A mum has been left "terrified" for her family's health after the amount of mould in her home left her daughter in hospital. Danielle Smith said she fears for her children's lives having brought them up in a flat where mould has covered the walls, furniture, and even bedding for years. Cardiff council has "been working with her to resolve the problems at her home" and work has taken place at the property while an independent contractor sent by the authority "found black spot mould on walls and furniture caused by condensation but no evidence of damp".
Danielle, a mum to three children, has lived in her two-bedroom flat in Honeysuckle Close in Pentrebane for eight years and claims she first noticed the mould just weeks after moving in. Having reported the issue to Cardiff council on several occasions she said the mould had been cleaned away and painted over but no further preventative action had been taken causing it to reappear within a matter of weeks.
The problem has now become so bad that Danielle's four-year-old daughter was admitted to hospital after struggling with her breathing with doctors telling her that it was due to the conditions she was living in and telling her they were "absolutely horrified" by the little girl's living conditions. WalesOnline has seen medical paperwork in which doctors directly link her illness to her hospital admission.
