Worn-out Carpeting, Damaged Panelling in the Elevators
Severity:
Important - greatly affects quality of life
Status:
In progress - the administration acknowledges the issue and is working on it
Problem Description:
The property manager says that the carpets have been ordered.
Risks:
The dirty and damaged appearance of the elevators is a nuisance for all tenants as they have to use them daily.
The "broken window" effect is well known: when a building looks neglected, it encourages other acts of vandalism and, worse, as presented in the article "Broken Windows." March 1982 of The Atlantic Monthly:
"Social psychologists and police officers tend to agree that if a window in a building is broken and is left unrepaired, all the rest of the windows will soon be broken. This is as true in nice neighborhoods as in rundown ones. Window-breaking does not necessarily occur on a large scale because some areas are inhabited by determined window-breakers whereas others are populated by window-lovers; rather, one un-repaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing. "
Next steps:
- Replacement of carpeting
- Modernisation of the Panelling
