26 Stapleton Street, Claremont, Salford, M6 7WG

The house had not long since been declared derelict with Salford Council. The consequences of the landlord breaking the law resulted in a hefty fine or barring from renting properties in the area. The landlord didn't report her letting out rooms in an otherwise legally declared derelict building for a long time before the council found out. The attempt to reconcile with this hasn't made much difference. The house still stands, which is a plus I guess. Having said that you will find damp around the house ie paint flaking off damp ridden walls, downstairs bathroom roof, upstairs bathroom roof, living room by the fireplace and behind the fridge freezer. The repairs are done by a man who carelessly rips electrical equipment out of plug sockets, breaking things and then having the cheek to lie to you to your face knowing your stuff wasn't broken before he came about. Also failed to do proper electrical tests on all the kitchen equipment resulting in me putting them away in the cupboard to save potential health hazards. Backyard is a tip and covered in moss from years of neglect. I spent countless hours gutting the downstairs bathroom after it was evident it had been used as a storage space for the landlord and graveyard for potentially years worth of tenants leaving toiletries around, floor was slimey and caked in grease and mould. Was damp all around the bathroom, walls were pretty much black. Not enough space for 2 people to live in this house let alone 4 to cook, clean, store food, socialise. Mattresses are broken and ancient with dips in all of them from countless usage over the years without replacement. One mattress upstairs caused a tenant to come up with rashes from bite marks from bugs, was told to simply put a mattress protector over it, wasn't replaced. Safe to say the tenant wasn't happy about it. Broken wardrobes, cupboards, ancient cutlery provided and cups with stains and God knows what else. Stains on carpets in most rooms. Door locks fall off regularly and are hard to put on being awkward combination locks and no instructions given to change the combination lock upon moving in, which is a bit of a privacy concern. Less important but crucial component for most people today - Internet is dire here and the landlord regularly comes to take the router out of the house if you don't accept her excuses for not getting the line fixed. I'm sitting here writing this using my own data on my phone due to the fact that she took it out in a spiteful vengeful reply to my complaining about the neighbours pilfering it, the box always messing up and the speeds being atrocious. Apparently there is a cleaner that comes but the age old ploy "She's on holiday!" or "I wonder why she hasn't turned up, she's usually there every week. I'll ring her and let you know" always crops up. And no, she doesn't let you know despite you paying for cleaning in the tenancy agreement. There's no insulation from the neighbours on the right side, I'm pretty sure they can hear me breathing let alone talking or doing my thing, and I can definetly hear their television even though it's evidently on a normal volume so that doesn't feel too good knowing the walls are paper thin. The front door is protected by a crappy old Yale lock that with a slight push would caffle in on whoever tries to get in, no alternative and the normal old fashioned key lock is "off limits" to tenants for whatever reason. Shower upstairs trickles water, downstairs one better. The roof is slowly caving in upstairs, hasn't been fixed. Some of the upstairs rooms absolutely stink and I had to vent the downstairs room out when I moved in. Numerous electrical trips while being here so not sure whether water is leaking in onto the mains but there's been an electrician in, the same cowboy who broke my phone charger and then lied to me about it, whose apparently fixed it. That being said, some of the kitchen appliances don't work now. No response from landlord. Poor quality all round and absolutely chance of getting things resolved.