Boyfriend says I'm being dramatic ..

[Jad234]

Just moved into new place and this is the ceiling,random tiny pieces are falling off.
I'm worried the whole thing may fall down,I was going to ring H/A but boyfriend says I'm being dramatic and they wouldn't rent it out if it was dangerous...
What do you think?
Can anything be done?

If I pull the square things off,will concrete be underneath?

They could be polystyrene tiles which are a big fire risk.

I was going to say the same thing as olivia.

They remind me of the white bits you get in boxes (if that makes sense)!

Your boyfriend is very naive.

Another part of ceiling has some more missing..

How old is the property?

Very old 1950s/1960s

If not earlier

Sound like polystyrene ceiling tiles, which are a fire risk. You're not being dramatic AT ALL. Regardless of what they are made of you shouldn't have bits of ceiling falling off, and if they are polystyrene they're best being removed. Don't try taking it all off yourself though, talk to landlord or estate agent before doing anything.

And a respiratory risk too. Definitely report to landlord.

I wasn't even thinking they were a fire risk till now I was just thinking that bits may continue to fall off.
Il ring first thing Tuesday.

Yep they look like polystyrene ceiling tiles, they will have been stuck on the actual ceiling so structurally they ceiling should be sound and not about to fall on you but as others say, could be a fire risk.

They do look like poorly fitted polystyrene tiles/ they were very popular in the 70s. I don't think they are illegal but they might be a fire hazard. I would remove them - YANBU

Didn't you notice them when you viewed?

Is it privately rented or council?

They need removing, you are not being dramatic.

Take a bit that has fallen off into the garden- set it on fire ( controlled conditions of course), show your boyfriend- think he will change his mind about how dramatic you are being when he sees how polystyrene burns!!

What a perfect hiding place for spiders to nest. Not wanting to freak you out or anything.....

Some landlords aren't as fussed about their tenant's safety as they should be - get it checked out, for your own piece of mind if nothing else.

Definite fire risk - get the land lord / HA to change them for something safe

I popped my head quickly in each door,I was just so excited to be finally getting out of previous house that I didn't really take much in.
The rest of the house the ceilings are normal except small bedroom.
This will be our daughters room too so don't want to take any chances.
Luckily she's in with us at the moment.

We had those. They are probably stuck on with 5 blobs of glue. And it was a nightmare scraping the glue bits off. Had to get replastered in the end. Don't offer to do it yourselves!

Could a mouse or anything get in from that Ceiling too? 😱

We had them too. Used a wallpaper scraper and they came off fine. We didn't even need to replaster. Just a bit of sanding. It came up in our survery and we were advised to remove. Not sure what you can do if the landlord won't remove them.

Echoing everyone who's said they are a fire risk. They're a bugger to remove, though - definitely a job for landlord.