{"id":175857,"date":"2023-05-23T17:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=175857"},"modified":"2023-05-23T17:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T17:14:04","slug":"disabled-mother-accuses-builders-of-filling-her-garden-with-mould","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/disabled-mother-accuses-builders-of-filling-her-garden-with-mould\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled mother accuses builders of filling her garden with mould"},"content":{"rendered":"
A disabled mother-of-two has accused her builders\u00a0 of turning her garden into a ‘stinking toxic swamp’ which she now fears is slowly killing her two pet dogs with black mud and mould.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jane Bamford, 58, says her housing providers are doing nothing to help since her back garden lawn was left a boggy marsh oozing the putrid bile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She believes the three inch deep petrol-like sludge which has taken over the rear of her home could be blue-green algae, which can be lethal to both dogs and humans.<\/p>\n
The health support worker says since the problem arose both her pet pooches have fallen violently ill and she’s had to fork out \u00a3124 in vet bills so far.<\/p>\n
The mother-of-two has complained to property providers Platform Housing, which manages her property, but was told it was the responsibility of the building company.<\/p>\n
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Jane Bamford, 58, from Worcester, is worried for her dogs Wilf and Gladys<\/p>\n
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Mrs Bamford has been forced to cordon of sections of her garden to stop her dogs getting ill again\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jane says her garden in Worcester would regularly build up with water but it’s only since last October that she has been plagued by the mystery oily substance.<\/p>\n
Her main concern is the health of her dogs – five-year-old German Shepherd, Wilf, and 13-year-old Gladys, a Cairn Terrier crossed with a Jack Russell.<\/p>\n
Jane claims that the smaller dog, Gladys has lost the fur on her legs which she thinks is due to the rancid quagmire festering in her waterlogged garden.<\/p>\n
She said: ‘I don’t call it my garden. I call it ‘the swamp’. I’m waiting for an alligator to come out of it. It has been nothing but trouble since we moved in.<\/p>\n
‘I’m worried about the dogs. Someone mentioned it could be blue algae. It kills dogs, and if they’re exposed to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘When my garden is flooded the garden is underwater. It looks like oil, the surveyor said it was some form of moss.<\/p>\n
‘It looks like petrol or when your car leaks and leaves a stain on the pavement. Gladys has lost his fur on his legs because of it.<\/p>\n
‘The dogs are getting quite ill. The little one is really low to the ground and has an upset stomach.<\/p>\n
‘They’ve both been really violently sick. The vet has said keep them off the grass because we don’t really know what it is.’<\/p>\n
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Mrs Bamford believes the three inch deep petrol-like sludge which has taken over the rear of her home could be blue-green algae<\/p>\n
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The disabled woman’s garden has now turned into an algae ridden quagmire\u00a0<\/p>\n
Animal-lover Jane said the murky substance first appeared after she put down some grass seed in her garden after a buildup of water ruined it.<\/p>\n
She claims her garden was left ‘like a swimming pool’ and that she even fell while tending her plants because the area was so wet.<\/p>\n
Jane, who has lived at the property since last March, added: ‘I was told it’s the tenants responsibility, so I threw a box of grass seed on it to get it growing again.<\/p>\n
‘Then this black stuff started appearing, it was gloopy.<\/p>\n
‘When it rains it just doesn’t go anywhere because it’s clay underneath it.<\/p>\n
‘This is all the builders fault, all of it. They told me they put a layer of soil down before they built, but I know it’s clay soil.<\/p>\n
‘I fell in the garden in November because it was that slippery and wet. I’ve been off work a long time because of it.<\/p>\n
‘It’s a cloggy black substance with a chemical sheen to it. It’s this black mud. I thought I had struck oil at first. But that black stuff is mould, not soil.<\/p>\n
‘I’m worried the dogs will die from exposure to the water. I’m devastated. All I want to do is live in my house and enjoy my garden.’<\/p>\n
Darren Harrison, service manager at Platform Housing Group, said: ‘We are sorry to hear of our customer’s issues with her garden.<\/p>\n
‘We have been in touch with the developer who visited Ms Bamford’s home earlier in the week to undertake a site survey.<\/p>\n
‘The developer will be taking action to rectify the issue.’<\/p>\n