• I AM a woman in my seventies. Last night I struggled to sleep.

Since May 23 I have lived in constant fear, scared to come home, scared to wake up, scared to look up, panicking at the slightest spot of damp or shadow on the wall.

On May 24, I woke up to disgusting brown, 5ft-long stains all round my walls and ceiling, with water coming through the light, my nearly new carpeting stained and everything soaked in sticky water.

This was the seventh serious flood in 10 years.

It’s over four months now. No one from Peabody came to see the damage. I cannot live with this fear. Myself and the tenant above have been left in danger of being re-flooded. He keeps a pillow permanently under his hall doorway in expectation of being flooded.

They do not care – no contact, no replies, no information. Peabody once had a reputation for being rather caring, I thought. Something has changed.

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