Re: Any Ideas or Suggestions?

[Guest guest]

Hi le,

I live in Pasadena, 15 minutes from downtown L.A. and my advice to

you is to look for a newer building, almost all the olser buildings

in this area are contaminated with mold. I have hardwood floors and

all the wood is contaminated. I thought if I removed the carpet it

would make things a little better but it actually made it worse.

Make sure, if you can to find out about any leaks even in the newer

buildings and especially if you live on the first flor of a building

because the unit above maybe leaking into the first floor unit.

Just be careful and cautious, good luck

Dana

--- In , " le " <danielletoile@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> My toxic mold exposure began when I lived in Berkeley and the

landlord

> (aka slumlord)didn't fix the roof. On of my roommates also got sick

and

> I have moved but all my stuff's contaminated so I've had to

> decontaminate it or throw it out. I also feel that I can no longer

live

> here in San Francisco and need to move to a warmer and drier

climate. I

> was thinking about Los Angeles, perhaps in a less polluted part.

There

> is a good journalism program there...I'm giving up so much though

by

> not going to SF State....it has one of the top journalism programs

in

> the country and people are so nice there....but the building as

well as

> some other bay area buildings give me really bad migraines and

severe

> dizzy spells. One lady in this group had written in about hardwood

> floors not being good in the SF Bay Area climate....I'm wondering

if

> hardwood flooring in LA would be any better...is there anything I

> should look out for? Any comments or suggestions would be

appreciated.

> Thanks and best wishes.

>

> le

>

[Guest guest]

Go back and read my reply to that same post:

" seeking safe housing on peninsula in bay area "

I went to craigs list and found a homeowner with a new home willing to

rent out a room. It's got it's drawbacks but it's worked really well

for me.

I forgot to mention in that post that the reason why I don't think the

wood floors where I am staying are a problem is because they are on a

cement slab. Where I would highly discourage wood floors is when the

house is built above the ground with a crawl space underneath.

>Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

>Thanks and best wishes.

>

>le