A DROITWICH woman has made a desperate appeal for the sprawling mould at her home to be dealt with before her disabled partner's life is put at risk.

Deborah Johnstone says she has been begging Spa Housing Association for five months to sort out the problem at what she hoped would be their "last home".

However, the damp problem had been caused by the tenants using a tumble drier without ventilation and drying clothes on radiators, a spokeswoman for Spa Housing Association said.

Mrs Johnstone claims her pleas have gone unheard and the fungus growing in the shower room and down the living room walls at the bungalow is seriously affecting 57-year-old William Ross's health.

"He has rheumatoid arthritis and asthma which have been getting steadily worse," she said.

"He is very chesty and finding it difficult to catch his breath.

"We hoped this would be our last home but it's so depressing."

She said they had just finished decorating, a week after moving into the Shepherd's Hill bungalow, when the mould appeared.

But she claims nothing was done despite numerous phone calls to the council and two visits from Spa Housing Association, which owns the bungalow.

"I've wiped down the walls but the mould just comes back," said the 45-year-old carer.

"I can't have my 10 grandchildren over for fear it will make them ill.

"I don't know what else to do."

However, executive director of Spa Housing Association Clare Huyton said the damp had been caused by the tenants using a tumble drier without ventilation and by drying washing on the radiators.

"The tenants have only been there a matter of months and this is an older property with no history of damp," said Mrs Huyton.

She said Spa Housing had ordered an extractor fan which would be installed in the next three weeks and would solve the problem of moisture from the tumble drier.

"We can give some help to the tenants but part of it is not to use a tumble drier without ventilation and to avoid drying washing on radiators."