MOTHER-of-three Annika Prescott says she fled her home after part of her kitchen ceiling collapsed and was left unfixed for months.
Miss Prescott, of Bransdale Road in Clifton, claims she narrowly avoided being injured by falling plaster when the ceiling partially caved in back in February.
The 27-year-old, who lives in a council house, is still waiting for the ceiling to be repaired.
She fears the house is not safe to live in and two weeks ago she took her children, Kian-Louis, 10, Oliver, eight, and Dayle, four, to live with her sister-in-law, who has three young children herself and is four months pregnant.
Miss Prescott said: "When the ceiling collapsed I'd just finished washing the pots and was taking some washing out of the washing machine.
"All of a sudden parts of the ceiling just fell down.
"I just freaked out. I screamed up to the kids to tell them to get out of the bathroom, which is above the kitchen, as I was terrified they might fall through.
"The hole was above the sink, so if I'd still been washing the dishes it would have fallen right on top of me."
Miss Prescott blames a leak from the bathroom for causing the problems, and says it was reported to the city council shortly after she moved into the house in July last year.
Since the ceiling collapse, Miss Prescott says the only progress that has been made in fixing the problem is a visit from asbestos removal contractors, who took down the whole ceiling two weeks ago.
She said: "I was horrified when I heard they were testing for asbestos. They left me in there for months, even though it was potentially dangerous.
"I just don't understand why it is taking them so long to sort this out. I have been phoning them all the time."
Nottingham City Homes says it has no record of the collapsed ceiling being reported until April.
A spokesman said: "We have done extensive exploratory works to try to fix the leak.
"The reason it has taken so long is that on a number of occasions we were unable to access the property to carry out testing and repairs."
The spokesman said a plumber would go to the house next week to carry out tests, before the kitchen ceiling is repaired.
