CLEARWATER - An
elderly couple says they can’t get out of their Clearwater
condo for doctors’ appointments thanks to a broken elevator.
Evelyn Mense, 86, and
her husband live on the top floor of her condo building at
the Villas at Countryside.
When she first saw the note on the broken elevator two weeks
ago, she assumed it would get fixed within a couple of
weeks.
But when she called building management, who she identified
as Frankly Coastal Property Management, they told her it
wouldn’t get fixed for about 20 weeks.
"We can’t do anything: Doctors or dentists or anything.
Everything has to be canceled," Mense said.
FOX 13 counted roughly 20 units on the second and third
floors of the condo building that could be impacted by the
broken elevator.
Mense said she was told a reason for the delay is due to a
missing part that’s needed to fix the elevator. |
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"If it was a matter of
a couple weeks, it’d be different," Mense said. "But 20
weeks is too long."
Her condo building does have stairs. But, her husband is
94-years-old. It’s nearly impossible, she says, for the two
of them to get up and down.
"There are people on this floor that have oxygen like I have
and that are on walkers. And they can’t get anywhere," Mense
said.
We called Frankly Coastal Property Management and asked if
the company manages the Villas at Countryside on Enterprise
Road in Clearwater. The woman who answered said they have no
comment.