Waterside Apartments in St James Street, Accrington , are managed by London-based Residential Management Group (RMG) and Manchester-based letting agents Ascend. Now the building is in “abysmal condition” and the letting agents have been said to have quoted astronomical fees for repairs or not completing them at all according to people living there. Broken door at Waterside Apartments (Image: Tom Moss) Tom Moss, a resident at Waterside Apartments, said: “It is a really nice apartment building, and they are advertised as luxury and I am friendly with a lot of the residents.
“The residents living at the building deserve a nice place to reside, as advertised also because it is a really nice, designed apartment complex which is being driven into the grounds because of RMG and Ascend. “It is a constant chase with them, and it seems to keep going downhill and deteriorating but it doesn’t have to.” Residents from Waterside Apartments (Image: Tom Moss) In 2021 the building had fallen into such disrepair that mushrooms began growing on the walls and one resident developed a hair loss disorder as a result.
Now radiators have fallen off the walls, piles of waste have been left outside the flats and the RMG is allegedly planning to cut the cleaner and the gardener, who Tom says rarely ever visit. The state of the mould and mushrooms in Waterside Apartments in 2021 (Image: Tom Moss) Ascend is charging a commission fee for carrying out maintenance work and Tom claims it quoted.