Save money to move my family out of our mouldy property

Hello,

This is the last resort for me and my family & it feels quite embarrassing to be asking for help, please be kind. My names Lily and this is my housing story I’m a young (single, following flying a domestic in pregnancy) mum to a beautiful 17 month old baby girl. We live in a council flat that has been severely neglected by the council & our upstairs neighbour.

Since finding out I was pregnant I was trying to move houses following continuous leaks and mould, I have also been without a boiler for weeks at a time. However I’m financially struggling due to a disability and the cost of living, so I started bidding. Our property that we live in has mould, damp, leaks and infestations that have damaged our furniture and required us to have to use our savings (for flooring & furnishing our new home) to replace them whilst we await an offer.

Ive bought dehumidifiers, both electric and standard box ones, they even fill up in my daughter’s wardrobe. I’ve replaced two sofas, one double bed, one next to me cot (which my little girl was sleeping in, unbeknown to us the mould beneath her (it couldn’t have been there long but any length of time is bad enough). Around 7 if not more bags of clothing due to mould damage, an entire travel system and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

We still live in this property, however now have had an offer to our dream house which is impossible to put flooring down or buy beds/sofas (basically any fabric items that mould may be living in). In between all of this, the mould has put my daughter be on an inhaler, have severe skin allergies & affect my asthma also. My little girls allergies were to the extent we got admitted to Manchester royal infirmary for 15days through a skin cancer suspicion as she was so poorly and her skin was dire. Her health still is far from 100% which is stressful enough, besides worrying about not having the ability to give her a safe and stable home, which is all any mum wants for their children really.

I am currently living paycheck to paycheck and saving where possible whilst trying to survive the month and entertain a toddler. I have few family members, none of which can support us anymore than they are.

I have severe mental health issues and I’m desperately trying to give my daughter the childhood she deserves, whilst battling my own mind.

I’m trying to keep this as anonymous as possible however any donations/support is so highly appreciated, I have evidence which I will also upload.

Any funds donated will go towards making our new house a home❤️

What you can see in this picture is mould & damp on my little girls crib, this is an underneath shot.

This image is the humidity levels in our bedroom which my daughter and I share. A safe level is 35 or less.

This picture is where mould has quite literally grown on my daughters sleeping bag.

This picture is my tshirt that was hung up, used often and also got attacked by mould.

This isn’t even the “tip of the iceberg” of how many items we’ve had to get rid of, this occasion is all clothing of mine & my baby girls.

This is mould growing on the walls next to where I sleep, where my baby sleeps when she can’t sleep in her own cot.

This is an interior dehumidifier that I bulk buy and replace 3 in each room once a month. These fill up in our wardrobes also.

This was my daughter’s 1st cannula at 11months old with suspected skin cancer, from the mould. Thankful that she’s now been cleared and now has severe eczema.

This is mould from our kitchen cupboard, as you can see all of our crockery is in there. I’ve now had to resort to moving my little girls dishes into a tub into the bedroom in the hopes they stay mould free.

This is a leak caused by our upstairs neighbour, our plasterboard falls off into our sink, we have infestations of wood lice & mould coming through our cupboards due to this.

Not good quality image, this is a silverfish in my daughters bottle drying rack when she was less than a month old, following an infestation due to the damp & mould.

This is mould on 1/3 of my couches that I’ve had to replace, it took completely over. Grew in the cushions, all over the base & inside.

Mould had gotten into the wood of my bed, rotted it & it snapped whilst I was sat there with a newborn.

Mt little girl has now been put on an inhaler due to living here so long.

This was my daughter’s beautiful travel system, she was still using this until I changed it over and saw this mould.

This is my baby’s skin and the reality of living in a mouldy property. Each day is a battle, watching your little one be in pain and knowing there’s nothing you can do. I feel I failed as a mother, I cannot provide a save environment for my baby