Switch to an accessible version of this website which is easier to read. (requires cookies)

Teather appalled at two-year bucket misery

December 12, 2003 12:00 AM
Sarah Teather MP, local resident and bucket

Why do the Labour Council allow this to happen?

Sarah Teather MP for Brent East today visited a resident of Landau House to see for herself the state that Brent's Labour Council has left a resident's apartment in.

The local resident has been forced to share his living room for two years with a bucket that he uses to collect leaks from his ceiling. Relatives of the resident, who suffers from health problems leaving him housebound have contacted Brent Council over the past two years to complain about the problem.

However despite visits from Council engineers over the last two years little has been done to rectify the problem.

Local Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather is appalled at the situation of the Landau House resident and has written to Director of Housing at Brent Council, Martin Cheeseman demanding action from the Council.

Sarah Teather MP said:

"This is an appalling situation. Not only is at a massive inconvenience but the damp and mildew is a health hazard. Nobody should have to live for two years with a bucket in their living room.

"The Council must act swiftly to rectify this ludicrous situation. How can they have let this continue for so long? How many other residents in Brent are living with buckets in their living rooms, because of the Council's failure to act?"

What would you like to do next?

  • Subscribe for updates

    Read updates from this website in your desktop or online news reader

    • On a news reader website

      •  
      •  
      •  

      In a desktop news reader or a website not listed above

      •  
    • Example monthly digest email
      •  
      •  
      •  
    • If you submit your email address, the Liberal Democrats and their elected representatives may use the information you have provided to contact you from time to time about issues we think you may find of interest. Some of the contacts may be automated. You can opt out of some or all contacts at any time by contacting us.


    • Generate different image

    Join our email list

    • If you submit your email address, the Liberal Democrats and their elected representatives may use the information you have provided to contact you from time to time about issues we think you may find of interest. Some of the contacts may be automated. You can opt out of some or all contacts at any time by contacting us.


    • Generate different image

    Follow the party's activity on...

  • Share this page

    Share this page on another website

    Link to this page

    On websites and printed material:
    brentlibdems.org.uk/en/article/2003/036144/teather-appalled-at-two-year-bucket-misery
    In text messages, Twitter, or reading over the phone:
    st.lib.dm/a41wg

    Email this page to a friend


    • Generate different image
  • Help out or donate

    Help out in your local area

      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
      •  
    • If you submit your email address, the Liberal Democrats and their elected representatives may use the information you have provided to contact you from time to time about issues we think you may find of interest. Some of the contacts may be automated. You can opt out of some or all contacts at any time by contacting us.


    • Generate different image
  • Tell us what you think

    Send us your views

    If you are a resident of the Brent Central constituency and are writing to discuss any issue that Parliament or government is responsible for, you must provide your home address as MPs are generally only permitted to act on behalf of constituents.

    If you are not a constituent, you do not need to provide your address, but the matters we can deal with are more limited and you may wish to contact your local MP in the first instance.

    • If you choose to join our email list, the Liberal Democrats and their elected representatives may use the information you have provided to contact you from time to time about issues we think you may find of interest. Some of the contacts may be automated. You can opt out of some or all contacts at any time by contacting us. You do not need to join our email list to complete this form.


    • Generate different image