Work to improve Fulham council flats under the Decent Homes programe is 'shoddy' according to tenants.
Renovations at Sulivan Court are part of the £232million Decent Homes programme to modernise Hammersmith and Fulham Council's properties with Government money.
But Martin Arnold, 50, described the craftsmanship throughout his flat as 'appalling' after walls cracked, a cupboard swelled with steam and fittings put in at an angle.
He said: "A kitchen cabinet is not level and a drawer front is twisted. After my wife used a steamer, a cupboard door swelled up."
The builder's foreman said the problem was caused by the steamer producing a different type of steam to a kettle. Mr Arnold added: "I do not know what goes on in his head because as far as I know there is only one sort of steam."
The 50-year-old has chronic back pain and needs to lie in a hot bath to relieve it. He said: "We were promised the bath would be the same size, except it might be shallower. The new one was thinner and considerably shorter and to lie in it, I have to have my legs completely bent. Tiles are twisted and the wall bulges.
Another tenant, Jamal Khan, said there were cracks in his flat which have not been repaired. He said: "They said it would take 25 days, but it has already taken eight to nine weeks."
Abbas Roble, who lives with his mother in Sulivan Court said a hole knocked between the kitchen and bedroom was repaired, but left unpainted.
The 32-year-old scientist said cracks in the wall have not been mended and added: "I think it is extremely poor."
The Breyer Group plc is doing the work and contracts manager Steve Nicholson said Mr Khan's and Mr Roble's flats were completed in 25 days and that the 'vast majority' of Sulivan Court's 220 tenants were happy with the work.
He said the walls in Sullivan Court off Peterborough Road are very thin but due to be mended this week and added: "Some cracked when the kitchens were fitted."
He denied the Mr Arnold's bath was 'considerably' smaller, disputed the comments made about steam and added: "I would have to look at the door and see if it has expanded because of steam."
A Hammersmith and Fulham Council spokesman said that when problems are pointed out by residents, contractors will investigate and carry out repairs when required.
