A mother who lived with her son in a mould-ridden flat with puddles of water leaking into his bedroom from the flat above said they were ignored by the private landlord and Bristol City Council for five years. Selenawit Asfaha and her son were finally moved out of the house last week (November 30) after a fellow Eritrean in Bristol contacted the Environmental Agency on her behalf.
The Landlord Melvin Walters who owns the Bristol based real estate company, MG Properties Limited told Bristol Live he plans to have the house refurbished. According to the Council due to Mr Walter’s failure to comply with instructions over repairs, damp and mould, Bristol City Council has referred his case to the Licence Enforcement Unit who will determine whether or not to take action against him.
Ms Asfaha and her son recently vacated the ground floor flat but the three bedrooms upstairs are still occupied with tenants despite the ongoing involvement of council officers and a recent inspection of the property from Environmental Health. Ms Asfaha moved into the Easton ground floor flat just off Stapleton Road seven years ago. She continued to live there after her son was born (he is now five) even after the celling caved in and water was leaking into his bedroom.
