A mother and daughter have issued a plea to North Lanarkshire Council to sort their Shotts home which has been infested by ants, bees and flies.
Grace Stewart and daughter Sharon Carroll have lived in their home in Northfield Avenue for 28 years but problems have began to arise in August shortly after the death of Grace’s husband Matthew.
Sharon has even likened entering the room to doing a challenge of ITV’s 'I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here'.
Grace told Lanarkshire Live : “In my bedroom I’m getting ants, bees, flies and creepy crawlies through the window, which is closed. My daughter had to put a sheet up and a curtain but they are still getting in.
“We can’t use the room now, it’s been closed off. Roughcast has fallen off your house.
“The Environmental Health team have said I need a new window but it’s getting really bad.
“I can’t go in there. I’m 70 and in bad health but I’ve been sleeping in a chair because I can’t go into the room.
“It’s really bad. We have used two tins of fly-killer this morning.
“I’m supposed to be getting the house roughcasted and put a new window in but nothing seems to be getting done.”
Sharon added: “We’ve got containers on the window ledge full of vinegar and lemon but nothing seems to work.
“Both of us have been stung when we’ve went in there. It’s like I’m A Celebrity at times.
“The inspector has been out and has said he will do his best for us but it seems like half a job has been done. We need it sorted quickly.”
A council spokesman insisted the local authority was helping the family.
“Our pest control contractor attended the property twice in August following reports of bees in the house but there was no activity found,” they told us.
“They visited again on October 25 and bait was laid for ants.
"Our housing service has carried out a temporary repair to seal a bedroom window until a replacement window can be installed.”
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