Pregnant mum-of-two doesn't want new baby living in their mouldy Lanarkshire home

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A young mum-of-two living in a damp and mouldy house in Wishaw fears for her children’s health because of the "unbelievable" conditions.Demi Hislop, 22, is mum to a four-year-old son, Jayden, and a one-year-old girl, Ava, and is due to give birth to a third child in less than a month.The family have been living in their ground-level four-in-a-block cottage-type home at Pentland Court in the Wishawhill area of the town for less than four years, and not too long after Demi moved in she realised there were problems with damp.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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I’m so fed-up that I don’t even want to stay here anymore, especially with another baby on the way.“I moved in around August 2019 and it seemed okay at first but less than a year later I started finding damp patches and black mould.“They sent an inspector out and said it was condensation.

The walls have been stripped right back to the brickwork and re-plastered but it hasn’t made a difference. It’s been all over the walls, ceilings, and carpet.“When I was getting out the hospital with my daughter her car seat was brought up from the house and it was covered in mould.