[garinda]

Again we have no facts regarding this old man, except hearsay, although if he lived to a hundred it can't have been that unhealthy place to live.

Every week there are young families in the Observer complaing about the conditions of their home. Usually by the time the story has gone to press any work has been rectified, and in every case the reason given by Hyndburn Homes was that the families wanted to move in early, knowing that the work was still to be completed.

If it was true, and this old man was unhappy living in his home, did he have no friends or family, or even neighbours, who could have helped him? The press would have had a feild day. Because they didn't, I suspect he may have been quite content to live undisturbed in his remaining twilight years.

As for damp, any property left unheated and unaired for seven months, especially over winter, in this damp Lancashire weather, will suffer from some sort of damp problem because of condensation.