Tory neglect of Woodhams House

Woodhams House is part of the Longstaff Estate, which is on West Hill right opposite where it meets Upper Richmond Road.

Three months ago on 9th April, I wrote to the Conservative Council on behalf of a tenant of theirs in Woodhams House; at which time I asked them to:

"Finally, please could you do something about the stairwells and communal areas of this block; aside from being dark and painted - for some reason - orange - they are filthy; something both xxxx has complained to me about, and which I have observed at every one of my frequent visits to this block in the past two years."

I received this reply from the Conservative Council on 22nd April:

"With regard to the cleaning of the communal areas, a deep clean is scheduled for this week. In addition, as evidence of youths gathering in the stairwells and possibly causing a mess and/or damage was noted, the estate services team will carry out a random observation for the next two weeks."

Well, judge for yourself whether a deep clean took place or not from the photos below which were taken there yesterday (Wednesday). The question I pose is: could these areas have got this disgusting only eight weeks after the Conservative Council promised a deep clean - or is it more likely they simply couldn't be bothered to clean the block properly in the first place?

You'll see from the last of the photos below that the residents' lives are currently being made even more pleasant by a massive flytip that's piled up opposite their block. This on top of standard repairs not being carried out, damp problems, problems with infestations and flats not being restored to a habitable condition before being re-let to new tenants.

One of the Conservative councillors for this estate even had the front to brag about how wonderful a job he and Putney's Conservative MP were doing looking after it a while back on the PutneySW15 website. If so, we can only imagine what an estate the Conservatives neglect looks like.