A RESIDENT of an apartment block has voiced his concern as rubbish piles up and maintenance issues are left unaddressed.

Martin Wilkes, a bus driver who lives at Ladybridge Apartments with his four-year-old son, says communal bins have been left unemptied for nearly three months, and the window of a fire door has been left unrepaired after being smashed.

He says the bins are piling up and attracting rats, while also now becoming a target for flytippers, and it is not the first time rubbish has been allowed to pile up in the bin store.

Broken glass left by the smashed window is also a particular concern with him having a young child, and nullifying its use as a protective fire door.

Mr Wilkes said: “The bins is an ongoing issue we’ve been having with Onward Homes for the two years I’ve been living here.

“There were at least three times last year where the bins were left . They haven’t been emptied since Christmas and it’s nearly March now.

“Rats are starting to come and it’s just being made worse by flytippers."

He added: “I reported the smashed window at least three weeks ago and nothing has been done.

“It’s really concerning," he added.

Martin said there are at least 40 apartments in the block but only three bins, which leads to the pile-up.

Residents now want action taken to fix the issues.

He said: “We’ve been told we need to recycle more to stop rubbish piling up but we can’t even get into the store to do that.

“It absolutely stank last summer, and now it’s happening again, we are in complete limbo with it all.

“We are all paying our rent and service charges but not getting a service in return.”

An Onward Homes spokesman said: “Our neighbourhood specialists carry out monthly communal inspections and any maintenance issues arising at these inspections are raised with our maintenance team.

“The communal bins are also emptied weekly but unfortunately we do have incidences of flytipping out of our control – we need to investigate further but have booked our environmental services team to visit the site to clean up the communal bin area,” the spokesman said.