I have got 3 kids ages 14weeks. 3 and 5 and i ave got damp in my bedroom and in my kichen the damp in my room has started growing molud on it and the damp in the kichen is rotting the floor boards and growing mushroom from it there is also loads of incets in my kichen what they are i dont know they look a bit like magets. there all comeing from under one of my cupborads. i have also been told that my 3 year old has got asthma which i have been reading can be couresed by damp in the home. i have had my landlord out and he said there is nothing he can do about it so what am i ment to do just like with damp and maget looking things sorry but know i dont think that is on.
do you think if i go my doctors i could get him to right my a letter of some sort to help me get a house of the counicl qiucker? i live in liverpool and my current landlord is a private one HELP PLEASE its driving me mad and i just fell like crying all the time which is not good for my kids
2007-09-28 23:57:25 · 9 answers · asked by bobby 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Threaten your landlord with tennancy neglect.
Damp and mould give off spores which aggrevate asthma so deffinately speak to your doctor and ask him to write to your local council. If the benefits agency pay your rent you should phone them too and tell them what is going on.
2007-09-29 00:01:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has The home always had this problem? Is the pluming leaking under your home? There must be some way to vent the moister out. Try opening the foundation vents. Sometimes moister will billed up in the addict and it will look like its going to raining up there .
2007-09-29 07:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by milldoc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contact the Local Council, environmental health dept.
explain to them what's going on & your private landlords refusal to treat it.
i would recommend you make an appointment with your GP, they will have proof of how the damp/mould could be affecting your childrens health & yours, too.
if the GP won't help, although i seriously doubt they'll be unhelpful, your last resort must be the local press.
not to sell your story but to shame the landlord into providing you with a safe & inhabitable home.
2007-09-29 07:05:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
well said Colin M. I would do just that. It is your Landlords duty t fix these thing´s. Go to your doctor and he will give you help , and put you in touch with the right people to fix this out. Poor you , courage my dear , think positive .
2007-09-29 07:11:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is a problem your landlord is obligated to fix this. contact the rental authority tell them of this unhealthy conditions or move for the health of your children . remember you have to breathe in that moist unhealthy air 24/7.
2007-09-29 07:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by la$t drinx$ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speak to the Environmental Health people at your local council. They'll probably come out and inspect, and they can often get a landlord to pull his finger out.
2007-09-29 07:02:04 · answer #6 · answered by champer 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Get ahold of the ministry of housing, they will point you in the right direction. You don't have to live this way!!!
2007-09-29 07:13:56 · answer #7 · answered by nbr660 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont know what country you are in ..but if in the uk ..go to the enviromental health people they will help you
2007-09-29 08:15:15 · answer #8 · answered by boy boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rent another place, but make sure it is not ground floor.
2007-10-02 07:48:06 · answer #9 · answered by H A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋