I’ve written a note in case my mouldy flat kills me – I’ve been hospitalised & had to sleep in my bathroom for 7 years
A MAN has been forced to sleep in his bathroom for the past seven years due to horrific mould in his flat – with him even penning a note “in case anything happens” to him.
Baldev Mahey from Ealing, London, says his flat where he has lived for 22 years is riddled with mould and damp, causing him regular hospital visits.
He says he has resorted to sleeping on two cushions on the floor of his bathroom next to the toilet, as the rotten conditions in his bedroom make it impossible for him to breathe.
As well as causing him to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a spinal condition from sleeping on the floor, his mental health has been destroyed by the state of his home.
He said he has on occasions been “so fed up” that he considered taking his own life and penned the letter explaining his situation “just in case something happens” to him.
He told MyLondon: “It feels like I’m being poisoned by the property. It’s so poorly ventilated, I feel like I can’t breathe.
“The blinds in the bedroom are all sticky and mouldy. It feels like that’s what has happened to my lungs and my skin. It’s impossible to sleep in the bedroom because of the smell.”
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“Because I’ve been here for such a long time it’s affected my skin, it
dries up.
“It feels like my body is dried up inside.”
Baldev says that the property his shares with his adult son is so bad that he has lost friends who refuse to visit, due to the abhorrent smell and for fear they might get ill.
He added that his 22-year-old son is also living in fear of getting as ill as his father, resorting to sleeping at friends – or even on park benches at times.
Baldev and his son have been offered a new one-bedroom flat by Ealing Catalyst Housing but they refused it, asking for two bedrooms.
A spokesperson for Catalyst said: “We are sorry for the current conditions in Mr Mahey’s flat and totally agree this is not acceptable.
“We have arranged for our engineer colleagues to make urgent repairs
to Mr Mahey’s flat next week and are liaising with him to ensure we are aware of everything that needs fixing at this visit.”