Barely emptied furniture and hastily made boxes.
Faced with the decision of the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture to urgently evacuate the Obelisk tower, the owners of the apartments in the building are packing their bags.
For years, the building has deteriorated due to lack of maintenance and unpaid charges.
But it is on November 2, 2021 that the coup de grace comes.
An expert makes a new report which points to "the existence of an imminent grave danger".
The 164-unit building was affected by “strong corrosion (…) of the guardrails, cracks affecting the structure of the walls in line with the balconies”.
The decision of the authorities falls, the tower must be emptied of its occupants and quickly.
Within days, residents had to pack the essentials and leave the building where some had lived for 30 years.
We have met them.