A MUM has told how her mouldy flat is so damp that MUSHROOMS are growing from the ceiling – but her landlord won’t fix it.
Stacy Ingham, 34, lives in the house with her three kids, the youngest of which has been suffering from nosebleeds because of the black mould spores.
When she moved into the home in Nelson, Lancashire, with her boyfriend in August 2019 there were no clues for what was to come.
Stacy told The Sun: “There was no sign of any problems in the house when I first moved in.
“I thought I’d hit the jackpot – I thought ‘what a stroke of luck’.
“I had just got my daughter in at the school around the corner.”
But within months, she began to notice black spores appearing in areas of the house.
She said: “When it started getting colder around October time a patch of mould started underneath the bay window at the front of the house.
“It got worse as the weather got colder and wetter.
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“I had my first house inspection after 6 months – end of November.
“The letting agents came round and basically one of them was a bit snotty and made it out to be my fault.
“She just told me to move things away from the wall. That was all their advice and they weren't nice about it.
“Then the bathroom started as well because there's no heating in there and there's a vent. Then the kitchen started.”
Shocking photos show the severity of the conditions Stacy and her kids have been forced to endure.
'COLD ALL THE TIME'
The kitchen is wall to wall black mould, and big brown mushrooms have grown above their back door.
Stacy said: “That's the worst room in the house – It's an extension at the back of the property.
“Nothing's right with it. When you stand outside you can see a huge crack above it.
“The whole house isn't insulated properly – it just doesn't warm up.
“I’m spending absolutely loads on gas on a house that doesn't even heat up.
“I have three daughters – 4, 6, 7. It's not nice for them.
“Everyone is cold all the time. I would say that is the biggest problem
“They’ve had days off school because of coughs. It’s not Covid related – its from the black mould.
“There's a lot of sniffling going on and my youngest daughter gets nosebleeds randomly out of the blue and now I think that's from breathing in the mould spores.”
'NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE'
She added: “It's just so so cold. The house may as well not have a roof on it. It's like we’re living in a shed.”
Stacy claims she feels ignored by her landlord – who instead of fixing the problem, raised her rent last year from £450 to £495.
She said: “Environmental health came for an inspection in June and I thought ‘oh maybe something will be done’.
“I heard nothing until they came again in November and they didn't seem to take it that seriously.
“I got a letter from them saying that my landlord has been given a list of things to do and it had to have the work finished by January 17.
“Absolutely nothing has been done.”
The Sun has approached the home's estate agents for comment.
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