DENVER (KDVR) — It has been nearly a week since tenants in a Denver apartment complex lost heat and hot water, and a few days since the weather turned cold and snowy.
Thursday, Oct. 31, was when residents at Avon North Apartments said it all started.
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“We came home from a trip from Kansas to find out we had no hot water,” Taylor Parker said. “We came home to a freezing cold apartment.”
They said they have had to get creative to get by.
“We boil water. Not boil but warm it up and just get in the shower and do what we got to do and then, you know, freeze the rest of the time while we’re getting ready and then go to work,” said Joann Hackworth.
Dustin Lemons said he has been using his oven to warm the apartment.
“I let it heat up, I flip it open, I let it sit there for 20 minutes,” he said.
They admit it is not ideal, but it is better than the alternative.
“Just sleeping it’s freezing cold at night,” Parker said. “In the morning it’s been really cold.”