Possible Clues:

• Irate chum suffering with stiff joints
• According to report, lounge, say, and loft are possibly suffering from damp
• Person with painful illness - cure him at resort
• Creaking sounds from space next to loft
• Affected by an inflammatory disease
• Creaky chair mute after treatment
• Hurt, I came out suffering pain
• Two chambers said to be suffering from disorder
• Room joined to attic, say, with rickety steps
• Only a big stuff would have an apartment at the top of the house like this, by the sound of it (9)