Tenants in despair

Defective elevators: Seven floors on foot

Ms. Hopodides (center) with other affected tenants and Hans Jörg Schimanek (2nd from left).

(Bild: Jöchl Martin)

The lifts are constantly out of order due to suspected botched garage construction - the operator ignores the complaints. But the tenants won't take it lying down.

The lifts are constantly out of order due to alleged botched garage construction - the operator ignores the complaints

There is a shortage of parking spaces around the Karl-Seitz-Hof in Floridsdorf. Municipal housing residents who own a car are often dependent on one of the garage spaces - and they cost a hefty 114 euros per month. But now many tenants are fed up: the elevators in the underground car park have been out of order for months and the operator BOE is leaving those affected out in the cold with excuses.

The journey to the car (up to seven floors) is particularly difficult for elderly and disabled people. Also explosive: one of the two lifts has been out of service since 2014!

The problems with the garage are not new. The planners had apparently underestimated the groundwater situation when the facility was built in 2005. Time and again, floors were under water, dripping from the walls and the electrics of the elevators, whose motors were installed on the lowest floor, regularly gave up the ghost, according to tenants.

The landlord must finally take action and have the faulty lifts repaired quickly.

Alt-Bezirksrat Hans Jörg Schimanek

Bild: Jöchl Martin

Former district councillor Hans Jörg Schimanek, who champions the concerns of tenants, speaks plainly: "The landlord must finally take action and have the faulty lifts repaired quickly. I also demand that the rent for the space be refunded for the duration of non-use as a gesture of goodwill!" An inquiry by the "Krone" to the garage operator BOE remained unanswered.