Recent content by mysilentundoing

I agree. My boyfriend has asthma, and I had an inexplicable chest infection a few months ago (it was summer at the time). The builders have plastered around the light switches and over cables. The landlord came to have a look and was pleased with their work. I feel he is cutting corners, and...

Not really ideal, no. On a side topic, we have had to convince the landlord (show him the gas safety website stating it's a legal requirement when letting a property) to get a gas safety engineer to come round and fit a new oven after the previous one suddenly gave off a strong smell of gas...

Thanks for the replies. The builders have since painted a tar like coating over the injected parts of the wall. They've given this some time for it to dry and now appear to be plastering over the wall, no plaster board or membrane or anything else for that matter. We are told that "this new...

The flat was converted in 2010/11 from what I can find online via the council's website with planning permission information. It was our current landlord who converted the flat at this time. The walls do appear to be quite thick, but the builders have chipped away some plaster and exposed...

I was wondering if anyone could offer their advice for our situation. We moved into a flat 6 months ago. About 3 weeks after we moved in, the walls started to show mould, starting towards the floor. This was on an external wall, to which there was a raised floor/garden of another house on the...