The council are carrying out repairs to the home
A Nottinghamshire grandmother has said she has been ashamed of the 'disgusting' damp in her council house. Karen Draycott, 57, who lives on Main Road, Jacksdale has said the long-running damp problem in her home has ruined her kitchen and made her reluctant to see family and friends.
"The main thing is the state of the kitchen - I have kept trying to call them out and they just said 'oh it will be alright'. And now it's got in so much of a state they've had to take it out," Ms Draycott said."It's disgusting, talk about food hygiene and health and safety, it's just disgusting. I've got a daughter and granddaughter who are asthmatic, and it's affected my health as well.
"It's got to the point now where I'm ashamed of people coming to my house. Because as soon as they're in the kitchen it hits you - it's a strong smell. Ms Draycott claimed the council had initially proposed to take out two of the affected cupboards, instead of all four like she had hoped. "They've took two cupboards out when they should have took the whole lot out, and it's just full of damp that has been there for a long while. They did that the other day - all they are doing are replacing two of them which is not what they said, they said they'd do all four.
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