A DAD-of-two believes his family’s health is being put at risk as his housing association has taken months to deal with his asbestos-ridden house after he discovered it by mistake.

Chris Kent, who lives in Boldewood in Liden, first moved into his family home 10 years ago and since then, he has been privately renting the house from Bromford Housing Association.

He only stumbled across the fact his bedroom ceiling was riddled with asbestos in December during an inspection from one of their engineers on an entirely unrelated matter.

“For about five years, I have been reporting the cracks in my ceiling and before Christmas, an engineer came out to drill some holes to install an extractor fan,” the 37-year-old said.

“Out of curiosity, I said have you seen the asbestos list for the house and he said because it was built post-2000 it wouldn’t be a problem.

“I knew that this estate was built in the 1970s which is why I looked into it.

“After that visit, powder started coming from the holes in my bedroom I complained and some tests were carried out in December. There was a delay in the results and they haven’t given me any confidence that they know what the risks are of having it in the house.

“I think our health has been put at risk because of the exposure and we have lived here for 10 years.”

After lodging a formal complaint, frustrated Chris wants Bromford to take notice of his concerns to his family’s health especially about his wife Rachel, 33 who is in remission from cancer.

Chris, who is a soft landings manager at the University of the West of England, hopes that when the work is completed, the family would be moved to alternative accommodation to prevent the asbestos from contaminating other rooms

“We’ve looked at moving house but to find a three-bed house in a close area to the school is expensive,” Chris said.

“I’m in a catch 22 situation where I feel like I’ve got nowhere since Christmas.

“If I am paying £700 a month for the privilege of living with asbestos, you would think they would do something about it, as they should.

“With everything else going on, chasing Bromford is the last thing I want to worry about. The job is quite straight forward but I don’t understand why the logistics of doing it has taken so long when we reported it in December.”

Charlie Jackson, Bromford’s head of locality, said: “We have been liaising with Mr Kent over the last two months to allay any concerns he has around the asbestos work due to be carried out in his home.

“Our contractors are booked to carry out the asbestos removal on June 6 which takes between five and six hours. We have confirmed to Mr Kent that his bedroom will remain completely safe for him to stay in once the work has finished.”