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A family in Goole is desperate for a problem with their damp home to be sorted out.
Every morning Stephen Jackson, of Argyle Street, wakes up coughing and believes this is due to rising damp in his bedroom.
Mr Jackson and his wife are fed up with the constant smell and mould in their ground-floor bedroom - and the effect that it is having on their health.
"Every morning when I wake up, I'm coughing," said Mr Jackson.
"We shouldn't be forced to sleep in there every night."
The couple have also had to replace their bed, wardrobe and wallpaper after they started to go mouldy - but already things in their bedroom are starting to go green again.
"We lost a seven-foot wardrobe fitment - and we had to pay to do up the room out of our own money."
The couple rent the property from Headrow Housing, and are unhappy with the way the company has handled their complaints so far.
They say that although somebody was sent to investigate the problem, and special flooring was fitted which has helped the situation, they do not agree with their verdict.
"They're saying it our lifestyle that's causing the problem, and to move the furniture two inches from the wall."
To confound the issue, the family has have been told by a representative from ERYC's Environmental Health department that damp IS the problem.
Mr and Mrs Jackson feel that a more likely explanation is an underground cellar. They showed a Goole Times reporter a hole in the backyard, close to the bedroom wall, which appeared to go through to a space beneath the house.
The family are desperate for Headrow to resolve the problem properly, whether that means moving into temporary accommodation while it is sorted out, or moving into a new property.
However, they are reluctant to pay out more money.
"I don't see why I should have to pay for it," said Mr Jackson.
"I don't really want him to sleep in that room another night," added his daughter. "Everything is so damp."
Paul Common, director of operations at Headrow Housing, said they were working with their tenants to come to a satisfactory solution.
"The residents contacted my contacts in the Goole office with concerns about damp, and these were passed on to the maintenance team.
"They brought in specialist consultants, and the local authority, to try to get to the bottom of the problem."
He stressed that Headrow was are doing everything it could to resolve the problem but said poor ventilation or large piles of belongings against the wall could be contributing to the situation.
"We need to act as a responsible landlord and they need to act as responsible tenants," he said.
As for moving into another property, he said there would be no problem with Mr and Mrs Jackson putting themselves forward for transfer.
Published on 1st March 2007 in News.
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