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[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

@RidgeLLP @EQUANS_UK Instead of the current gas radiators, we get electric heaters. All the like-for-like pledges have been thrown out the window.

Talking of windows, the new ones are far smaller than the current one, "for planning reasons".

So our £25k portakabins will be dark & dingy too😧[4/4]

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

@RidgeLLP The contractor Engie, now renamed @EQUANS_UK, stated in its literature that the new bathroom would be replaced "to match" the existing one.

Now the council claims this was never stated, or only refers to the "timber-framed modular structure".

Basically, like it or lump it [3/4]

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

External consultants @RidgeLLP the council to offer "a range of standards as well as designs so like-for-like replacements can be agreed with leaseholders".

The current £950 "higher specification" has 3 colour choices, exactly the same bath, & a slightly less basic toilet [2/4]

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

In 2021 @haringeycouncil said our new bathroom pods, which we must pay at least £25k for, would get interiors "at no extra cost".

Now they plan to break this promise & charge us £950 for a so-called "higher specification" - i.e. not the bog standard in their show pod below [1/4]

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

@haringeycouncil @perayahmet @HaringeyLabour @HaringeyLibDems @HGLeaseholders @EQUANS_UK @CatherineWest1 @NLC_2019 @LKPleasehold @HarryScoffin @Annareporting So how much would it really cost the council to decant us? Apparently several void properties in #NoelPark are kept aside for decants, so we wouldn't exactly have been moved to hotels.

Which raises the question, why couldn't they build us new brick pods in the first place? (3/3)

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

@haringeycouncil @perayahmet @HaringeyLabour @HaringeyLibDems @HGLeaseholders @EQUANS_UK @CatherineWest1 @NLC_2019 @LKPleasehold @HarryScoffin @Annareporting Now we find out there is a serious risk of collapse if the old pods are hoisted over our roofs...

And one resident has already been decanted for at least 3 weeks while builders dismantled his pod. Only the scaffolding remains (2/3)

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

For years @haringeycouncil told us it couldn't afford to build brick replacements for our old pods because it would have to decant us for weeks.

Instead we had to pay towards new temporary pods that would supposedly be craned in the same day as the old ones were craned out (1/3)

[Noel Park @NoelParkN22]

@NPLeaseholders And the beautiful design! I can hardly tell where the Victorian building ends and the pod begins #replacingpodswithpods #conservationareafail

[thefelixproject @felixprojectuk]

Every bit of food counts. When you donate to our #emptyplateappeal you are supporting organisations like @rehobothclub which delivers over 400 meals weekly across 5 homeless hostels & to vulnerable families struggling in Lewisham.

You can donate here: https://t.co/5E2j7AJfCi

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

History in the making. A flimsy portakabin replaces a crumbling pod.

Was it worth the wait? Depends if the new one lasts any longer...

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

The first bathroom & kitchen pod being craned into the back of a property today in Morley Avenue, #NoelPark...

...two years after we found out we faced bills of up to £118k for major works including our own bathroom pods.

The #fleecehold saga goes on.

#LeaseholdScandal

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

Let's not forget how much @haringeycouncil & @EQUANS_UK are charging non-resident leaseholders for this bargain-basement shed, showcased AFTER the deadline for objections or comments:

£50,000.

An utter outrage.

#Fleecehold
#LeaseholdScandal
@NLC_2019
@LKPleasehold

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

Now it looks like these bog-standard designs have already been pushed through, & we have no hope of complaining.

We're being expected to pay £25,000 for portakabins made of chipboard, with gaps between the panels & no insulation.

It's nothing less than extortion.

#Fleecehold

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

Noel Park leaseholders have seen a prototype of the "modular extension" we're being charged £25k for.

It's pretty basic for the price, with an electric heater & a shower for the waist down only.

More aptly described as a construction-site toilet?

#LeaseholdScandal #Fleecehold

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

Our point of contact is the Residents' Liaison Officer at @EQUANS_UK. Trouble is, she's uncontactable.

Our messages go unanswered for weeks, then months. We're wondering if she even exists.

Communication has been dire throughout this process. Sadly, we're used to that🙁

(3/3)

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

So why has the pod viewing been such a closely-guarded secret? Have any #NoelPark residents yet seen behind these grim hoardings?

The website claims @haringeycouncil has "worked with residents throughout this process to ensure their individual needs are considered"...

(2/3)

[Noel Park Leaseholders' Action Group @NPLeaseholders]

Celebrations at @haringeycouncil over the temporary pods built by @EQUANS_UK. The link says: "Residents... have been given an insight into how their homes will be transformed."

As some of the 243 households affected, we would have welcomed a chance to view the new pod...

(1/3)

[Ranger Duke @Duke_Nuke]

I get to look at this every single day so here grows a challenge to @EQUANS_UK please remove the plastic & donate it to be reused then commission a professional gardener or firm to lay grass turf or shade tolerant wildflowers or a fernery to increase biodiversity 1/3

[Haringey Community Press @HaringeyCP]

Haringey Council has been told by the Local Government Ombudsman to take “urgent action” to improve its complaint handling or risk making “repeated failings”. The ombudsman upheld 29 complaints against Haringey Council in the year to 31st March – the 3rd-highest number in London

[Hamburgerluette @Hamburgerluette]

Well well well @NPLeaseholders can provide plenty of evidence of this. We‘ve experienced the contempt and disregard by @haringeycouncil for decades. Will this finally make you change? We need action, not words. #buildingsafetycrisis #leaseholdtrap