MSE Pregnancy Club 23

Gillyx

Kira000 wrote: »

As well as the heating, if it is dry out, opening a load of windows and letting the flat get a good airing should help too. Def not saying this is the probelm with your flat, but alot of letting agents are a bit ambivalent about damp as it is often due to tenants not opening windows to let air in whilst drying washing indoors, which is why there is often something in tenancy agreements about ventilation. Worth bearing in mind so if they raise it as a possibility, you are prepared!

Well the living room windows get opened every day, and we only dry washing in one room, most of the time I use the tumble dryer The bedroom windows are opened all the time, albeit not wide open, but a jar.

Thanks for the advice though, I will have a look through our agreement to see what they say.

twinklyeys

Gillyx wrote: »

I've taken pictures and could go up there with them, thing is, our flat is all modern and nice, it's not like it looks horrid, which is why this is annoying me.

I've friends coming to visit tomorrow for 2 days so it will need to wait until after then, as I don't want to be dragging them up there when I don't need to, and would rather enjoy the time we have. My OH has been complaining of a sore chest and back, and the more I think about it the more I think the damp has probably been contributing to it.

I've not put the heating off for a few days even though I'm boiling tonight, so hopefully that will help slightly, even though it'l cost us! Why can't things just be simple, honestly?

I had big problems with damp in a rented property whilst I was living in London, the letting agency were useless and we ended up having to bring in environmental health who took damp readings and then sent reports to the agency who in turn eventually got the landlord to deal with the problem. I would document everything and keep hounding the letting agency but maybe a call to the environmental health for some advice would not be a bad thing either? Good luck, you really need it sorted out before the baby arrives.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

What does your contact say? Call environmental health tomorrow, then your local mp then midwife - get them all in on it. Write a letter to landlord saying your durniture has been ruined and submit an invoice for it (i would)

on a side note - can someone come and slap some sense into me.

missymoo81

Has anyone used the lilypadz things, would really like to know if they work before I splash out on a pair.

missymoo81

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel wrote: »

What does your contact say? Call environmental health tomorrow, then your local mp then midwife - get them all in on it. Write a letter to landlord saying your durniture has been ruined and submit an invoice for it (i would)

on a side note - can someone come and slap some sense into me.

why might you need sense mimi, if its to do with OH, step away from the phone

*Redhead*

Welcome Jannine

I am soooo happy tonight cos I've sold the explory. People have just been and they were lovely. Got the money to pay off my Surf now, woop

Sorry to hear about the damp problems Gilly

Hope Mancbird is having baby cuddles by now.

We'll be having baby cuddles this week we think, but not of the human baby variety. We were told earlier that DD's bunny is expecting :eek: even though we were told she'd been spayed when we bought her. So got that to watch out for. It's a madhouse here :rotfl:

missymoo81

*Redhead* wrote: »

Welcome Jannine

I am soooo happy tonight cos I've sold the explory. People have just been and they were lovely. Got the money to pay off my Surf now, woop

Sorry to hear about the damp problems Gilly

Hope Mancbird is having baby cuddles by now.

We'll be having baby cuddles this week we think, but not of the human baby variety. We were told earlier that DD's bunny is expecting :eek: even though we were told she'd been spayed when we bought her. So got that to watch out for. It's a madhouse here :rotfl:

yaaaay for selling the xplory :T

OMG baby bunnies, now why didnt i think of getting one of them, would have saved me getting pregnant lol

cloudberry45

Grrrrr so so annoyed! Next door neighbours decided a while ago it would be good to get cats. When I say cats I mean about 6 cats. My husband has been constantly trying to keep on top of the poo situation (of the cat kind not the birthing kind lol!) as its everywhere in our garden! I bought a battery operated cat scarrer and it seems to be helping slightly but they are determined to poo in my garden! Its got to the point where I cant have the back window open as they keep coming into the house. Worried about there being poo everywhere when the baby comes and not being able to go in the garden.

cloudberry45

missymoo81 wrote: »

Has anyone used the lilypadz things, would really like to know if they work before I splash out on a pair.

I bought the lilypads after reading this review on a blog and they sounded great - just hope they work for me but loved the sound of them!

http://mymummyspennies.blogspot.com/2011/09/lilypadz-review-and-competition.html

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Get a super soaker for the cats lol or borrow a dog :-)