Man ‘livid’ after being pressured to stay in mouldy flat that landlords will not repair

A person who has been pressured to stay in a mouldy, leaking flat for over a 12 months is livid after his landlord responded by sending him a package to type it out himself. Zbigniew Malon, 41, who lives in Baildon, Yorkshire, moved into his new residence with Accent Housing in December 2021, however says his “frustration is growing every day” after being pressured to stay in a flat that has mould-covered partitions and a leaking lavatory.

Mr Malon stated when he requested his landlord to repair the rising mould downside once more earlier this 12 months, he was simply despatched a package to do it by himself. 

His request adopted months of asking for the difficulty to be sorted.

Zbigniew instructed YorkshireLive: “I was offered an apartment in Baildon but told there was a leak in the bathroom and that I would have to hold off on moving for two – three months because they were fixing the problem. But they just replaced the plaster board.

“I moved in right here in December 2021 and after two months the leak began coming again, the wall was black. I reported it right away as a result of the water was coming via the electrical gentle sockets – they took the sockets out and stated they’d repair it however they nonetheless have not.

“Accent Housing keep telling me that because the leak is behind the wall that it’s the manager of the building’s problem – the company name who owns the building is Watsons.

“Over the final 18 months I’ve reported the leak, dangerous leaks, water even being on the ground and to do that day they do nothing besides change the plasterboard.”

Mr Malon stated he has been in a relentless wrestle to get his residence right into a habitable state for 18 months. 

He stated he’s being repeatedly instructed to contact constructing administration firm Watsons – however added they had been failing to handle the difficulty.

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He added: “Watsons got here to my flat a couple of occasions, the final time was round three weeks in the past, the man stated they may repair it on the prime of constructing to the underside of the constructing, however all he did was change plasterboard on the ceiling and that is it. Four days later it was moist once more.

“I have asked them to move me but all they told me was to log into the website and put in an application to be moved with the Housing Association.

“My frustration is rising every single day. In the start of this 12 months, I requested the owner to scrub the mould from the wall in order that they despatched me a mould package to do it on my own. It’s unsafe and I can not even paint over it as a result of the wall is moist and black.

“I can’t refurbish the bathroom because it’s wet so I can’t do anything, I can’t fit anything to the walls because nothing will hold. It’s affecting everyday life because I can’t use my bathroom fully.

“It’s dangerous when folks come over as a result of it stinks, I really feel disgrace to take anybody to my home.”

A spokesperson for Accent Housing said: “Regrettably, attributable to circumstances that are out of our management, the required restore work at this property has not but been absolutely accomplished.

“However, this is something we are already working hard to resolve, and it has our full attention.

“We will assist and facilitate the work wanted, together with remedial repairs for any affected clients.”