A 'resentful' Kensington resident says she would move out of her private block if survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are re-housed there.

The woman, known only as Donna, shocked LBC radio host Shelagh Fogarty when she complained that 250 people who lost their homes in the fire in west London last week will not pay rent or service charge when they move into the 68 homes bought by the City of London Corporation at a luxury £2billion apartment block in Kensington Row.

Donna cited her high council tax and her service charge bill of £15,500 - before saying she would resent people who would not be expected to pay to live there.

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Shocked: The woman, known only as Donna, complained to LBC radio host Shelagh Fogarty (pictured) that 250 people who lost their homes in the fire in west London will not pay rent

A blue Lamborghini Gallardo supercar passes the development in Kensington where 250 Grenfell blaze survivors - around half of the tower's residents - will start a new life next month

Donna called into the show to take part in a discussion as to whether or not the Grenfell survivors should get access to the pool, cinema, gym, and other facilities in the upmarket block.

In the radio interview yesterday, Fogarty said: 'You live in Kensington, Donna?'

Donna said: 'Yes, I do, and my service charge bill, and this is a low one this year, is £15,500. And I would feel really resentful if someone got the same thing for free.



'I feel sorry for those people, but my husband and I work very hard to be able to afford this. And for someone to get it free, I would move.'

It is unclear whether Donna lives in the same luxury apartments that the survivors will be moving into at the end of next month, or elsewhere in the rich district of west London.

Fogarty raised her eyebrows in disbelief before asking the caller to clarify herself.

She said: 'You would move because of it?'

Donna said: 'Yes I would. Because our council tax bill is very, very high, our service charge bill is very, very high - so why should someone get it for free?

Pictures show rooms in the block's penthouses - but survivors are unlikely to live in such flats

Homes are being prepared for survivors who are currently staying in hotels in west London

'I know it sounds harsh - believe me, I feel sorry for those people - but I work very, very hard and so does my husband.'

Fogarty hit back. She said: 'Donna, it does sound harsh. You sound hard-hearted.'

But Donna said: 'No, I'm not hard-hearted, Shelagh. But when I'm paying that kind of money and someone else is getting it for free - if you stand in my shoes, you can say that.

'It's like paying a rent to live in your own house, £15,500.'

Fogarty said: 'I know it's a hugely expensive service charge, which presumably you can afford, ultimately?'

Donna said: 'Yes, I can afford it because I work very hard.'

Fogarty replied: 'But if it's no direct personal cost to you - they're not asking you to pay the service charge for these people - wouldn't it be nice to allow these people - to be one of the lucky few, Donna - who get to do something direct for these people?'

Donna said: 'They are living in the building, Shelagh.'

Fogarty said: 'You want them to be seen but not heard.'

Donna replied: 'No, that's not the point. If they are living there, and the council wants to pay the service charge bill, that's fine - they can use it. But I'm saying it should not be given for free because then my council tax bill will go even higher.'

Fogarty then asked the caller to clarify why her council tax bill would rise. Donna said: 'Because Kensington and Chelsea council charges us a lot of money and anything that the council gets for free, certain people have to pay for it.

'I heard people ranting and raving that we got a hundred pounds back - that's nothing to what we have paid over the years.'

Fogarty said: 'Yes but these aren't extra things. These are things which exist.'

She added: 'Shelagh, we pay a lot of money for it. A lot of money.'

Twitterstorm: Some listeners slammed Donna's comments but others think she has a point

Fogarty was quick to retort and said: 'Lucky you that you've got that money and you haven't been burnt out of your home.'

Donna replied: 'Nobody gives me anything for free, Shelagh.'

But Fogarty had the last word in the radio debate, and said: 'I disagree with your approach. Lots of people work hard, without earning enough money to live in Kensington as well.

'This has been an extraordinarily terrible event, and it just seems to me that it would be a great opportunity to show a bit of generosity. And not even generosity of money, in your case - just generosity of spirit.'

Donna's comments came as 'selfish' residents of the exclusive luxury Kensington development set to house 250 Grenfell Tower fire survivors have been slammed after branding the decision to take the bereft and homeless in as 'so unfair'.

The 68 one, two and three bedroom properties have been bought for £10million and will provide refuge for families who lost everything in the blaze that killed 79 people a week ago.

More than 500 people were living in the tower block when fire rapidly spread through it a week ago, killing at least 79. The building still contains many bodies because searching is dangerous

The apartments have large rooms and balconies offering panoramic views of London and residents also have access to a swimming pool, sauna, cinema and gym. But it is thought that the Grenfell Tower victims might not have access to such luxury facilities

Apartments in the Kensington Row development are currently on the market for between £1.5million and £8.5 million, and some residents are angry because Grenfell survivors haven't 'worked hard for it'.

Resident Maria, who bought her flat two years ago told the Guardian: 'It's so unfair. We paid a lot of money to live here, and we worked hard for it. Now these people are going to come along, and they won't even be paying the service charge'.

Other uncharitable residents have said families, many of whom lost everything in the fire, will use it as a money-making exercise and just rent them out on the private market.

Nick, who lives in a one-bed flat in the complex, said: 'Who are the real tenants of Grenfell Tower? It seems as though a lot of flats there were sublet. Now the people whose names are on the tenancies will get rehoused here, and then they'll rent the flats out on the private market'.

The development has over 500 apartments, of which the government has bought up 68

Some LBC listeners have slammed Donna's comments - but others think she has a point.

dizzy lizzy said: 'I will help her pack.'

Julie Carpenter added: 'Personally, I'd rather have the man who carried his neighbour down eleven flights of stairs that night living next to me than this woman.'

While Adrian Houghton said: 'Everyone assumes that these people don't work, some must - and what if they work hard? Does a banker on £100k work harder than a builder on £40k?'

But James Reynolds disagreed with the others on Twitter.

He said: 'Writing on the walls within a week, p****** in the lifts within a month, burning the buttons on the lifts within the year. Trust me, I am right.'

Shirl added: 'Shelagh Fogarty lives on another planet if she disagrees with that lady. Most of us completely agree with her. This will end in tears.'