Moved out of contracted apt due to mould

delgirl said:
Would be interesting to know what the cause of the mould was.

I had tenants in a property who were constantly complaining of mould on the bedroom ceilings and in the bathroom.

We had it cleaned, sealed and re-painted many times, only for it to reappear again.

In the end we discovered, during an unscheduled visit to the property, that the tenants were drying clothes on and in front of the radiators in the bedrooms and in the bathroom with all the windows closed, as they were out at work during the day.

This is what was causing the mould and it cost us a lot of money cleaning and painting until we discovered that it was actually the tenants who were causing it.

Not saying this is the case in the OP's property, but sometimes problems are unknowingly caused by the tenants themselves.
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I had this several times too. But you cant convince anyone who hasnt seen it happen. Noone has a mould problem before. One tenant moves in and gets mould problems. No matter what you do it comes back. When they leave mould never comes back again. Miraculous.

That said, I have been in houses where there is definitely damp getting in from the outside
 
catface said:
the heaters were electric heaters, they were installed when apartments were first built around 30 years ago, no the walls were fine when we got there, it was fine for the first few months and then it began too fall apart slowly,

the prtb have said we may have a case and i've to send them all the photos and the landlords details,
i am also waiting an appointment with free lagl aid solicitor so ill keep you updated,
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Very strange walls build 30 years ago would suddently start to fall down. Would love to see your pictures, any chance you could put them up here ?

You don't need free legal aid. In a landlord tenant dispute you must go via the PRTB.
 
they had put all new wall paper over the walls in the room that had the wall concerned, when the damp began to set in the wall paper pelled and it was clear to see the walls were rotting, i'd like to just say that we did nothin to this apartment to make it this way, we were first time tenents and were cleary seen coming a mile away, i have spoken to a solicitor and he said even though we did not give notice we still have a very strong case, our only downfall was not giving notice but due to the state of the apartment our case is stronger than that of the landlord,
 
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