“This is not the life I want to be living,” says Sandra Elusade as she gestures around her. “I don’t want to be living in a place like this. I’m embarrassed to invite my friends around.”
After nights spent itching, the 38-year-old discovered bed bugs in the South London flat she rents from Wandsworth Council. Disgusted, she’s afraid to fall asleep despite replacing her mattress and the council sending cleaners out, for fear of finding more. But she’s not shocked by the episode.
