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Hiya everyone!Bit of a novel here sorry lol :) but here goes...After searching for ages I've finaly found a council exchange to the area I really want. But, not sure if the house is for me as it has some problems with damp. The bathroom is on the ground floor. About 2 years ago their cistern pipe had a slow leak which they apparently didn't notice for a while, and by the time they did the floor was damaged so bad that you could have just pushed the toilet over. So they called the council who fixed the leak and put a dehumidifier in the room for a while and they were told to keep the window open for ventilation. (Which they havn't done.) I've seen the bathroom, it looks awful, the floor is white tiles which are all buckled up where the floor has risen, and the walls which are bare plaster are mottled black up to the ceiling. It's def still damp too.Hang on I'll post a bit more lol.....They have 4 children who get the bathroom soaked every night and they keep the window shut so they havn't put much effort into drying it out. My other thoughts were... upstairs there is mold on the windows... and in the smallest room up in the corner of the ceiling and wall (outer wall) it's not a wet patch but small spotty grey/black furry bits. What would cause this? They said it was there when they moved in, they wallpapered over it & it came thru a little bit (the bit which is visable) but since hasn't spread in 4 years so the damp has gone?Also, they don't use their airing cupboard for clothes, it's directly above the bathroom... being me I wondered if maybe this is because the damp might have spread right up through...I was also wondering if the whole house could have been affected by damp from the ground floor bathroom leak?If that's the case I definatly won't move!But if there is a chance of sorting the problem I'd love to move, I love the house and area, and as I'm now a single mum of 3 little ones I'd really like to move closer to my family asap. But not at the risk of my kids health!So, does anyone know if this problem is easily fixed? Or would it be a major thing.And, would it be a health hazard whilst waiting for it to dry out / whatever gets done to fix it?Could it affect the rest of the house, maybe it's already affected... there is a musty smell....but on the other hand it's council so you would have thought it couldn't be too bad?The council do an inspection of each house before we sign to move to make sure the houses are in good nick, but we sign to say we accept it as it is, any problems are our responsibility - and I don't completly trust the council to do a thorough inspection.If this is a case of needing to see the house before knowing the extent of the problem and what can be done I was thinking, as I don't have a fellea who knows about this sort of thing, I was thinking of phoning a damp contractor to go privately & do a survey? Any advice would be great, thanks for taking the time to read this~x~

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