A Cowdenbeath man’s house was left in a mess after the council came to make his bathroom more accessible.

Iain Bentley, who uses a wheelchair, had workmen in to make his bathroom doorway larger to allow for his electric wheelchair, and other jobs to make the room more accessible to him.

However, some of the jobs were completed to such a standard.

And six weeks later Iain is still waiting on the work and repairs to be completed.

At times he was left without heating and water and his wet wall is being redone as it was not correctly installed.

Iain said: “It’s all over the shop! Before we do too much complaining, they have said it’s not finished, God knows when it will get finished though.

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“I wouldn’t like to not have my sister here to help.”

Iain’s sister, Susan Mitchell, comes over to his home in the mornings to help him. While a lot of the work was being done, workmen did not communicate with Iain to let him know when they were leaving or entering the building, so Iain did not know what was happening.

Susan commented: “They seem to think that because Iain’s legs don’t work, his brain doesn’t work. They never pop their head in to say I am away for lunch…”

Two of Iain’s doors, which were white, were replaced with brown ones, which he will now need to have painted the correct colour. His floor also should be replaced but it’s just being patched up, and the water in the toilet doesn’t run away correctly.

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“There’s holes still in the ceiling, just small holes, that have been drilled, but they have not been filled in or anything. It was pretty poor quality of work.

“They are coming to do bits and pieces, but you don’t know when they are coming," Iain added. "They’ll appear when they appear.”

L​eanne Gilhooley, lead officer for Housing Adaptations, confirmed that a range of work is currently being carried out to improve accessibility in the property's bathroom.

She said: “The job is currently underway, and I'd like to offer assurances that it will not be signed off until all parties are satisfied with the alterations which are being progressed this week."