Flat closed after anti-social behaviour
Neighbours who had faeces hurled at windows and urine running down living room walls can now live in peace after intervention by Slough Borough Council.
The anti-social behaviour from residents in the first floor flat was due to drug taking and led to a huge stinking pile of rubbish surrounding the property, police being called to fights and a rat infestation.
Neighbours complained of faeces and used toilet paper being lobbed at their windows by the occupants of the flat. In addition, one horrified family moved into the flat below with an eight-week old baby and complained of a foul smelling liquid running down their living room wall. It was urine seeping through the walls and floorboards where the occupants of the flat above were not using the bathroom.
A diary of anti-social behaviour was started in May 2018 by the council’s housing and regulations team and despite working with the landlord, Mohammed Nazar, during 2018 the situation escalated and the condition of the property deteriorated.
In March 2019 a person was found seriously ill from a suspected heroin overdose and the landlord was again contacted as it was suspected he was allowing drug users to live in the house.
A month later the team was asked to visit again after violence was reported to Thames Valley Police and council officers found a rat infestation with rodents running up and down the curtains. In addition, a sea of rubbish had been deposited in the garden and on the paths around the flats. There was so much stinking rubbish it was deemed to be a serious risk to the health and safety of the occupants and others.
Within days the council’s the housing regulation team issued an emergency prohibition notice for the property to stop people sleeping or living there. However, the flat was then taken over by squatters.
The flat came back to the attention of the council in September this year when neighbours were then subjected to the disgusting act of faeces and used toilet paper being thrown at their windows and into their gardens.
They also had diaried a catalogue of fights and arguments and the number of times police had been called.
An order was granted by magistrates in Slough to close the property entirely for three months and remove the people living inside and secure it.
The council then commissioned contractors to attend to clear up the waste and disinfect the area around the property.
Kurt Henney, Housing and Enforcement Officer for the Resilience and Enforcement Team, said: “Neighbours had to put up with absolutely horrendous behaviour by the people who came and went and stayed at the property.
“We will not tolerate landlords who abdicate responsibility and allow their premises to be used by drug users.
“The council has used all its powers to make sure this house is closed down so law abiding residents can get on with their lives in peace and quiet.”
The anti-social behaviour from residents in the first floor flat was due to drug taking and led to a huge stinking pile of rubbish surrounding the property, police being called to fights and a rat infestation.
Neighbours complained of faeces and used toilet paper being lobbed at their windows by the occupants of the flat. In addition, one horrified family moved into the flat below with an eight-week old baby and complained of a foul smelling liquid running down their living room wall. It was urine seeping through the walls and floorboards where the occupants of the flat above were not using the bathroom.
A diary of anti-social behaviour was started in May 2018 by the council’s housing and regulations team and despite working with the landlord, Mohammed Nazar, during 2018 the situation escalated and the condition of the property deteriorated.
In March 2019 a person was found seriously ill from a suspected heroin overdose and the landlord was again contacted as it was suspected he was allowing drug users to live in the house.
A month later the team was asked to visit again after violence was reported to Thames Valley Police and council officers found a rat infestation with rodents running up and down the curtains. In addition, a sea of rubbish had been deposited in the garden and on the paths around the flats. There was so much stinking rubbish it was deemed to be a serious risk to the health and safety of the occupants and others.
Within days the council’s the housing regulation team issued an emergency prohibition notice for the property to stop people sleeping or living there. However, the flat was then taken over by squatters.
The flat came back to the attention of the council in September this year when neighbours were then subjected to the disgusting act of faeces and used toilet paper being thrown at their windows and into their gardens.
They also had diaried a catalogue of fights and arguments and the number of times police had been called.
An order was granted by magistrates in Slough to close the property entirely for three months and remove the people living inside and secure it.
The council then commissioned contractors to attend to clear up the waste and disinfect the area around the property.
Kurt Henney, Housing and Enforcement Officer for the Resilience and Enforcement Team, said: “Neighbours had to put up with absolutely horrendous behaviour by the people who came and went and stayed at the property.
“We will not tolerate landlords who abdicate responsibility and allow their premises to be used by drug users.
“The council has used all its powers to make sure this house is closed down so law abiding residents can get on with their lives in peace and quiet.”
