Elderly couple leave home to escape mould

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Elderly couple leave home to escape mould

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ABC Online - Australia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/10/2442248.htm

The couple were concerned the mould was making them sick. (Supplied)

A Hobart couple have been forced to leave their unit in a

retirement home because of a mould problem.

An environmental consultant was called in to inspect the problem in

a unit at the Derwent Waters Residential Village in Claremont.

Don Maisch told the the owners of the unit the mould, caused by

rising damp was so bad, it was un-inhabitable.

" It was out of control, a lot of moisture coming up from

underneath, " he said.

Mr Maisch said the couple were concerned the mould was making them

sick.

They eventually moved out after coming to a legal settlement with

the managers of the village, the FKP Property group.

The unit has since been cleaned, the carpets pulled up and it has

been put back on the market.

FKP says it will discuss the option of a major refurbishment with

any prospective tenant.