Mum slammed for complaining her temporary home is not ‘suitable’ – people say she’s ‘fussy’ & ‘it’s better than nothing’
A MUM has been dubbed ”fussy” after insisting her temporary accommodation wasn’t ”suitable” for her family.
Mum Tiegan Jordan, who was first given an emergency temporary accommodation in 2023, took to TikTok to slam her local council for the ”awful” conditions of the property.
According to Tiegan, the unit where the Lewisham council wanted to house the family, was easily accessible to the public via the back entrance.
Sharing footage of the red brick building, the mum claimed the old windows were not only ”broken” but also ”rotting away”.
The fire exit which was ”directly to the left” of her front door also often got left open by one of the neighbours, which was ”a hazard”, Tiegan claimed in the video.
”I have two young children. I also have PTSD when it comes to doors – since being at my old hostel and people constantly kicking it in and stealing our stuff, I can’t be somewhere which is open like this.”
The mother, who also ranted about the grim conditions on X – formerly known as Twitter – added that ”drug users have access” to the property.
Listing the number of faults within the temporary accommodation, Tiegan also demonstrated the viewers just how simple it was to get inside.
In the video, the mum-of-two pulled the door and was able to freely walk in without any issues or a key to unlock the door.
Once inside the hostel, which the mother claimed once served as ”an old care home”, Tiegan filmed the carpet on the flooring that was allegedly ”mouldy” and ”damp”.
”If you touch it, it’s soaking wet due to leaks that happen.
”There are three massive fire doors that I have to open to get to my corridor – and the second you open this door, you are slapped in the face with the smell of damp.
”My son had a coughing fit – he’s never had a coughing fit the way that he did when we came here.”
The clip, which has since attracted the attention of over 411k TikTok users, also saw the mum show the skirting boards ”that are crumbling apart” and ”walls that a dirty”.
”As is stands, I’ve told them that I won’t be signing for the property as advised by a solicitor.
”I don’t understand how this is liveable conditions for anyone,” said Tiegan who noted that the laundry room could easily be fixed with a ”a lick of paint”.
However, the clip soon sparked outrage amongst viewers who reckoned the mother-of-two was simply being ”fussy” and having a roof over her head was ”better than being on the street”.
One person thought: ”I get where you coming from but there is people in some areas paying over 1k to live in exact same conditions.
”England have no living standards.”
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Someone else agreed, writing: ”Lots of homes are accessible by the public though, not all homes have front gardens and secure gates…
”it’s a needs must, you do what you can to secure a roof over your kids head.”
A third chimed in: ”Your [you’re] clearly not in a desperate enough situation if you turn it down a roof over your head should be enough it’s better than a bench or doorway.”
Hitting back at the trolls, Tiegan said: ”All the people that are in their luxury houses seem to have a crazy opinion on me and my children.”
According to the mum-of-two, the Lewisham council has since ”agreed” that the temporary accommodation wasn’t ”suitable” for Tiegan and her kids.
”They’ve withdrawn the offer and they’re going to find me another offer, so I’m so sorry to you guys who are gonna be haters because that one is gonna p*** you off.”
Addressing some of the other comments, Tiegan claimed that she ”was renting private previously” – however, the conditions in the one-bedroom flat were allegedly ”just as bad”.
The tenancy came to an abrupt end when the mum received the Section 21 notice – a legal document that starts the process of ending an assured shorthold tenancy. It’s the first step a landlord takes to evict a tenant.
”They were redoing the walls, the foundations, everything – it was carrying out works that wasn’t able to be done with me and my son in the property.”