A family of four had to sleep in one bed to keep warm after being left without heating in a shell of a house. The property in Salford needs '£20,000-worth' of improvements, but Nathaniel Finlay and his partner and children say they have been left in limbo due to delays in the work being completed.
The family moved into the housing association property on Hilton Lane, Walkden, in February 2020, but they say that within three months it was apparent there was a problem with damp.
Nathaniel, 31, and his partner Natalie Riley, have been living in the house with their son, aged four, and daughter, seven. The housing association which owns the property insists that damp issues are not related to any historic issue but occurred more recently due to a leak.
They estimate that the cost of the work done is £6,000. Nathaniel said: "We have been living in a property for the last two and a half years with excessive mould and damp problems.
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