A MOTHER living in a flat in Rhyl has told of her desperation to find somewhere more suitable for her and her young autistic son to live.
Rachel Grant has lived at the Corbett Group-owned property on High Street, with her six-year old child, for three years, but that ongoing issues with the flat have made her “depressed all the time”.
These problems, she claimed, include a lack of insulation, the presence of mice, and more.
She added that she has urged Denbighshire County Council to help relocate her and her son, but to no avail so far.
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Rachel said: “I’ve got no double glazing windows, and I’ve got storage heaters which cost me £300-400 a week in electricity.
“So, I’m in debt, because I’m borrowing money from everyone to try to keep me and my son warm.
“My doors are coming off the hinges; if you look behind them, there are holes. I can hear mice scratching through the walls at night, and I’m finding a lot of mouse droppings everywhere.”
The lack of help Rachel feels she has received has left her “giving up on everything”, she added.
Ideally, she said she would like a house with a garden, to afford her son “a bit of freedom”, and to improve her own poor mental health.
She added: “It’s making me depressed all the time. My son struggles to walk very far, so finds walking up 36 steps to the property very hard, as we’re on a second-floor flat. It’s just horrendous.
“I’ve asked the council to help me and put them on their housing lists, but I’ve got nothing back from them. I’m just giving up on everything.
“I’d like a two- or three-bedroom house with a garden, so that my son has a bit of freedom, instead of him just seeing his bedroom walls all day except when he’s in school.
“I can’t afford to buy nice clothes or food for me and my son. I’m always living on cheap stuff. People must look at us and think: ‘Wow, look at the state of them’.
“These things have been going on for the last three years.”
Corbett Group declined to comment when approached.
Denbighshire County Council said it could not comment on individual cases.
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