MISERY is continuing for residents displaced by the Glasgow School of Art fire.

Tenants were due to return home on August 27 more than ten weeks after being evacuated from their homes on Dalhousie Street.

After being told they could not move in permanently due to their front doors being extensively damaged by emergency services, their return has been further delayed due to issues with gas pipes.

Charing Cross Housing Association, who owns the flats, broke the news to residents that it would be a further wait while all the pipes were replaced last Thursday.

As well as waiting for new doors to be delivered and replaced, those eager to get home have been told it will now be days until it will become a reality.

The problems only emerged after contractors began reinstating gas and electricity services to the building.

One resident, who has had to move again in light of the inconvenience, said he has only been given access to his home twice in over three months.

He added: “There has been problems with the gas pipes because they’re all so old.

“The housing association will need to replace them so we haven’t been able to move back in yet. I’ve been moved again and most other tenants have had their accommodation extended.

“I don’t care about the things inside the flat but to see what everyone is going through is really upsetting.”

As previously reported by the Evening Times, Charing Cross Housing Association, were only able to assess the damage when work to reduce the cordon began.

It is believed Police Scotland forced entry into the buildings under instructions by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

Housing association tenants have been allowed supervised visits to clean the flats but are not able to stay.

The Dalhousie Street resident said he will be looking to move away from the charred remains of the Art School.

He added: “I don’t fancy living beside a building site for the next six years. I used to look out my window at the Art School and feel quite sentimental but now it’s all gone.The whole place is covered in scaffolding. It’s just so bleak.”