Mum's council house infested with slugs and so cold that hands turned blue
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum who moved into a council house to give her family a fresh start has been waiting for repairs for two years in a slug infested, damp home.
Ms Johnson said the conditions are so grim that the youngest of her three daughters is too scared to sleep in her own room over fears of slugs and spiders getting in.
The bugs swarm the home through huge gaps in her front and patio doors, which also let in the wind and rain, Hull Live reports.
The ill-fitted doors mean Ms Johnson and her her three daughters were left in freezing conditions throughout the winter, with the draught so bad that her arthritic hands turned blue.After notifying the council of this problem and other issues, Ms Johnson claims she had no choice but to seek court action.The council were given 56 working days to fix the repairs, with a deadline of April 30, but the work has still not begun.The repairs extend beyond just the leaky doors.The mum-of-three has also got a faulty roof, problems with her chimney, cracked bricks and damp outside and inside the property - none of which have been fixed.Miss Johnson said: "My youngest daughter has her bedroom downstairs and the problem with the doors means she's too afraid to sleep in her own room."Because of the gaps, we've had a slug infestation in our living room, with a lot of huge spiders entering too, which terrifies her.
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