'Mould means a new shower curtain every three weeks'

A man has said he bleached his bathroom walls weekly and had to buy a new shower curtain every three weeks because of damp and mould.

Peter Arnesen, a housing association tenant in Swindon, said he had damp coming through the floor as well as walls and had to replace his stair carpet every 18 months.

He said he kept his heating on in the old terrace at 21.5C (71F) all the time: "If I let it get too cold, the damp just goes mad."

The owner, Stonewater, said it had been working with him since June last year to resolve the mould issue and that an independent report did not find any.