COUNCILLORS have joined elderly and disabled people living in a bungalow complex in criticising council officials for sending workers to do renovation work in winter.
Harrogate Borough Council commissioned new bathrooms, kitchens, windows and wiring at the bungalows at Judson Close, Southgate, Ripon. Work which started in November is still not finished.
Residents complained to Ripon city councillors David Parnaby and Andrew Williams.
Coun Williams said: "Many of the residents are elderly or infirm. How can they keep warm with contractors working around them? This work should have been done in the summer."
Harrogate's assistant housing director Alan Jenks said he appreciated the inconvenience the work caused.
"Its timing was far from ideal. Steps were being taken to avoid a repetition," he said.
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