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A mum-of-three says she was told to leave her council-provided property with just a weekends' notice.
Carla Traynor said that her Middleton Road property, a three bedroom semi which she moved into in April 2020, has been beset by problems. The latest issue, she told the Manchester Evening News , saw several people be electrocuted when they use the kitchen sink tap.
Now Carla says she and her three children were forced out of their home on Monday having been told to ‘vacate’ on Friday by a housing officer. The council says Carla can move back to her home once the problems have been resolved.
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Carla says her problems began early in the pandemic, when her landlord chose to sell the property she rented, and placed her at risk of being homeless. That meant the council found her a temporary home for her family.
However, she claims numerous problems with a boiler meant the family-of-four could not have the hot water running while the heating was on — as water would be pumped out onto the flat kitchen roof.
Eventually, Carla says the boiler was replaced in November 2021, but that only led to more problems. She told the MEN: “In January, the hallway ceiling was dripping badly and water was coming through, because of the bathroom. The pipes under the bath were leaking.
“They sent someone round to put my piping in, in January. Ever since, there has been a leak in the kitchen. We have got a leak which is giving us electric shocks from the tap.”
Carla says that an electrician measured the current coming through the tap at 83 volts — with electricity also interfering with the outside tap on the other side of the wall. Now,
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