concrete has fallen right in front of me. I personally think it's subsidence that's causing it but the council need to come and properly make it safe so they can look at what's happening.
"I've got four grandkids and I'm petrified when they go out and play when they're at mine at the moment in case a piece of concrete were to fall on them. Most of the concrete from the roof has actually gone now because of how much has fallen."
A Nottingham City Homes spokesperson has now confirmed that someone will be visiting Ms Corner's property to make it safe. They said: "We have been organising the necessary works to remedy this situation, and will be speaking to Ms Corner about the plans that we now have in place.
"Due to the width of the alleyway, a ladder would be unsafe, so scaffold has been identified as the safest option to get access to the ridges. The scaffold will be erected Friday morning, and our bricklayers will follow to complete the repair."
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