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The car is parked in the underground garage and becomes an 'unearthed cultural relic' overnight. The white car enters and the gray car comes out! "Several residents of the Mocuili community in Rainbow Bay, Hongkou District, sought help from" Xinmin Helping Nong "through the" Headlines Help "# Headlines Help # entrance of the Shanghai Channel. The problem of sand running in the underground garage in the small area is serious, and the vehicles parked in the garage by residents are" disheveled and dirty "every day. However, because the community has just passed the two-year warranty period, Maintenance faces challenges.

Sand running in the basement

Grey sky and grey ground

Rainbow Bay Mocuili is located in Lane 288, Hongwan Road, belonging to Rainbow Bay Phase IV. It is a newly built large-scale affordable housing community, delivered in June 2020, and residents' private cars are mainly parked in underground garages.

One of the major benefits of an underground garage is to avoid wind and sun exposure and reduce dust pollution. However, residents of Mocuili have found that their underground garage has been constantly "dusty". Whenever vehicles are parked in it, a layer of dust quickly falls on them overnight, causing great trouble for daily travel. "Our family went out for a trip last weekend, and the car was parked in the underground garage for three days without moving. As a result, it was so dirty that we could hardly recognize our car." Resident Mr. Xu complained to the Xinmin Evening News reporter "Xinmin Bangnong Busy" that he drove to work on Monday morning, but it just happened to rain. "The rain hit the dust on the windshield, and the wipers scraped into a pool of mud, and the line of sight was completely invisible." Alarmed, Mr. Xu quickly pulled the car over and wiped the windshield clean in the rain before returning to the road, feeling very embarrassed.

The vehicle has severe dust accumulation

Why is there so much dust in the underground garage? After repeatedly reporting to the property management, the residents finally found the problem - the cement floor of the underground garage was severely sanded and dusty, leading to the spread of dust. The reporter from Xinmin Evening News "Xinmin Helps Nong" walked into the underground garage of the residential area and saw that there was dust everywhere, and some places had thick dust. With a slight force, stepping on the garage floor suddenly "gave off smoke". Whenever a vehicle drove by, deep ruts appeared on the ground immediately, and the dust covering the ground immediately rushed in, making people unable to open their eyes. On the cement floor of the garage, many areas have begun to peel and crack, revealing the sand and gravel layer below, especially on the ground leading to the entrance and exit. Due to frequent traffic, the ground damage has become more severe, and many places have also appeared large pits, with thicker ash accumulation.

Sand and peeling cracking in the basement

The vehicles parked in the garage are almost covered in dust, and the thickness of the dust varies depending on the length of parking time. On several vehicles that have not been moved for a long time, the original color of the vehicles can hardly be seen. To prevent the accumulation of dust in vehicles, many residents have purchased car clothes to cover their cars, and some residents use bed sheets to make curtains to block dust in their beloved cars... "The garage is really gray, and parking here almost every day requires washing the car, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and expensive." In the interview, many residents repeatedly sighed bitterly.

Residents purchase car clothing to cover their cars

The warranty has just passed

Repairs are fatal

What worries residents even more is that with the passage of time and the intensification of ground wear, the problem of sand running in the garage will become increasingly serious, but maintenance has become a problem.

The main reason is that the warranty period has passed. "The property manager of the community told the Xinmin Evening News reporter" Xinmin Helps Nong "that there are a total of 3607 residents in the entire Mocuili community, with over 2000 parking spaces and a two-story underground garage. The community just passed its two-year warranty period last year and is no longer within the developer's maintenance scope. The property has also carried out daily maintenance on the issue of sand running in the garage, but the effect has been minimal. We used a water truck to wash before, and the sand and gravel washed out would still block the pipeline. Later, it was changed to sprinkling and cleaning, but it only had a temporary dust reduction effect. The person in charge admitted that the main reason for the sand leakage in the basement was due to insufficient strength of building materials or construction technology issues. To fundamentally solve the problem, large-scale renovations were needed, but the community's owner committee has not yet been established, It is difficult to activate public maintenance funds, and the renovation project costs a lot, which some residents may not agree to.

The person in charge of the neighborhood committee where the community is located also stated that the neighborhood committee is currently in preparation. Regarding the issue of sand leakage in the basement, the neighborhood committee has reported the situation to the relevant departments and has communicated with the developers multiple times, hoping that the developers can solve the problem. However, as of now, no clear response has been received.

Problems arise repeatedly

When to resolve

Regarding the issue of sand leakage in the residential garage, residents believe that it is clearly an engineering quality issue and should be addressed by the developer. The residents also reported to the Xinmin Evening News "Xinmin Helps Nong" reporter that the underground garage of Hongfuli Community in Phase III of Rainbow Bay also had sand leakage issues. Ultimately, the developer took the initiative to repair and reinforce the ground.

The Xinmin Evening News "Xinmin Helps Farmers" reporter learned that Hongfu Village in Phase III and Mocui Village in Phase IV of Rainbow Bay belong to the same affordable housing community. Hongfu Village was developed by Rainbow Bay Real Estate (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and delivered in April 2019; Mocuili was developed and constructed by CSCEC Dongfu, a subsidiary of China Construction Eighth Bureau, and was delivered in June 2020. Coincidentally, the delivery time differs by one year, and the garages in the two communities have also experienced frequent sand problems after the warranty period, which is thought-provoking.

The reporter from Xinmin Evening News "Xinmin Helps Nong" subsequently contacted a project leader of Zhongjian Dongfu, a developer in Mocuili, to discuss the issue of sand leakage in the underground garage. The person in charge replied that after the two-year warranty period in the Mocuili community, the relevant construction units of the developer have withdrawn from the site. For the issue of sand running in the garage, they will go to the site for investigation, and also consult with Hongfuli for relevant solutions. Then, they will report the situation to the company together, and the company will give the next instructions. As for when there will be a result, he cannot provide an answer.

Regarding this, "Xinmin Helping Farmers" will continue to pay attention.

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Planning | Qian Junyi

Text | Li Xiaoming

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Editor | Qian Junyi and Yao Chujie

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