Dirty nappies and sanitary towels thrown onto Thamesmead woman’s balcony

3:12pm Monday 29th October 2012 in News By Kelly Smale

Melissa Mills Melissa Mills

DIRTY nappies and sanitary towels are just some of the disgusting items being thrown onto one Thamesmead woman’s balcony.

Melissa Mills has lived in her first floor flat at Trefoil House, in Kale Road, for 17 years.

For months she has complained to Gallions Housing Association about residents above chucking rubbish out of their windows on a daily basis.

Miss Mills told News Shopper: "I feel physically sick when I see it.

"It's got so bad I've got to get out.

"Now I'm out of work with back issues I'm at home a lot of the time.

"My mental health is being compromised because my stress levels are out of the ball park."

The 41-year-old added: "When you live in these properties you can make them as lovely as you can inside but you are still living in hell.

"It's basically like a prison sentence living here.

"I feel for my elderly neighbours."

Miss Mills says she cannot see where the rubbish is coming from as there are 12 floors and 48 flats in the building.

She said: "I wouldn't be surprised at anything else being thrown out of those windows.

"It's quite tough when you are 200 miles from family and there is no support network."

Miss Mills, who has a prolapsed disk in her back, also claims dog fouling next to her flat has left her unable to open the window due to the smell and flies.

A Gallions Housing Association spokesman said: "We can confirm that we recently received a complaint about rubbish dumping and dog fouling from a tenant at Trefoil House.

"As part of ongoing investigation we are looking into the matter with them; including a meeting with the complainant to gather further information.

"Our usual process involves identify those responsible and taking appropriate action which in some cases could lead to eviction for a breach of tenancy if they are found to be one of our tenants.

"However, this unfortunate incident shouldn’t overshadow the good work done by our operatives in helping to keep the area clean and tidy and the general good behaviour exhibited by most of our tenants in the block.

"But we sympathise with our resident and will work to get this resolved quickly."

Comments(20)

toffeeapple says...
3:43pm Mon 29 Oct 12

To quote Gallions;

"However, this unfortunate incident shouldn’t overshadow the good work done by our operatives in helping to keep the area clean and tidy and the general good behaviour exhibited by most of our tenants in the block"

What an absolute joke!

I've complained to Gallions MANY times about the rubbish dumping and fly tipping in this area for the past 2 years, we have soiled nappies and used sanitary products floating along
on a daily basis. Nothing's ever done.
A black sack full of household rubbish sat out on the pavement for 3 days this week, foxes had a go, dogs had a go, no one came to clear it up.

I'm sick of reporting it as it falls on deaf ears.

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reasonable75 says...
4:21pm Mon 29 Oct 12

WHY do NS always have people with there arms folded?

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joertmclark says...
4:30pm Mon 29 Oct 12

Gallions - cleaning up!? What a joke! They do nothing of the sort, yet they demand "estate charges" from residents.

Gallions is a joke!

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Observantagent says...
4:35pm Mon 29 Oct 12

I live in Woolwich in a first floor flat and someone from the two floors above me were throwing nappies down onto the ground near the bin shed. I complained to my housing officer and also said that generally people don't seem to know how to dispose of rubbish and that someone was also spitting in the communal area. After asking me if 'there was anything else' he promised to send out letters to everyone and it stopped - for now!!! There is now a massive old TV dumped by the back door which is also the fire escape should it be needed. You can take a horse to water but you can't teach it to drink!!!

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joertmclark says...
4:39pm Mon 29 Oct 12

Gallions - cleaning up!? What a joke! They do nothing of the sort, yet they demand "estate charges" from residents.

Gallions itself is a joke and should be removed entirely and the area should be split between Greenwich and Bexley Councils.

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junie says...
4:43pm Mon 29 Oct 12

gallions do nothing about rubbish dumping. even if you tell them who is doing it. they say we must have proof it was them...tell them look through the bag but they say not allowed...its a joke...

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the wall says...
4:47pm Mon 29 Oct 12

"Now I'm out of work with back issues I'm at home a lot of the time
AND
Miss Mills says she cannot see where the rubbish is coming from as there are 12 floors and 48 flats in the building.

Well get knocking on those doors as you're not at work and ask a few question.

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Brook says...
5:05pm Mon 29 Oct 12

Blaming the housing assoc will not stop it. At the end of the day it is your dirty lazy neighbours who are probably living rent free.Find out who they are and report them. You are a community!!

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Gypo.Joe says...
5:45pm Mon 29 Oct 12

Council tenants,,,say nah more.

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PaulErith says...
12:16pm Tue 30 Oct 12

Install your own CCTV.

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Sach&jo says...
3:49pm Tue 30 Oct 12

Maybe if this woman got her facts right and targeted the correct people, instead of shouting and hollering at people who do look after their estate and abide by the rules, then maybe this would stop. Shouting and swearing at an 11 year old girl and scaring the life out of her, is not going to make things right.Nothing was mentioned about a cooker being thrown off one of the top floors, thats ok is it? personally i think gallions do a really good job and look after our blocks. I am a full time worker and every night when i come home, it is clean. And i am happy to be paying a service charge. Maybe some people need to get off theirs backsides and do something with their lives instead of trying to ruin others'!!!

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bible scoffer says...
10:34am Wed 31 Oct 12

...most 'savvied-up' people know the type of person who engages in this type of filth... it has nothing to do with labelling people as 'council tennants' as if this is what all council tennants engages in - like i say - if you join-up all the dots - and i.d. them with c.c.t.v. you'll get a better picture of who is responsible for this - a small minority again spoiling it for those who have decent, honest, standards!!

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Sach&jo says...
1:12pm Wed 31 Oct 12

Well said!!!!

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Ewan Hoosami says...
11:23am Fri 2 Nov 12

I feel sorry for Melissa. I used to live in West Thamesmead and every morning the cars were covered in eggs, fizzy drinks, etc. There does seem to be an element of pond life in these flats which view this type of behaviour as acceptable. Also, the communal hallway where the letterboxes were was littered with takeaway leaflets and other junk mail where people would just throw it on the floor when collecting their mail. To be fair to the cleaning staff, the place was meticulously cleaned every morning but you can't polish a turd.

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neonis says...
2:53pm Fri 2 Nov 12

I have lived on thamesmead for 38 years and thamesmead used to be a nice place to live. I now hate the place and if it wasn't for the fact that both my parents are getting on in years and my youngest has been fast tracked in their gcse's, I would gladly leave this hole. Building more properties? Gallions need to get rid of the scum bags that they have let live here, now THAT would improve Thamesmead!!

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2bobsworth says...
8:36pm Fri 2 Nov 12

the only way to get councils and such like to do something is to do what my mum had to do when i was a kid,our house was falling down around us,after many years tryin to repair it herself,she went to the council and got no help whatsoever,so after 2 years of plaster fallin off the walls,she bagged it up,took it to the council office and tipped on the receptionists desk,needless to say they were up in a week,decided the house would be too expensive for them to get up to legal standards (we still had led water pipes and gas taps hanging from the ceilings) so decided to rehome us and sold the house.if they got off thier arses sooner then all that wouldnt have been necessary.

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Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott says...
4:29pm Sat 3 Nov 12

Are the silvery/glass sorta like cup thingys awards for the best kept window boxes?

I particularly like the moss that has obviously been fertilised by the soiled nappy.

Perhaps Miss Mills should rub the nappy on her back to make it grow stronger so she can get back to work.

I have to say Miss Mills is quite foxy though.

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EverardEdbutt says...
8:13am Mon 5 Nov 12

Try having to step over junkies everyday, smoking crack cocaine on coke cans and the little Martell bottles and shoving heroin up their arms.
The police do nothing, claiming they are always gone by the time they get there (often 4 hours later)
so I did and got arrested for assault. I will do it again and again, nothing like a bucket of freezing cold water chucked over a junkie in this cold weather to make them think twice!!!

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neonis says...
8:46am Mon 5 Nov 12

EverardEdbutt wrote:
Try having to step over junkies everyday, smoking crack cocaine on coke cans and the little Martell bottles and shoving heroin up their arms.
The police do nothing, claiming they are always gone by the time they get there (often 4 hours later)
so I did and got arrested for assault. I will do it again and again, nothing like a bucket of freezing cold water chucked over a junkie in this cold weather to make them think twice!!!
Good on you : D. Makes me laugh though, the police can arrest you for assault, but not the dirty crackhead for doing drugs basically on your doorstep, this country's laws are a joke!!

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Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott says...
9:51am Mon 5 Nov 12

Taking into account all the smackheads who frequent this estate perhaps Miss Mills' towerblock should be renamed 'Tinfoil House'!

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