Diabetic woman hits out at council who "papered over" disgusting black mould in house

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A West Lothian woman has hit out at the council saying she has fought with them for over a year to fix black mould that had been “papered over”.Tamara MacDonald, who is diabetic, said she is worried about how the damp and mould that she found all through her Addiewell home is effecting her health.She said the she was shocked to find the black mould underneath her wallpaper and says it wasn’t treated properly in the first place.Tamara said she felt she had to take the house as she was living with her mum - who had recently been a coma after contracting covid - in a cramped home and claims she would go back to the bottom of the housing list if she didn’t accept it.She said: “The council have just flung wallpaper over my mouldy walls without treatment.“They have clearly just left my kitchen still full of mould and flies etc.

I’ve even had to get pest control out to clean my garden as it was full of dogs mess and I don’t have a dog.“The house wasn’t fit for anyone to stay in all my ceilings where cracked and even the head inspector said I should of never been given this house.“I’ve been fighting with them for over a year to fix this, I am just scunnered.”Tamara continued: “I‘ve had many inspector out to view the mould and they all say the same thing it needs stripped back and treated properly.“They even out-sourced an inspector and even he said that mould just doesn’t just disappear.“They are aware I have diabetes and worried about the mould, I didn’t have a choice at the time but to take the flat as I was sleeping in my mum’s living room but she was just out of hospital after being in a coma with covid and she really struggles to get up or down so really needed the space.“It’s a tiny house, sister and brother already stay