A DISABLED woman has hit out at the council for making her living conditions unbearable.

Hazel Dwyer, 69, lives in Aston Road and claims Flintshire Council is not taking her disability into account when completing work in her home.

Hazel suffers various medical conditions such as asthma and arthritis which makes it painful for her to bend down or reach up to cupboards.

Due to being 4ft10 she cannot reach her top cupboards in the kitchen and struggles to bend down to the bottom cupboards due to her disability.

She also cannot reach over the kitchen counters to open one window and struggles to open the other windows with her sore arm.

The retired cleaner said: "I’m fed up of them doing jobs half-heartedly because I have to keep calling them out and they have to redo them.

"It’s hard accepting the fact the council aren’t taking my disability into account for any work being done in the house. It's extremely painful.

"It’s not knowing who I can talk to, to make them see I’m not coping. My health is bad enough I don’t need to be worrying about the house too."

Hazel has lived in her home for 17 years with her son Stephen and she says without him, she would not be able to live there.

The 69-year-old had her kitchen done in 2012 by the council and she said her disability was not taken into consideration when it came to the design of the house.

Because she could reach the bottom cupboards, Hazel was told it did not need redoing, but problems started last year when her cupboard doors started falling off.

She said her neighbours have had their kitchens re-done but not hers, adding: "They’ve made life more difficult for me. I’ve never used my disability as I thought they would know from my records, I didn’t know at the time you had to bring it up to them.

"I’m on anti-depressants because of it all, you have to fight for everything and it shouldn’t be that way, all tenants should be treated the same."

She tells the Leader how despite the fact she has fallen down the stairs twice and broken her leg, she has been refused a stair lift.

Neal Cockerton, chief officer housing and assets, said: "We are aware of Mrs Dwyer’s concerns and council officers have visited and inspected the property on numerous occasions with a view to ensuring that any issues are properly discussed and addressed.

"New windows were recently fitted at the property and a new kitchen was installed in 2012.

"Following consultation with tenants the council has invested in a programme of installing new kitchens in its properties across Flintshire and this is currently underway."