Two young women claim that they wake up with difficulty breathing due to shocking levels of mold that have engulfed their apartment. Ella, 22, and her roommate are suffering from health problems after moving into their private rental apartment in downtown Manchester earlier this year.
Young professionals say they even resorted to spraying their clothes with Febreze before going to work because the smell in their apartment had become so bad.
Friends could not see the £ 890 apartment a month in person in the NOMA area of Manchester because all the reviews were done, but they say that when they watched a video of the property online, everything looked good. But shortly after moving three months ago, Ella said they began to notice a strange odor and small bits of black mold.
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She has since claimed that the mold has taken over the apartment and is now affecting their health. Shocking photos show large black spots on the kitchen ceiling, pieces of mold under women’s beds and clothes and shoes that have been ruined.
Ella claims that her rental agent has not been able to deal with the problem and the couple is now desperately looking for a new place to live. She says she has successfully argued for a freeze on their rent payments – but says she has only been able to do so by threatening the company with legal action.
She is now warning other young tenants in Manchester to insist on inspecting properties before accepting them, and to ensure that they understand their legal rights if the standard of living does not match what they have agreed to pay.
Shortly after moving, Ella noticed bits of black mold in the apartment (Image: MEN Media)
Speaking to the MEN, she said: “When we moved in, there was this smell right away. We noticed small pieces of black mold in the corners of the room and it smelled very bad under the bed. There was mold in our wardrobes that we had to delete.
“I immediately started filming and contacted the agency. They said they would find someone to look into. I had to call them to get someone out. In the meantime, I had to wash my sheets all the time because they stink. Moisture mold also gets on our clothes. “
Ella claims that several different artists have come to evaluate the matrix, but all have advised different things. She claims that nothing has been introduced to deal with the situation and says that she has made several reports to the rental agent that the mold is getting worse.
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“The bathroom has gotten very bad in the last few weeks,” she said. “The lights are coming out and everything is on the bathroom walls. It looks really bad and smells. We are both working professionals and I literally have to sit in my car and spray myself with Febreze before I can get in.
“My roommate woke up the other day and said she was struggling to breathe. We both wake up with a sore throat and a stuffy nose every day. It’s just that we’re both very bad. At first we thought it was just a cold, but for both of us to wake up every day with the feeling that we can not breathe, it is not right.
Ella says mold on the ceiling of their bathroom continues to worsen (Image: MEN Media)
“Right now my chest is very bad and I had to register for an ECG. I don’t know if it’s related, but I never had any health problems before I moved into the apartment. “
Ella and her roommate are expected to pay £ 890 a month for the apartment, but have now refused to continue paying until the mold has been treated. After finding “legal documents” online, she said the agency agreed they should not pay and would leave them in the property until they found somewhere else to live.
“We asked them if they could accommodate us in private accommodation until we found them somewhere, but they flatly refused,” she said. Obviously it’s good that we don’t pay rent, but I prefer to pay rent and live somewhere without mold. We asked if they had other properties we could rent and they also said no.
Ella says the matrix is so bad that it spoils her clothes and belongings (Image: MEN Media)
“I sent new photos of the mold two weeks ago and no one has come yet. I think they will just hire new tenants and paint the form. The apartment itself was perfect for what we needed, but we didn’t think it would be such a horror.
“I lost a lot of confidence in hiring because I feel like we’re sewn together. Maybe because we’re two young women, they don’t think we’re going to make a fuss about it. I know some people will probably bite their tongues in a situation like this, but I think it’s really important to try to fight our corner. At the end of the day, we didn’t sign up for an apartment with so many problems. “
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