The council found us a place to live due to my vulnerability
as a sufferer of mental illness when we were facing homelessness nearly a year
ago. The flat looked good when we first moved in but it’s now clear that all
the problems were literally painted over.
It wasn’t long before mould started re-growing so we
alerted the landlord and he told us to open the windows in order to get air
circulating. This was fair enough in the spring and summer but now that we’re
in autumn it isn’t so simple.
As it turns out our building has no damp course and
instead of putting one in the landlord has opted to attach six inch fake walls to
the existing mouldy walls in what seems like a quick fix.
Unfortunately there is now mould in every room so the
house reeks of it; plus to compound the issue both my wife and I have asthma
which is especially affected by mould.
The bit that gets me though is that we have informed the
council of the mould situation and yet they still want to house people here
when we move out, which I think that is deplorable.
It's a struggle for a young, vulnerable couple to deal with a landlord who behaves like this. It causes a lot of stress, which has gone on to exacerbate my condition and prevent me from proceeding any further with my recovery.
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