Since the beginning of November, the inhabitants of a building in Marsannay-la-Côte (Côte-d’Or) have been without hot water and without heating. And this, despite dozens of reminders to the social landlord who manages the property.
The formula of the President of the Republic, “The end of abundance“, was taken literally. In this building in Marsannay-la-Côte, south of Dijon in the Côte-d’Or, the tenants are against Orvitis, the social owner responsible for the building. , for more than a month , were left without hot water and heating”.We are fed up, it is unlivable“, annoys Théo Limbardet, who lives in an apartment with his partner Manon and his three-year-old son Liam. “We work every day living in a comfortable environment, and there we pay for a service we don’t have!“
However, the couple tried everything to contact Orvitis, with more than 80 calls to the counter according to the young man – without success. So on Friday 2nd December we ourselves tried to contact the company, this time they replied. “We were informed by Dalkia [un prestataire, ndlr] that the boiler room of the Orvitis building, rue Gustave Eiffel in Marsannay-la-Côte, had been restarted last night“, indicated the landlord. And indeed, since Saturday morning, the tenants have again benefited from hot water.”As if by magic“, ironically Theo.
But the heating problem persists. Having no other way to heat the apartment, the couple was forced to invest in electric heaters and a kerosene stove. “The material costs 250 euros, obviously at my expense“, specifies the young man. Only without a real warm-up, little Liam connects the afflictions.He has tracheobronchomalacia. Like asthma, but more severe“, specifies Manon.”As soon as it gets cold he gets sick and if he gets sick we can’t send him to school. So we have to find a cure solution because we are working. Which gets very complicated.“
Since last month, the couple has therefore decided to alternate between his home and that of his parents. “I don’t want to leave them out in the cold with the little one“, explains Fabienne, Theo’s mother. “This is an unacceptable situation, they pay the rent, they are not hosted for free! And it’s not just them, there are all the other young people with children in the apartments!“Other “little young people”, like Christie, who incidentally have taken a radical decision”.We won’t be paying rent this month“says, annoyed, this mother of a child.”We were told they were going to start eviction proceedings, but it didn’t matter.“
However, the lack of heating may itself be fixed soon. Reached by telephone this Sunday 4 December, service provider Dalkia acknowledged the malfunctions and assured that they would do what was necessary.”from Monday“However, the Limbardet family does not rule out resorting to legal assistance in the event of a dispute.
