Thank you for your replies. I am not sure how old the house is, but looks very old. It is a mid-terraced property (with attached houses on either sides). It was inherited by the landlord from an old woman who probably died in this house years ago. The carpets look very old and the vinyl flooring in the kitchen are so old that it have started to chip chip away. This house was even mouldy in the summer when we always leave the kitchen ventilator open. Last day when I looked down from the 1st floor window, I could see that a few kitchen roof tiles were broken and I am sure that the water should be seeping through when it rains. The kitchen wallpaper has damp marks. We had warned the LA that the whole structure would be effected if they didn't take an action on the roof problem 6 months back. I am worried they will have our deposit held back when we vacate the property because of the moulds. The EPC of this house is D66.

I have a private landlord and is letting through a property agent who charged us 175 per head and £50 for contract renewal every 6months. From last 6 months I have been continuously telling them about mould in the kitchen wall were it meets the roof. A contractor they sent said the outward wall was not rendered and there was a gap were the roof met the wall, also the roof tile was broken. Till date they have not done anything. The house is also poorly insulated. No amount of heating can warm It up! The mould has spread to the other corners and the wallpaper there is peeling off. Once when it rained, I even saw rain water dripping inside through the wall. The agents kept telling us that the property has to be ventilated. The previous tenant told me that there was some leak on another wall in the bedroom and when I checked, there was mould in on of the bottom corners, the wallpaper had ripped and was taped with a tape. We still decided to continue living here since we couldn't afford a new place deposit. We paid them £50 and mentioned repairs. Today they came for an inspection when I was not around and sent us a report telling there was a large amount of condensation on the windows and the property was not ventilated, hence the mould. When I checked, I could only see condensation on bedroom window. But, how do I open it when my baby was down with cold? The mould is nowhere else in the property. They have also exaggerated the inspection report stating the house was untidy throughout when I had hoovered the place in the morning and tidied it. It is impossible to maintain it perfect as I have 2 very young children. I am really upset now as they are asking us to evict unless we improve the condition by next month end when they come to inspect, when they must be the ones doing it. We pay £625 monthly for this 2bedroom house without fail every month. And after all this, this is what we get?? Are they just picking on us so that they don't have to carry out repairs? I have lived in 4 houses in the past 6yrs and never even saw a mould. The previous tenant said he had to file a suite to get back his deposit. If the ventilation was poor, won't there be moulds in the other areas too? Please help! Is there anything we could do?