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Damp in rented flat :(
cloey
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We've been renting the same flat in the North East since I moved here in February, initially had a six month lease and then renewed for another six months so we're stuck here until February 2016.
About a month ago we started getting damp in the flat, contacted the landlord who took his time coming to check it out. Normally I would have just bought a dehumidifier to deal with it but right now we have zero money for anything.
Landlord finally came out last week, after water started pouring through our bedroom ceiling. Went to speak to our neighbours upstairs who had no leaks. Long story short theres something with the slates on the roof so the waters been pouring in with the bad weather. The landlord says that the damp in the bedroom exterior wall is because of this and once the roof has been fixed (in the next few weeks apparently) the damp will clear up. I've had to rewash all my clothes that were in the chest of drawers as they've ended up with mould on them.
My landlord says that the damp in the living room is our fault because apparently "we're damp people", I have literally no idea what this means, we treat the flat as if it were our own home keep it well ventilated. So he's doing nothing to deal with it, despite the fact that vile mould appears every other day, despite me bleaching the walls as soon as it appears.
Basically, my landlord seems to think the damp situation is our fault and is essentially blaming it on me "being in the house too much" he's already made many blatant remarks that I should have a job (ive been on esa since June).
So rambling over? Can he really just leave the damp as is? Right now we're sleeping in the living room because the damp is too bad in the bedroom and when the water comes in it will go directly on the bed because theres no were else for the bed to go. My husband has bad asthma which we explained to the landlord when we moved in because we had damp in a flat a few years ago and it ended in my husband in and out of a and e.
If anyone could advise me i'd be so grateful, even if it's just to tell me there's something else I should be doing. Thank you
About a month ago we started getting damp in the flat, contacted the landlord who took his time coming to check it out. Normally I would have just bought a dehumidifier to deal with it but right now we have zero money for anything.
Landlord finally came out last week, after water started pouring through our bedroom ceiling. Went to speak to our neighbours upstairs who had no leaks. Long story short theres something with the slates on the roof so the waters been pouring in with the bad weather. The landlord says that the damp in the bedroom exterior wall is because of this and once the roof has been fixed (in the next few weeks apparently) the damp will clear up. I've had to rewash all my clothes that were in the chest of drawers as they've ended up with mould on them.
My landlord says that the damp in the living room is our fault because apparently "we're damp people", I have literally no idea what this means, we treat the flat as if it were our own home keep it well ventilated. So he's doing nothing to deal with it, despite the fact that vile mould appears every other day, despite me bleaching the walls as soon as it appears.
Basically, my landlord seems to think the damp situation is our fault and is essentially blaming it on me "being in the house too much" he's already made many blatant remarks that I should have a job (ive been on esa since June).
So rambling over? Can he really just leave the damp as is? Right now we're sleeping in the living room because the damp is too bad in the bedroom and when the water comes in it will go directly on the bed because theres no were else for the bed to go. My husband has bad asthma which we explained to the landlord when we moved in because we had damp in a flat a few years ago and it ended in my husband in and out of a and e.
If anyone could advise me i'd be so grateful, even if it's just to tell me there's something else I should be doing. Thank you
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