Atlanta, GA
Residents say sewage backups ongoing at Atlanta apartment complex
Sewage backups have condominium tenants fired up
Troubles inside a southwest Atlanta condominium advanced have tenants fired up. They are saying they’re fed up with coping with uncooked sewage backups of their properties.
ATLANTA – Tenants of a southwest Atlanta condominium advanced are fired up. They are saying they’re fed up coping with sewage backing up into their items.
“My son actually cries when he sees that we’re coming again right here,” stated Jessica Hernandez.
Hernandez says this has been an ongoing drawback for a few week. She lives within the Aspen Courts Flats on Stanton Highway.
“It smells completely horrible,” Hernandez stated. “It is like marinating in feces, the carpet, the partitions, the flooring is lifting as a result of it has simply been soaking in water.”
FOX 5 reached out to Meridian Administration Group, the corporate that operates the advanced.
They despatched a press release that reads:
“As quickly as we have been notified of the difficulty, we instantly mobilized our upkeep employees and known as Inventive Plumbing to diagnose and assess the difficulty. Licensed plumbers have been on-site all day working to determine the foundation reason behind the backup. The crew on-site was capable of assess that the sewage pipes had utterly collapsed. Our plumbers are nonetheless on website and have been working to resolve this drawback, and we count on to have this drawback resolved asap. We have additionally contracted with an area skilled cleansing firm, for gratis to our tenants, to scrub the residences constantly. They’ve already cleaned every affected unit twice in the present day, and we have now one other cleansing lined up after the ultimate restore is accomplished. We apologize to any residents which have skilled discomfort or inconvenience on account of this unexpected problem. We deal with all upkeep requests and emergency repairs significantly and promptly.”
Neighbors say the repair has taken too lengthy.
“I am scared to make use of my rest room or the bathroom as a result of I do not know if it will begin flooding in my home,” stated Alaizjah Lawrence.
Hernandez says they’ve been getting the run round, however she simply needs every little thing fastened and cleaned up.
For now, she is staying at a shelter.
“I am unable to bathe my youngsters, I’ve a 3-month-old and a 5-year-old simply to have the ability to get them to high school clear I needed to go to another person’s home and bathe them there,” Hernandez stated. “I am unable to prepare dinner meals; I am unable to wash my dishes as a result of I do not know if the water that is popping out of my sink goes to be septic water as properly.”
The tenants say they requested for various housing, however they stated the condominium advanced has not supplied that. We requested the administration firm about that however have been instructed they don’t have that reply.