The elevator in a seven-storey residential building in Linz-Urfahr has been out of use for eight weeks. The elderly residents are desperate. They have to lug their essential purchases up the stairs. After a call from “Krone”, the property management finally agreed to help.
It was a desperate appeal to the editors of “Krone”: “Since the end of July, the beginning of August, the elevator in our apartment building has broken down and the property management is not doing anything. I call almost every day. Several older people live there. I am 75 years old, I have mobility issues and chronic lung disease I am due to have an operation soon Yet every day I have to drag myself from the fourth floor down to do my shopping and then up again I am completely exhausted every time In our house also lives a 86-year-old woman with a lung disease, she is also completely helpless,” laments Alfred Windhager.
“Can’t carry suitcases up the stairs”
The retired lawyer lives in a seven-storey house on Hauptstrasse in Linz-Urfahr – currently without an elevator. Windhager and others feel let down by OÖ Wohnbau, who is responsible for property management. “I’ve wanted to move to a holiday home for a while, but I can’t carry the big suitcase down the stairs. And by the way: I also have a new sauna card, I can’t use it either because I only go out for the bare essentials .”
Broken control is not available
Last resort: calling the “Krone”. The OÖ Wohnbau confirmed the faulty elevator. “On August 8, we commissioned the elevator company to inspect the damage. On August 19, we were informed that a control component had failed. Because it is an old elevator, the broken control is not in stock and must be ordered first. According to the responsible company, the delivery could take up to eight weeks on August 22,” press spokeswoman Christa Reisinger describes the current situation. Extrapolated, it can therefore only be assumed that the elevator will be back in operation by mid-October.
Help offer after “Krone” request
Referring to the precarious situation of the residents, Reisinger looked for a solution. And now offers: “We want to help the elderly, for example when shopping or when they have to transport heavy things.” An earlier repair of the lift is unfortunately not possible.
Source: Krone
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