A MUM is fearing for her children’s safety after a bedroom ceiling gave way at their home – leaving a gaping hole.
The debris then crashed down onto a baby’s cot at the family’s council property in Hull, where the homeowner lives with a number of children.
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MEN MediaA mum is fearing for her children’s safety following the collapse[/caption]
Luckily, the tot wasn’t in bed at the time of the horror incident, HullLive reported.
“I just need to be out of this property, to know that my children are safe,” the mum said.
Snaps of the scene reveal the extent of the damage – where sunlight is seen poking through the ceiling hole.
The mum suspects that mould may have caused the roof to cave in.
She added: “I just want us all to be safe and the clothes back for my kids – everything was ruined when the ceiling came down, including the children’s Christmas presents that were in that room.
“I’ve lost all the stuff from NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) for my baby, their first ever outfit and first teddy bear.
“Basically we’ve lost everything in that room.”
The issue was first flagged to Hull City Council on February 9, when the mum noticed a drip coming through the ceiling.
Councillors gave her an incident receipt, which provided a target repair date of February 12.
But illness in the family prevented that intervention, and the ceiling continued to “get worse” as a result.
Then, on February 23, the mum said she heard a “weird noise” coming from the affected area.
She continued: “Then the full ceiling just went. I knew the night before it was going to do that, it was hanging, and I tried to remove stuff to one side.
“It went everywhere, into the cot and on to the children’s beds, their mattresses, the chest of drawers.
“We were left on Friday night with the gaping hole – they put a carrier bag in it – and me and my children have been sleeping in the living room, which is underneath that bedroom.
“My baby’s had to sleep in the cot base from the pram. There are stains now on the living room ceiling from the damp.”
A spokesperson for Hull City Council said: “The council understands the position the tenant is in and is liaising with them to resolve the issues as quickly as possible.
“We were first notified about the ceiling requiring repair on February 9 and arranged with the tenant for our contractors to attend and undertake this work on February 12.
“Unfortunately, we were unable to access the property at that time, so arrangements were made with the tenant to attend again in the afternoon of 22nd February.
“We were notified on the morning of that visit that the ceiling had deteriorated further so, when our contractors attended, the ceiling was cleared and the area made safe, with temporary repairs carried out to the roof the following day (February 23).”
The spokesperson said further plastering repair works had been arranged to be carried out on Monday “but the contractors were unable to gain access to complete them”.
They added: “The council has liaised with the tenant again to rearrange this appointment.
“The property is due to receive additional works, including external insulation and re-roofing.
“This work, at the tenant’s request, will be carried out after they have moved out.”
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