Re: health dept. inspection

November 13, 2005

I don't know what state you are in but I got more our of calling the

county than the Health Department. I had several moldy rentals. The

first time I called the Health Department. They came out and showed

me where the mold was growing in the basement. I could smell

something

but couldn't see any mold. They didn't do anything else but show me

the mold and tell me how to clean it. When we were in another place

that had a roof leak and the odor was getting bad we called the

county

and they were ready to condemn the place. They made the landlord

repair the roof or they were condemning it. We were moving anyway

and

got out of there. I would take a sample of the mold that you can see

above the window. Just put on some gloves and a mask and cut a

small piece(in

my case it was a powder and I scooped up some of the powder. Put the

piece in a plastic bad and label it sample 1 or whatever and put the

time and date and a witness watching you and have them sign it

also. Just in case you later want

to try to get some recovery back from your landlord-- even though it

can be difficult. I would get all the evidence possible, pictures,

plus take pictures of the place before you leave to show you left it

in

a clean manner. They will fight you all the way. Good luck.

" dirty_little_feet " <sarahmarnick@y...> wrote:

> Any other suggestions for last min. evidence gathering? Ive

> taken pictures and Im going to video tape it tomorrow. Should I

take

> samples of the mold or will the health dept. do that? I plan on

> taking legal action against the previous prop. mgnr. and the owner

> so what should I do before I have to give the keys back? I know its

> very hard to prove mold related illness. I dont have the time or

> money for that kind of effort. Can I go after him because of the

> condition of the house? There are so many things wrong. We

> complained and nothing was ever done. The owner is some multi-

> millionaire that bought the house and never even looked at it. He

November 13, 2005

I am sorry to tell you this, but your daughter could die from this fungal

exposure. Babies

exposed to this kind of thing often develope bleeding lungs, which kills. There

are many

reports of this- there was an epidemic of it in Cleveland, I think.

No matter what the health dept finds or doesn't find, you need to get your

daughter out of

there as soon as possible. She can be permanently damaged from this. No matter

how

much it costs you to get out of there, it is worth your daughter's life.

Not to mention yours and your husbands. She needs to have both of her parents,

as

healthy as possible.

Best Wishes,

--- In , " dirty_little_feet " <sarahmarnick@y...>

wrote:

>

> Hi everyone. Ive been a lurker lately and Ill talk more about whats

> been going on later, but for now.....I called the health dept about

> my old moldy apt. They are doing an inspection on Monday. I have

> some questions about that. What will the inspection be like? What

> will they be looking for? What should I show them? What should I

> ask? What type of information should I expect, or demand? of them?

> Ive posted my story before but I know there are so many posts, I

> wouldnt expect anyone to remember. Anyway, heres the jist of it:

>

> The upstairs apt. toilet leaked. I told the landlord and nothing was

> done. 3-4 months later, our bedroom ceiling tiles fell down exposing

> nasty moldy insulation. That was the room my 9 month old daughter

> and I slept in. She got sick for the first time that month and has

> had allergy symptoms ever since. She got a nebulizer with albuterol

> treatments earlier this week. I have a weird thing going on with my

> breast. Hopefully we will know more after the lab results are

> returned from my bloody breastmilk. My husband now has an inhaler

> and allergy meds for the first time in his life. That house is

> falling apart. The siding is falling off, there are water damage

> marks everywhere. Theres mold under the linolium. There are tiles

> falling down from the ceiling. You can push the bathroom ceiling up

> about 1/2 inch above the window where there is there is mold. The

> windows (9 of 14) are falling out. I mean the whole window unit,

> frame and all. Its like they werent nailed in. There is a good 3/4

> inch gap between the window frame and the wall it should be attached

> to. I bet if you pushed on it you could make it fall out. The list

> is endless. Do I show the health department everything I can think

> of? Another question, should I invite the property manager along for

> the inspection? Its on monday and I have to hand my keys in on

> tuesday. I was thinking that instead of having to drive back to that

> hell hole, Id get 2 birds with one stone. Three birds, because I

> wanted to walk through there with the prop. manager. Anyway so she

> knew too. She just took over 6 months ago and has never even walked

> through that piece of crap house. Its an old victorian and looks ok

> but needs to be condemned. The health dept can condemn a house, cant

> they? Any other suggestions for last min. evidence gathering? Ive

> taken pictures and Im going to video tape it tomorrow. Should I take