Guest guest Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Hi all, Here is My Story, I bought a HUD home in 1993. It was an Abandon house but I thought I could fix it up and it was cheep. After I moved in the Neighbor said no one lived there for 2 years and the people moved out suddenly, after a major water leak. They collected thousands from Insurance. I knew about lead Paint and Asbestos but never heard of Toxic Mold. I had many health problems I related to a job injury and the treatment they gave me. I had frequent ear Infections and asked my doctor if it could be from the mold in my house. He just said " could be " and did not say anything else. I did not worry much about the mold as it was easy to clean, it just wiped up and when I seen it, I cleaned it. We recycle trash in our City and I would save the empty plastic orange juice bottles . I noticed after a few days black mold was growing in the bottles. I was getting bad head aches and my Heart would beat in my ears in the middle of the night, keeping me up. Several trips to the doctor and my heart was ok, but they said nothing about the mold. After seeing a TV show of a girl with cancer from a mold Infested house and the house had less mold them my house I started looking up mold on the net and found mold help. I got a Mold test Kit from Lowes Home Center and mold grew in the kit. I moved out in January 2005 and been living in a trailer since. I told my doctor about the mold making me sick and He said " you don't have mold " . I finally found a mold Doctor but even he seems like a skeptic that mold can cause me all these problems I have rash on my legs looks like Psoriasis, heart palpitations ear infections, dry skin, head aches. Most of the symptoms left after I moved out and they return when I go back to clean up etc. I had all the walls torn out, all the floors carpet and Ceiling removed. The more I tore out the more mold I found. The roof was wood shake, covered with tar shingles, witch is illegal, because it cases mold and does not vent. Under the ceiling tiles was bathroom paneling and it was all moldy. Under the floor was particle board and it was all black mold. Under the basement tile was mold. The basement tiles had to be removed. Everything in my house is striped down to the studs. The whole roof was torn off to the studs and re sheeted. Something is still living in that house. I have placed gas chlorine bombs in the house to kill what ever is in it. I Zapped it with $200 UV lights. Still, when I go in it, even for a few, minuets my lungs start producing Philem. and I spit up. I do not even know if its mold in the house, only some kind of Bio hazard. The Philem. I spit up taste like dog poo. It smells like it too. I tried to make a claim with insurance and they denied the claim. The city will not help me even thought I paid 5 City Inspectors to Inspect the house before I moved in. I am on a fixed income and Don't know what to do. I called Lawyers and they said its a hard claim to prove and the stature of limitations is up as I bought the house in 1993. I still think I should be able to sue Doctors and city inspectors, If I can only Find a Lawyer. The only thing I can think of doing is praying to God for a Hurricane, to make State Farm pay me for my house. The Law of Karma says there is no free rides Insurance companies, they will pay somebody. I payed them for 15 years, then when I have a Claim, they treat me like Dirt. Anyway, My house is gutted down to the studs, and it's still has mold in the cracks of the studs and floors, I been bombing it with bleach, {a bleach fogger} but something is in the air, it might be stachy, Hoe do I clean the studs? What Chemicals and paint? Warren MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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