Danger roof has left me on the verge of a nervous breakdown

MUM-OF-THREE'S ANGUISH OVER LEAK AT MAISONETTE

- NICK JACKSON

A MUM-OF-THREE claims the leaking kitchen roof of her maisonette has rendered her home 'uninhabitable and dangerous' - driving her to the brink of a nervous breakdown.

Harwinder Kaur, 34, was unable to use the kitchen to cook for her children after water from the balcony above flooded through the ceiling of her home on Wyndham Drive in Swinton, Salford.

Workers from her landlord For Housing have cut away the central section of the ceiling and placed plastic sheeting over the gap. But water has continued to permeate through the roof and the M.E.N. saw pooled water next to electrical wiring when we visited her home.

"Since moving into this property six years ago it has been a living nightmare," said Harwinder, who was made redundant from her job at a jewellery chain during the pandemic."

And she claimed: "I have had mental health problems for which I have had to seek medical treatment due to the stress caused by the property and am currently still receiving it. I've been on the verge of a nervous breakdown."