LBWF’s Goddarts sheltered housing block in Walthamstow: fire safety assessors find serious issues for five years running, but, astonishingly, they remain unaddressed, leaving vulnerable residents in danger
Goddarts House, Walthamstow, is a purpose built two-storey block, owned and administered by LBWF, containing 27 flats providing sheltered living accommodation. Its residents include the elderly, and those who have hearing, sight, or mental health impairment. Some are wheelchair users. In 2019-21, Goddarts came to the attention of this blog because one of its residents, Roy Sutton, discovered that though LBWF insisted the front entrance doors to the 27 flats provided 60 minutes protection from fire, in reality they only provided barely half that. In the end, this saga of the ‘fake fire doors’ led to a court case and an internal fraud investigation (see links, below). Subsequently, Mr. S... »