The council tenant claims he only agreed to move into his property in Bernard Street, Park Hill, on condition the three foot disabled bath was removed and replaced with a full size one.

But staff at Sheffield Homes, which manages the council's housing stock, say they never made any promises - and claim there's nothing wrong with Brian's tiny tub.

Today Brian fumed: "It's a disabled bath and it's only 3ft 8ins - I'm 6ft tall!

"I've contacted the council several times. They have told me I have been placed on a waiting list and it will take another three months before someone comes to look."

Brian says he is meant to bathe in Epsom salts three times a week because of a bad back.

He suffers from a trapped nerve but his back got worse after he was knocked off his bike in a crash in 2006, spent 12 days in a coma, and was left partially brain damaged.

Brian said: "As far as I'm concerned I accepted my bungalow on condition the bath would be replaced."

A Sheffield Homes spokeswoman said Brian first contacted them in December but was out on two occasions when staff called round for pre-arranged appointments.

She said his enquiry had been passed to social services who would send an occupational health therapist to visit him in the next three months.

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