I'm having a nightmare and don't know what to do next.
We had to move into council accommodation about a month ago. I'm 24 weeks pg and have a 5yo, just turned 3yo and a 1yo. Our maisonette is on the 3rd (top) floor. There is no lift.
There are storage room at garage level. I kept the double pram in there and it went completely mouldy from damp over 3/4 days in there without use.
I complained to the warden who told me that ther was a big fire years ago which damaged something in the building and they have never been able to control the damp in our shed since.
I also sent an email to the council complaints dept and made a claim for compensation for the pram.
The same warden since stopped me on the school run and sid he had cleaned the shed out and that there was now mould collecting on the excercise bike saddle so I needed to give it a wipe.
2 council 'repair' men came to damp proof the shed and told dp that there was nothing they could do and they would probably condemn it.
I have now had a letter from the housing manager saying that she visited the shed along with the warden, and that they found no damp in the shed, the walls were dry and that she 'fails to see how the pram accumulated mould from being in there' and has informed the compensation dept of this.
I don't know what to do next. DP says the pram is now practically alive - surely if the shed was dry then mould would dry out wouldn't it? Does anyone know anything about it that I can hit them back with?
I also need help to find out about implications of pigeon s**t on stair handrails [pu8ke emoticon], building regulations for lifts - ie should there be one? and also fire regulations. There are no designated fire escapes etc...
If you have got this far well done!!!