A SINGLE mum-of-four fears for her children’s health after being forced to live in a room plagued with mould and damp.

Conditions in one of the bedrooms Sarah McKie shares with her two youngest daughters in their Newton Farm flat are so bad they now have to sleep in the living room, with Sarah on the settee.

The Hereford Times visited the 27-year-old, who is worried about the effect it will have on her daughters – all under 10 – with one already suffering with asthma and another with eczema.

She is calling on landlord Herefordshire Housing to get them out.

“The conditions here are absolutely disgusting,” said the full-time mum.

“The mould is terrible and there is no space. You couldn’t swing a cat in here. We need to be moved.”

Her two eldest children, aged nine and six, share one bedroom while the two youngest, aged two and 12 months, sleep in travel cots in the living room, with Sarah on the sofa.

A cot in the affected bedroom is black from damp.

Sarah has been in the Sherborne Close home for nine years and says the last four have gradually seen a deterioration in conditions.

She has called Herefordshire Housing but says nothing has been done.

Ward councillor Heather Davies says Sarah’s plight is appalling.

“I’ve been working on cases like this since I first became a councillor but this has been my worst one,” she said.

“Something needs to be done. These are people’s lives we are talking about.”

Herefordshire Housing told the Hereford Times this week that Sarah reported the problem on February 17 and, following an inspection, put the problem down to condensation.

Its statement said: “The condensation problems found within Miss McKie’s flat have built up over a period of time.

“By not reporting it to us when the problems began we now have to take extensive measures to clean the walls and seal the affected areas.”

The group said tenants should report repairs to it “as soon as possible”.