Re: Tenant’s health fears at house

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What a shame that the same thing is happening everywhere in the world. I

honestly thought this mold problem was better in Europe but I guess not. Same

story all over and it is heart breaking to me!!

Sue

Tenant's health fears at house

Dorset Echo - England,UK*

By Miriam

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A HOUSING association tenant fears her partner's life-threatening

condition is being made worse by her mouldy damp walls.

, 37, has been a tenant of Magna Housing Association

(MHA) in her two-bedroom house in Hope Close, Crossways for 10 years.

Her partner Stuart Coombs, 46, is currently waiting for a double

lung operation because he suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary

disease and constantly requires an oxygen tank to breathe.

Miss said that her home was insulated by the housing

association eight years ago against her wishes and now they

are 'forced to live with mould and damp' in most of the rooms in her

house.

She said: " We didn't want the insulation because we had been warned

that it could cause damp.

" When I tried to refuse the insulation I was told by Magna that as a

tenant we didn't have the right to say no.

" Now the damp is bad in the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom and I have

to keep all the windows open for ventilation, which makes Stuart's

breathing even worse. "

Miss , a full-time carer, said that she is so worried about

her partner that she has asked a surveyor to look at the wall, and

he said the work would cost £300.

Miss said she has asked Magna Housing Association to do

something about the walls but was told that it was a problem with

the paint.

She added: " They have been round to see the walls and have seen my

partner on an oxygen tank and I think they are just being heartless.

" Stuart was on life support for 36 days after he had a full lung

failure last March and the damp is just making things worse. "

Magna Housing Group spokesman Emma Lambe said: " Magna has visited

Miss on a number of occasions and can confirm the problems in

the property are a result of Miss 's mode of living and the

lack of air circulating in her home.

" Last year the housing association agreed that because of damage to

artexed ceilings in the property some areas would be treated and

redecorated where needed. "

Miss Lambe confirmed that a surveyor attended the property this

month to inspect Miss 's case.

She said: " During the inspection a test was taken and no moisture

was found in the structure of the property resulting in a conclusion

that any mould was due to condensation.

" The only other moisture in the property could have come from a

small leak in the bathroom which was fixed promptly and was most

certainly not the cause of any mould. "

She added: " Although MHA appreciates that Miss 's partner

suffers from ill health, the problems in this property are caused by

her mode of living and other than the advice repeatedly given there

is little more we can do to help. "

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