Retired steel worker David Collins points behind a set shelves in the corner of his lounge. "It gets thick with mould down there," he says. "I clean it and paint it myself because it gets bad."
The 68-year-old says there are similar problems in his bedroom in the one-bed flat on Dukinfield's Central estate. "There's cracks in the bricks outside - I think that's where the damp's getting in," he adds.
"As long as I keep cleaning it I'm not that bothered (about the risk of mould), but it shouldn't be my job to keep cleaning it. It should be their [the landlord's] job to sort it out."
