A Wishaw lady is pleading to North Lanarkshire Council for assist in checking out her again backyard.
Angela Patrick moved into her new council house in Coltness final yr however has been having hassle together with her backyard which has a steep slope and proves tough for her eldest daughter, Chloe, who has spina bifida and makes use of a wheelchair.
Angela mentioned: “I needed to do a mutual change final yr because the council wouldn’t put a shower in for me at my previous home in Pather.
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“I had a moist room for my eldest daughter in my previous home however she now has her own residence.
“I now have a toddler Ellie and the home itself is ideal.
“Nevertheless, my huge downside is the backyard is like Tinto Hill, the slope is unbelievable.
“My three-year-old can’t play together with her exterior toys due to the slope and my eldest daughter is unable to return down, go to and luxuriate in spending time together with her youthful sister.”
Angela has written to native councillors within the hope of getting the state of affairs resolved.
She added: “All I’m asking for it to be slabbed and a fence round it so can get her paddling pool out or her wee bubble automobile.
“I'd hope the council would look and see that it’s a modest request.
“What I'd love is for Chloe and Ellie to have the ability to benefit from the backyard collectively.”
North Lanarkshire Council insists a contractor had been organized to go to the house in an try to resolve the issue.
Nevertheless, Susan Fowler, the council’s housing operations supervisor, mentioned: “We've been in common contact with Ms Patrick concerning her backyard.
“The tenant organized and agreed a mutual change and moved into her house in Coltness.
“Recommendation was supplied, previous to this, that as a part of an change course of the properties swapped are carried out in order seen.
“When Ms Patrick moved into her house she contacted us to request we supply out work to her backyard to scale back the sloped space.
“We organized for a specialist backyard contractor to go to the property to hold out an evaluation.
“Nevertheless, the contractor suggested that the request made by the tenant couldn't be delivered because of the lie of the backyard and points with its width.
“All through this course of we've continued to supply recommendation and help to the tenant.”
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