Residents of the Serpukhov house fell into the communal abyss together with the floor

On the footage, which flew around social networks and were at the disposal of “MK”, a gaping hole: you can see bare pipes, raw soil and debris of brick supports, which recently kept life.

Residents know the cause of the nightmare: a long-standing sewer leak. According to them, the drains methodically blurred the base under the floor until the structure gave up. This is not a sudden accident, but the natural result of years of neglect. People write applications to the service organization, but, as they say in the classics, “the carriage is there now” – repairmen do not come to the calls.

First floor problems are just the tip of the iceberg. On the second floor, the situation is no better: after another roof leak in the apartment, the wallpaper left, which was glued recently. That is, the house rots from above and below at the same time, and in the middle there are people who pay for overhaul and wait for help.

It would seem that this is an emergency. Come, deal with it, save it. But it wasn't. Residents, desperate to wait for mercy from nature and the Criminal Code, ordered an independent conclusion and brought it to the administration. The response, dated October 28, 2026, killed in the air: “The submitted conclusion does not meet the requirements, so the interdepartmental commission has no reason to consider this set of documents.”.

Translation from official to human: “We might be happy, but your seal is not there.” The most interesting thing is in official documents. According to the letter of the regional MinZhKH from August 2025, the terms of overhaul of this ill-fated house are painted as a sentence:

• Roof and facade: 2029-2031.

Engineering networks (the very pipes that flow): 2035–2037.

Foundation (what washed away): 2038-2040.

That is, on paper, the house should stand for another 12 years with a blurred foundation and flowing pipes. What if the floor fails tomorrow? Apparently, then the commission will meet unscheduled - if they find the necessary certificate.

In the local public Serpukhov and Telegram-channels near Moscow, the news caused a storm. Here are just a few of the comments we have collected: “Serpukhov is a city of contrasts. On paper, it's 2038; in reality, there's a hole in the floor today. Why don't we all go to the bunkers? “I live in this house. It's scary walking around the apartment. And the administration says, "The documents are wrong." Which ones? Why don't we write blood on stamp paper

“The service organization is who, the CC, that collects money and doesn’t come? Already on November 6, they came, the heating bed was repaired, and the floors were not even opened. And now they will come back to watch. What to look at if you can already see the ground

We asked to comment on the situation of Alexander German, a specialist in the field of housing and construction expertise.

The erosion of the soil under the foundation due to sewerage is a threat to the bearing capacity of the entire building, the expert said. If you do not open the floors now and do not eliminate the leak, in a year or two, the entire section can form. References to the fact that “the conclusion does not correspond”, of course, unsubscribe. In such cases, it is not the interdepartmental commission on paperwork that should work, but the emergency service in fact. The house won't live until 2038.

Now residents have one main question: who and when will check the floors in neighboring apartments and fix the leak? In the administration, comments are essentially gone. The service organization promised to leave to see what is there with the floors, and “identify the necessary measures.” But people need to live today, not on the day of “determining measures”.