It could be several days before repairs are completed on a broken lift, which has left residents in a seven-storey Wollongong apartment complex virtually housebound.
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Kone Elevators technicians are set to start installing a new part in the dodgy lift today but it could take two days for the process to be completed.
Some residents at the Housing Trust complex in Market Street have been stuck in their units for nearly a fortnight after the building's only lift broke down on March 17.
Trust operations manager Chris Lacey said the organisation was keen to have the lift moving by Easter.
"I'm hoping to speak to Kone to obtain an assurance that they will be able to install the part over the Easter break as we definitely don't want the lift sitting idle," he said.
"We are hopeful the installation will take no more than two days, obviously we want it done sooner but we don't want to create unfair expectations [for the residents]."
Mr Lacey said several of the building's elderly residents had relocated over the past week, opting to stay with family or friends until the lift was fixed.
For those who chose to stay, the Housing Trust had been door-knocking residents to keep them in the loop on the lift's progress.
