"This is not the life I want to be living, says Sandra Elusade as she gestures around her. I don't want to be living in a place like this. I'm embarrassed to invite my friends around. After nights spent itching, the 38-year-old discovered bed bugs in the South London flat she rents from Wandsworth Council. Disgusted, she's afraid to fall asleep despite replacing her mattress and the council sending cleaners out, for fear of finding more. But she's not shocked by the episode."
"This is just the latest infestation to hit a group of tower blocks in Wandsworth. Right now the pests of choice are bed bugs and ants, but in the past residents have had to live with cockroaches and mice. Sandra has endured 14 years of this in her tower block at Eliot Court. It's crazy, she said. People are paying rent to live in hell."
Residents of the Arndale Estate in Wandsworth, including Eliot Court, Wentworth Court, Albon House and Edwyn House, have faced recurring pest infestations for years. Current outbreaks involve bed bugs and ants, with past problems from cockroaches and mice. Tenants report replacing personal items, paying for mattresses, and feeling unable to host visitors because of infestations. Building lifts frequently break down, compounding daily hardship and trapping residents due to slow repairs. Wandsworth Council conducts quarterly pest-control treatments on affected blocks and says treatments are scheduled, but many residents describe persistent problems and long-standing distress.
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