{"id":157992,"date":"2025-07-21T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-91-and-have-cancer-but-a-london-council-let-me-live-in-a-soaking-mouldy-flat-for-a-year\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:03:27","slug":"im-91-and-have-cancer-but-a-london-council-let-me-live-in-a-soaking-mouldy-flat-for-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-91-and-have-cancer-but-a-london-council-let-me-live-in-a-soaking-mouldy-flat-for-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m 91 and have cancer but a London council let me live in a soaking, mouldy flat for a year"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWandsworth refused to class a repair to damage from a water leak as an \u2018emergency\u2019I am a 91-year-old leaseholder in a block of flats owned by Wandsworth council. I\u2019m living with saturated walls, dripping water and falling plaster because the council has failed to address a leak that began elsewhere in the block a year ago.When I first reported it, contractors made a large opening in my kitchen wall to inspect a service duct that contains plumbing for 10 flats. The hole has never been made good and is now crawling with insects. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…I\u2019m 91 and have cancer but a London council let me live in a soaking, mouldy flat for a year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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