A disabled pensioner is scared to use his shower after the bathroom ceiling fell down just as he was about to get in.
Tommy Wood of Quarry Road in Oban had recently come out of hospital after suffering from pneumonia when the incident happened.
The 69-year-old is now worried that what is left of the ceiling will drop off while he is using the room.
The housing association sent a worker round to clear up the mess after the incident 12 days ago – but they are yet to repair it.
Mr Wood moved into the ground floor Argyll Community Housing Association (Acha) flat a year ago, after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
He has had his living room repainted four times since then due to dampness coming through the wall.
His mobility is poor and he walks with a stick. Carers come to his home to help with daily tasks and his bathroom has been adapted into a wet room to make it easier for him to get into the shower.
A large piece of plasterboard in the ceiling has now come away leaving the concrete floor of the flat above exposed.
Water is seeping through the floor but Mr Wood’s upstairs neighbour has been unable to find any leaks from the room above. This has made Mr Wood believe that the leak is being caused because the gutters, which have grass growing from them, have not been cleared.
The retired taxi driver said: “I was just getting ready to step in the shower when part of the ceiling came in. I walked into the bathroom and saw the plasterboard lying in the shower. It could have come down on top of me. You need a hard hat now to go in.
“I phoned Acha as soon as it happened nearly two weeks ago. They sent someone round to clear it up but since then there has been no clerk of works to look at it and no-one to fix it. It is terrible.”
Alastair MacGregor, Acha chief executive, said: “The association requires access to Mr Wood’s home and the private owner above in order that we can carry out the repair. We require access to the private owner’s property because we believe that that is the source of the water penetration.
“We have tried to contact Mr Wood twice this week to brief him on the way forward and to get access but we have been unable to speak to him.”
He added that the grass in the gutter is a shared responsibility between Acha and private flat owners.
If the owners agree Acha will organise the work and invoice them, however Acha do not believe it is the cause of the water penetration.
Mr MacGregor added that they had no record of any repair request for the living room, adding: “The association will try and arrange a technical visit for tomorrow to check this issue out which will be dependent on us gaining access.”
