RESIDENTS of the infamous condo building dubbed the leaning tower of San Francisco are facing upwards of thousands of dollars in bills to help cover the costs to fix the building’s tilt. 

The Millennium Tower located in the South of Market district of downtown San Francisco is most known for its nearly 30-inch tilt and continuous sinking. 

For years, the 58-story building has been subject to scrutiny over its alleged structural problems, which have reportedly caused internal issues for residents. 

Mehrdad Mostafavi, the owner of a third-floor condo in the building, told NBC Bay Area that he was forced to move out of his home in June after sewage backed up into his kitchen sink. 

He revealed that engineers warned the backups could happen due to the tower’s tilting. 

“It’s a luxurious building and famous building, but unfortunately it is not like this for me as an owner,” Mostafavi told the outlet. 

“I am really suffering.”

As the condo owner has been figuring out a way to clean the sewage situation, he and other residents were sent massive bills from the building’s owner association. 

The bills stemmed from the tower’s inability to cover all the costs to fix it’s ongoing tilt and sinkage. 

Mostafavi claimed his bill was nearly $14,000. 

All together, the Millennium Tower is asking homeowners and renters to cover $6.8 million of $120 million to stabilize the building, according to NBC. 

Initially, the cost to fix the property was set to cost $100 million. 

However, the project grew more expensive as the building experienced more tilting and sinking during construction. 

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To cover the additional costs, tenants were notified that they would need to pay $10 per square foot of condo space. 

The bills were due October 1. 

“I don’t know what to do with this place, because it is costly – I cannot live in it,” the homeowner said.

Allegedly, the tower association told the tenants that delays in construction and the city’s “heightened requirements” caused the project budget increases. 

In a letter to the tenants, the association claimed the tower’s developer and contractor Shimmick also paid an additional $10 million to help with the extra costs, according to NBC. 

However, the extra bill has forced some tenants to tap into savings accounts. 

Mostafavi told the outlet that he has had to take money from his retirement fund to fit the bill and fix his kitchen.

“It is very costly….they keep asking for more money and this is not acceptable for me,” he said. 

While the building is no longer sinking, it reportedly remains at a tilt.

“Their objective of correcting that tilt to a significant extent – I fear that expectation has not been met,” Harry Poulos, a tall building foundation engineer, told NBC in September. 

Poulos indicated that in order to permanently fix the leaning building, engineers would need to “magically…jack the building up further.” 

Officials with San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection has said the tilt is not expected to get any worse after the recent efforts. 

“Any recovery is welcome news but is not the primary objective of the retrofit and would be expected to occur gradually over time,” the department said in a statement.

The project to stabilize the building completed in June, leaving the massive building leaning over approximately 29 inches. 

The Millennium Tower first opened in 2009 and has a total of 419 apartments.

Management for the building did not immediately respond to The US Sun’s request for comment.