Residents of an apartment building in Satpayev are complaining of through cracks, warped doors and the building sinking. The house was declared unsafe in 2024, but about 60 families have still not been relocated. The akimat promises to create a commission to assess its condition. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The house was built in 1974. According to residents, the cracks continue to grow and windows and doors are deforming. People fear a collapse and do not know how the building will survive the coming winter.
“The doors don't close, we have to sharpen them, saw them, cut them down so they close, everything is warped. The walls hum, these cracks are already through, they are widening. You can hear the wind. My granddaughter came in the summer and said: grandma, I can't sit at your place. It seems to me the house is collapsing. Our walls are tilted, I can't put a vase on the table, it falls,” said Lyudmila Krivochenko, a resident of Satpayev.
Residents claim that after receiving the conclusion that the building is unsafe, the relocation issue was never resolved.
“Before going to sleep we pray that the house doesn't collapse at night and that we wake up alive. The expert conclusion that the house is unsafe was issued to us only in 2024. But in these two years we have not been relocated. The akims change, and we are left with our misfortune,” said Rashida Tukayeva, a resident of Satpayev.
People are especially worried by the approaching cold. According to them, wind penetrates through the damaged walls, and living in the apartments in winter becomes impossible. Some families have already been forced to rent other housing.
“We have been renting an apartment for two years now. It is completely impossible to live in this house, especially in winter. All the walls are cracking. House No. 150 is already sagging in the middle, between the third and second entrances. We demand that the akimat help: either provide housing or pay money,” said Satbay Seralin, a resident of Satpayev.
After residents' appeals, akimat representatives inspected the building. Its condition is to be assessed by a special commission, but at the time of the officials' comment it had not yet been created.
“Specifically for this house, a commission has not yet been created at the moment. It is only going to be created now, and its decision will be additionally presented. We plan to create the commission by the end of this week, today or tomorrow. At the beginning of next week we will report the result,” said Gulmira Nurmanova, head of the sector of the housing inspection department of Satpayev.
In total, the city has 28 unsafe and 223 dilapidated houses. Residents of house No. 150 are waiting for the commission's decision. According to them, for many families it is financially difficult to buy an apartment on their own or pay rent for other housing.