![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/clay-farm-trumpington-children-cold-and-suffering-at-flats/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/127331204_alex_melville.jpg&description=Image source, Nadia Gyane/BBCImage caption, Alex Melville has put up a banner at his flat on the outskirts of Cambridge in protestA resident of a building that has had heating issues for months said children were being left "cold and suffering".Alex Melville, a resident of one of 20 flats at The Clay Farm Centre in Trumpington, Cambridge, said he was boiling kettles to bathe his children.The building is also home to a GP surgery which has had water coming through the ceiling, and a doctor fears they could close if flooding continues.Cambridge City Council said the boiler was due to be fixed within three weeks.Father-of-three Mr Melville, who runs a design studio, moved into the building when it opened in 2018.The building has had intermittent heating issues since June, with Mr Melville stating that the "boiler's broken, the council, everyone's leaving the children cold and suffering inside". He has hung a banner outside his flat in protest and said families were being asked to shower in the nearby sports centre when problems occur.Image source, Nadia Gyane/BBCImage caption, Alex Melville has been boiling kettles to bathe his children"It's unreasonable to offer shower facilities at the sports centre when we have to walk with kids in their pyjamas, so we've been boiling kettles to fill the bath," he said.Dr Barbara Bull, from Trumpington Medical Practice, said since moving in during 2020 they had battled "endless plumbing issues"."We have now had four different leaks with the last one being the most serious," she said."We've had to close down three of our treatment rooms because of water coming through the ceiling. Thankfully not sewage, but it has been very detrimental to our daily functioning."The surgery, which has about 10,000 patients, has a rota for staff come in at the weekend three times a day to mop the floor.Image source, Nadia Gyane/BBCImage caption, Dr Barbara Bull has had staff come in out-of-hours to mop up water at her surgery"We are meeting [patient] d){kind=link}
A resident of a building that has had heating issues for months said children were being left “cold and suffering”.
Alex Melville, a resident of one of 20 flats at The Clay Farm Centre in Trumpington, Cambridge, said he was boiling kettles to bathe his children.
The building is also home to a GP surgery which has had water coming through the ceiling, and a doctor fears they could close if flooding continues.
Cambridge City Council said the boiler was due to be fixed within three weeks.
Father-of-three Mr Melville, who runs a design studio, moved into the building when it opened in 2018.