Sentence examples for neglected maintenance from inspiring English sources

He said that vandalism and tenant abuse, not neglected maintenance, cause most of the malfunctions.

In January 2005, the towers' board began a wholesale renovation that grew to $18 million amid division about the cost and past neglected maintenance.

But by the beginning of the 19th century, the canal was in decline as a weakened Qing dynasty neglected maintenance and dredging.

Yet these are not ancient structures: most were built in the 1990s, and in some cases neglected maintenance and unheeded warnings may have made matters worse.

He believes the idea that the estate was "blighted" by crime and drugs was part invention – the product of an excitable media and of film-makers who liked to use the Heygate as a set for gritty realist dramas – and part self-fulfilling prophecy, as the council neglected maintenance and replaced long-term tenants with short-term licensees, who tended to be more disruptive.

In 1893 they fixed "serious structural problems", the consequence of neglected maintenance.

(The family had tended to neglect maintenance, particularly after Mr. de Menil's death).

"We need to focus on the development of new homes at all income levels and not price-control policies that remove the incentive to build more housing and cause landlords to neglect maintenance and repair," said Armando Flores, legislative affairs director for the Valley Industry & Commerce Assn., which opposes the ordinance.

First, weak village leadership contributes directly to delays over deciding whether to plant trees or not; and then, even if trees are planted, it can retard or neglect maintenance.

For most of the 20th century, state governments and their bureaucracies have purposely neglected the maintenance of these historic homes – proving to be irresponsible and uncaring landlords.

They maintain that Bonn, despite the massive injection of funds for German unity, has totally neglected the maintenance of social services in the East.