"I'm disabled and suffer with bad anxiety so this has put me under a lot of mental stress. I want to be able to give the place a coat of paint but until the doors are water-tight, it will just get ruined. She said: "We moved here for a fresh start and to make it a nice and comfortable place to live but it's turned into an absolute nightmare. Ms Johnson wants nothing more to be able to decorate her house and make it into a real home but can't until the repairs are complete. The carpet around the door is wet and breeds damp Ill-fitting patio doors that are not water-tight Through lockdown, nobody was allowed to come out to us so we just had to live like this" © Miss Johnson This was all because we had a constant draught coming in through the doors. "I have arthritis and my hands went completely blue. I wrapped myself in several layers, socks and had a blanket over me while I waited for my daughter to come home from school because I couldn't afford to have the heating on all the time. ![]() Speaking on the lowest points in the last two years, she continued: "Winter was an absolute nightmare and it was freezing. My daughter has been sleeping in my room instead." It is a rented property so it should not fall on me to take all of this work on. "My daughter's room was full of damp and I financed the repairs myself because the council were taking too long. The doors don't keep the rain out and our carpet gets absolutely soaked when it's bad weather, which we were told is normal. "Because of the gaps, we've had a slug infestation in our living room, with a lot of huge spiders entering too, which terrifies her. Slugs and spiders could enter the house through gaps in the patio doors Miss Johnson said: "My youngest daughter has her bedroom downstairs and the problem with the doors means she's too afraid to sleep in her own room. The mum-of-three has also got a faulty roof, problems with her chimney, cracked bricks and damp outside and inside the property - none of which have been fixed. The repairs extend beyond just the leaky doors. ![]() The council were given 56 working days to fix the repairs, with a deadline of April 30, but the work has still not begun. Read more: Family of six sleeping in one room in flat from hell where mice are so common children think they are familyĪfter notifying the council of this problem and other issues, Ms Johnson claims she had no choice but to seek court action. Ms Johnson and her three daughters were faced with freezing conditions throughout the winter because of the draught that was coming through the doors that left her arthritic hands blue. Since moving in, huge gaps in her front door and patio doors let the rain and wind in. Ms Johnson, of South Cave, said conditions are so bad, one of her three daughters is too terrified to sleep in her own room because of slugs and spiders getting into the home. Heartstopper stars join Celebrity Gogglebox for Pride specialĪn East Riding mum who wanted to give her family a fresh start has battled for two years living in a slug infested, damp home as she awaits repairs to the council property.
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