Health issues due to damp/mould?

dekaspace

I have been given an inhaler as had a very bad chest for last 6-8 weeks which coincides with when I started getting a leak before my bathroom ceiling collapsed revealing ceiling and walls covered in black mould which though cleaned they never put on the anti fungal paint.

The only other time in my life when I had a inhaler for a cough this bad was 10 years ago which was in a property which had black mould and heavy damp/leaks.

So I was just guessing the cough was due to the leak/mould? If so is there anything I can do about it, not looking for compensation as much as treated better by LL (basically not like a pushover)

G_M

* Repairing Obligations: the law, common misconceptions, reporting/enforcing, retaliatory eviction & the new protection (2015)

dekaspace

I should note im in Scotland, but also trying to work out if the reasons for the health issues were due to the mould/damp.

Pixie5740

Why are you still living in this property? The leaks, the mould, the lack of repairs, the neighbours. Move. That's what you can do, move. Spend your time searching for a new home rather than starting yet another thread about this dive you are renting.

FBaby

If causation was that easily proven! The reality is that there is much more chance that your bad chest is due to the bug that is doing the round at the moment than the mould.

We have mould in our bathroom that has proven to be very difficult to tackle. I also have chest infection right now that is making me wheeze, but the mould has been there for 5 years and it is only my second chest infection during this time and funnily enough, half my office is suffering from the same affliction.

Still, 6 to 8 weeks is bordering on a long time, so would advice you go and see your doctor and of course, doesn't absolve your LL from doing repairs.

dekaspace

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Why are you still living in this property? The leaks, the mould, the lack of repairs, the neighbours. Move. That's what you can do, move. Spend your time searching for a new home rather than starting yet another thread about this dive you are renting.

Great attitude, first the prices have skyrocketed in past 12 months but also if I do move then I would have to pay removal costs, be even lower on council/ha property list.

That and of course I need to give 2 months notice on a property.

I have seen some homes at random over the past few months that from pictures would be more suitable but I also don't know if they will be worse than now, be it landlord or neighbours at least here I know I have cheap rent and neighbour problems are tolerable and location means close to town etc.

If I just had a car load of stuff I would just move.

dekaspace

FBaby wrote: »

If causation was that easily proven! The reality is that there is much more chance that your bad chest is due to the bug that is doing the round at the moment than the mould.

We have mould in our bathroom that has proven to be very difficult to tackle. I also have chest infection right now that is making me wheeze, but the mould has been there for 5 years and it is only my second chest infection during this time and funnily enough, half my office is suffering from the same affliction.

Still, 6 to 8 weeks is bordering on a long time, so would advice you go and see your doctor and of course, doesn't absolve your LL from doing repairs.

The difference though is I only have ever had a cough like this once before in my lifetime which was the property 9 years ago which had serious damp and mould, and these are only 2 times I needed an inhaler

The mould in the current one was black lumps on the wall covering the whole room, and was only wiped down with bleach and sugar soap by joiner and painted over.

At the other property it was broken tiles meaning 2nd bedroom was flooded, hallway was soaking walls all the time, lumps of mould almost as big as a orange cut in half and attached to the wall and 2 constant leaks.

I do get 1 chest infection/cold a year that is bad but its never like this.

Pixie5740

dekaspace wrote: »

Great attitude, first the prices have skyrocketed in past 12 months but also if I do move then I would have to pay removal costs, be even lower on council/ha property list.

That and of course I need to give 2 months notice on a property.

I have seen some homes at random over the past few months that from pictures would be more suitable but I also don't know if they will be worse than now, be it landlord or neighbours at least here I know I have cheap rent and neighbour problems are tolerable and location means close to town etc.

If I just had a car load of stuff I would just move.

Here are you previous threads:

Dodgy floorboards due to leak

Am I taking advantage with repairs?

Best to let leak dry out itself or use a heater

Ongoing saga with flood

Wait more of pester landlord about previous leak

Leaks from flat above, what do I expect from landlord?


Sorry, maybe a silly question but neighbour noise related.

How much noise is too much and reasonable times.

What advice do you think you'll receive on this thread that you haven't been given already? Have you contacted PHRP yet?

Sometimes when renting it's a case of better the devil you know. However, in your case with a landlord reluctant to carry out repairs, a collapsed ceiling, floorboards you think will collapse underfoot and now living conditions you believe are affecting your health it would be very unfortunate to end up somewhere worse.

Only you can decide if cheap rent and a close proximity to town are more important to you than your health.

dekaspace

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Here are you previous threads:

What advice do you think you'll receive on this thread that you haven't been given already? Have you contacted PHRP yet?

Sometimes when renting it's a case of better the devil you know. However, in your case with a landlord reluctant to carry out repairs, a collapsed ceiling, floorboards you think will collapse underfoot and now living conditions you believe are affecting your health it would be very unfortunate to end up somewhere worse.

Only you can decide if cheap rent and a close proximity to town are more important to you than your health.

What point has linking past threads got to do with the current thing?

Theres currently nothing to report to PRHP hence I haven't reported it unless I want to seem petty such as they do repairs (and that is more than I can say about most landlords I have had) just slow and I have been told by various sources including enviromental health I need to give them a chance before contacting PRHP.

And besides I am asking totally different things, I am asking if it affected my heatth, I am asking if because of that it gave me more power, not asking if they should do repairs.

Just so you know though I am autistic so thats why I ask new questions rather than continue old ones.

Pixie5740

dekaspace wrote: »

What point has linking past threads got to do with the current thing?

Theres currently nothing to report to PRHP hence I haven't reported it unless I want to seem petty such as they do repairs (and that is more than I can say about most landlords I have had) just slow and I have been told by various sources including enviromental health I need to give them a chance before contacting PRHP.

And besides I am asking totally different things, I am asking if it affected my heatth, I am asking if because of that it gave me more power, not asking if they should do repairs.

Just so you know though I am autistic so thats why I ask new questions rather than continue old ones.

It is useful for other posters to see what advice has been given already rather than wasting time giving you the same advice over and over again. Especially when you are claiming that your current health problems are to do with the disrepair of your home.

You've been told how to report and escalate repairs in Scotland numerous times already which appears to be what your OP is asking...

dekaspace wrote: »

If so is there anything I can do about it, not looking for compensation as much as treated better by LL (basically not like a pushover)

There's no further advice to give on that front.

If what you really want to know is whether or not the mould is affecting your health then that's a question for a medical professional not an internet forum about House Buying, Renting & Selling. I'm not sure what "extra power" you think this condition might give you, your options for reporting repairs and maintenance are still the same as before.

dekaspace

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

Do you think that staying in this dilapidated home and now reporting health issues will get you higher priority for the council housing you seek?
Is that where you're going with this?

I have no idea of this strategy myself, I know nothing about council houses, I just think it's time to cut through all the carp and get to the root of your long-standing issues with your housing.

Because this is just going to go on and on and on...

Considering I have had issues at most properties if not pretty much all in recent years I know a good landlord is hard to come by and even harder at cheap rents.

As it stands even with all the issues this is the best landlord I have had, the previous one never did repairs despite lights constantly blowing and sockets burned, claimed I rigged meter when I moved out, claimed I broke every item of furniture in house from wardrobe, bed, chest of drawers, sofa, washing machine and wanted replacements.

This one has repaired things just normally takes a few reminders to do so, the biggest thing I was angry about was having to spend about 2 hours cleaning the bathroom myself after the collapse, then landlord saying its not a priority to fix until I got EH involved.

Since then I have reported a loose kitchen sink pipe which they have fixe, damaged bathroom door which they (cheaply) fixed.

Last year when I mentioned the cooker was tripping the electrics they replaced it within a week, the year before that when kitchen cupboards collapsed they gave me new ones a few months ago I reported a slow filling toilet and had a new mechanism and pipe fitted.

Yet in previous properties I had cupboard doors hanging off when I first moved in as they were installed wrong and LL tried charging me for replacements when I moved, same property had holes in ceiling above cupboards hidden with skirting board, crumbling kitchen walls, broken roof meaning I needed 2 buckets in kitchen at all times, next door who had same landlord was a drug dealer and landlord knew and said he was a better tenant as he never was late with rent (and I was on benefits so worked out a day or two late every month, didn't matter the drug dealer stole my identity and opened loads of cataloges and credit cards in my name shared letterbox so in the 3 years I was there no christmas/birthday cards, any benefit or bank letter was stolen, parcels stolen (to the point my Amazon account was closed as they thought I was commiting fraud as so many items went missing)

What do I have here? A neighbour who lets his dog bark a few times a day as he has no respect for others, very annoying but tolerable.

Cheap rent

A few things that need done.

Good location.

A landlord that fixes things even if slow.

Right now the only bad things in property is a missing sheet of wallpaper in kitchen where I had a leak a few years ago

I wish it will help with council housing but I think thats unlikely but I foresee if I tell council I am desperate and can't stay here then move of my own accord they will say well I am settled in a new property now and be further down the list than I was and risking new landlord being worse.

Most of the properties on this estate are identical (thought he council/HA ones are more modernised and maintained) and the only flats I see close to my price range are in worse condition to what I have now, this one was painted and carpeted when I first moved in so just over 2 years ago, I saw 2 properties a few months ago that had not been pained in years and carpet was black with age, I don't mean dirty but black through.