![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/son-dies-in-familys-mould-riddled-home-which-was-so-cold-you-could-see-your-breath/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_MFR_MEN_060823LukeBrooks_01.jpg&description=Luke Brooks, 27, died at his home in Oldham with an inquest hearing that it was so cold inside that you could "see your breath" and there was "jet black mould" A man died in a home that was so cold you could "see your breath" and his bedroom had "jet black mould", an inquest has heard. Luke Brooks, 27, from Oldham, died last October 25 with his mum saying that the house was cold and damp despite having had a boiler fitted - having gone three years without one. An inquest is taking place at Rochdale Coroners Court this week after it was opened in March and heard that Mr Brooks' death had been provisionally linked to a type of mould. But as proceedings resumed on Monday, Coroner Joanne Kearsley called for "no speculation" ahead of the conclusion. The court heard Mr Brooks lived with friend Chris Haycock in one of two bedrooms at the house, while his parents Patricia and James Brooks also lived there along with a niece Elizabeth and his brother James. Landlords Mark and Alan Sharples did not attend the hearing today. The court was told the family moved into the house in 2014 and giving evidence, mum Patricia said the family had no working boiler for three years until she arranged for a replacement to be fitted, having failed to get her landlords to resolve it. Asked by Ms Kearsley if they had "no heating at all between 2014 and 2017", Mrs Brooks replied: "Yeah." She said that even after the new boiler was fitted, the radiators did not work properly, and the house would be cold and damp. "As soon as winter came in, that were it," she said. "It was freezing... when the heating was on it was still cold." The court heard that the family's bathroom had "jet black" mould on the ceiling, while there was also mould present in the kitchen and Mr Brooks' bedroom. Mrs Brooks said a bathroom pipe had been "spraying water all over the place" and the property suffered with leaks. She claimed the landlords were contacted about the issues on a number of occasions but repairs would not){kind=link}
Luke Brooks, 27, died at his home in Oldham with an inquest hearing that it was so cold inside that you could “see your breath” and there was “jet black mould”
A man died in a home that was so cold you could “see your breath” and his bedroom had “jet black mould”, an inquest has heard.
Luke Brooks, 27, from Oldham, died last October 25 with his mum saying that the house was cold and damp despite having had a boiler fitted – having gone three years without one. An inquest is taking place at Rochdale Coroners Court this week after it was opened in March and heard that Mr Brooks’ death had been provisionally linked to a type of mould. But as proceedings resumed on Monday, Coroner Joanne Kearsley called for “no speculation” ahead of the conclusion.
The court heard Mr Brooks lived with friend Chris Haycock in one of two bedrooms at the house, while his parents Patricia and James Brooks also lived there along with a niece Elizabeth and his brother James. Landlords Mark and Alan Sharples did not attend the hearing today.
The court was told the family moved into the house in 2014 and giving evidence, mum Patricia said the family had no working boiler for three years until she arranged for a replacement to be fitted, having failed to get her landlords to resolve it. Asked by Ms Kearsley if they had “no heating at all between 2014 and 2017”, Mrs Brooks replied: “Yeah.”