All my problems

[Jaybird19]

I am still sleeping on the floor as my bedroom lost its ceiling in early jan uary. Couldnt get any one to fix it . Eventually I got a friend of a friend to do the work and has done the outside part of job anf finishrd that two weeks ago and now he cannot get a plasterer to finish the job . What do i do. Canno t hassle him but cannot sleep properly and fall asleep in th morning sitting in chair. Getting down is bad ebough but i am 86 and the getting up from the floor is not easy athroomis on floor above abnd early morning calls are not easy when need to go upstairs to loo .

Now i t return here and find we have lost littlepom who I do rely on fo r her knowlegde. What on earth caused that ! .

Have to go now to dentists and will be thinking about that all the time .

[Patk1]

Oh how awful Jaybird19.i remember Yr ceiling falling down.is it worth contacting Depher,or age concern? I hope it gets sorted soon x

[Digger0 in reply to Patk1]

You beat me to it - I was going to suggest them as well! cphcic.com

[knitter]

in my mothers area there was a charity that carried out odd jobs for older people who couldn’t manage to do them .

Try contacting Citizens Advice for help , or Age Concern .

Social services too .

Where I live the local council liaise with charities . Look at your council website see if yours has a similar scheme

Check your doctors surgery , tell them you have to sleep in a chair because of your housing problem .

Try ALUK helpline too .

Best of luck , take care .

[Ern007]

Not good that Jaybird19 - Specially at 86 - You need to tell your friend what is happening. A few years ago we had a bad problem 3 floods in 12 months, and the house was only about 30 years old. Tell your friend or his friend you can;t sleep and it's making you ill.

[sassy59]

Hoping everything gets sorted out soon so you can get back to normality. Hoping your dental appointment was ok. Xxx

[Issy22]

Jaybird19 what a terrible situation you are in.

Do you have any family near by to accommodate you until your ceiling can be fixed.

Do you have anybody who can advocate for you maybe social services or somebody in the local church community.

What part of England do you live in. ?

I hope you can get this sorted out soon X

[Blackbird8]

That sounds awful for you is there not like a support network or maybe a local MP that can help you out... Good workmen are hard to come by these days hope you get this resolved quickly 🥰

[Alberta56]

So sorry that you still are not sorted. I hope some of the suggestions above are helpful. Some local councillors are very good too, or perhaps even the local paper. xxx

[Izb1]

What a terrible situation for you to be in Jaybird, please contact ageconcern they should be able to assist or even social services x

[bazcranleigh]

So sorry to hear of your present problems. One possible temporary solution to the night time necessity to climb the stairs for a leak may be to buy a urinal and keep it handy. Amazon have them for about £6 - could be a good investment! Good luck Jaybird.

One further suggestion. Do you have a local neighbourhood website, we do. People often ask for tradesmen on that and it seems to work.

[watergazer]

Well that’s going on and on jaybird. Feel so sorry for you. Others have made suggestions. Hope you get sorted soon x

[strongmouse]

We didn't know where to look for a plasterer after we had a leak in the ceiling, but I found a good one via our local village Facebook page (members only group). Others on the group recommended them and they were local so needed to keep their good reputation. We had to pay obviously but they offered a good price. If you have a Hardware shop locally they can often recommend a local business too.

[Germantara]

I'm sorry to hear that it's being along time I hope a solution can be found