11th Dec 2025 (6 weeks ago)
My boyfriend was renting a house in Huddersfield around 7 months ago when we first became a couple. I lived 2 hours away so this was my first and ended up being my only time visiting his home, When I went to his house I was actually so shocked I ended up taking him home with me the same week best decision of my life, after extending my stay to help him sort through his things to leave. The property had a severe rodent problem, his personal items were destroyed by rats and every problem he reported to them that he showed me (a long list) never got fixed. His life was made miserable by rats, leaks, mould and dangerous living conditions for years. There was rats coming through skirting boards, floors and even chewed through his daughters stuffed toys, most of his other belongings and left feces everywhere. My parents after hearing about this drove the 2 hours to come collect his things, entered the house and were also shocked and said they could not believe what he had been living in, it visibly upset my dad and my mam was in disbelief.
After leaving the property white gates saw fit to attempt to charge him around £1500 for the damage to the property he had the great displeasure of living in. We tried to have a phone call to have it explained to us why he was being charged and I ended up taking the phone out of his hand because after explaining that to a very ignorant woman that his austistic daughters belongings were covered in rat droppings and rat urine she did not care and disregarded what he just said completely continuing in a uncaring tone that he would be charged. No empathy, no care, no apology for what he had been living in. Nothing. We both appealed this to a higher level and they did not get their £1500. SHOCKER.
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