A disabled woman has opened up on her agony after being forced to spend the festive period in a damp-ridden home. Nine days before Christmas Michelle Dark, 67, from Cheshire, woke to find water coming into her retirement home, leaving parts of it submerged.
It wasn't until almost 40 hours later that the flooding - which was caused by a burst pipe next door - was stopped following several calls to her housing provider's emergency line and firefighters even attending her home.
Michelle, who lives alone and suffers from arthritis and severe fibromyalgia, was left with soaking-wet carpets and furniture. And she says despite multiple calls to her landlord Anchor, she is still, almost three weeks on, 'paddling around' her property.
