Newlyweds Say Mold, Bacteria Drove Them From Recently-Purchased New Home

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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Newlyweds Say Mold, Bacteria Drove Them From Recently-Purchased New Home;

Pending Foreclosure Could Jeopardize Hubby's Job

In Gloucester County, New Jersey, The Phialdelphia Inquirer reports:

* After a honeymoon in Mexico, le and Beety returned to

their dream home, a $407,000 yellow stucco on a cul-de-sac in Gloucester

County. Their future seemed golden. " We were on cloud nine, " said le

Beety, a first-grade teacher who also coached high school field hockey.

" Everything was going completely great, " added Beety, a mortgage loan

originator. That lasted two weeks.

* Suddenly, le Beety was stricken with severe throat pain and

developed flulike symptoms. Her baffled doctors ordered myriad tests. Three

times they admitted her to Jefferson University Hospital in

Philadelphia. She required two operations to remove a 5-centimeter abscess

inside

her neck. " It was like living a live episode of House, " Beety said,

referring to the Fox TV show in which the eccentric Dr. House diagnoses

mystery illnesses. Each time le Beety returned to their home [...], her

fever returned. Her neck would stiffen with such pain she would cry out when

she moved.

* Their house emerged as a suspect when they received an urgent

phone call from an environmental engineer who did air and wipe testing in their

leaky basement. Stocknoff, owner of A & M Engineering Services in

Cherry Hill, reported that he had found elevated levels of mold and

gram-negative bacteria - a resistant group of superbugs that can cause

respiratory

and other ailments. He said they should grab their dog and move out

immediately. Doctors seconded the advice.

* That was nearly a year ago. The couple moved in with le

Beety's parents, leaving all their belongings behind. Her health quickly

improved, but now the couple struggle to pay mounting bills and to replace

their

That was nea(1)

For the rest of the story, see Newlyweds chased from their home by mold,

bacteria.

(1) Reportedly, the Beetys received notice last week from PHH

Mortgage/ Schwab that foreclosure on their vacant house would begin next

month.

Beety said that could jeopardize his license and job, under new

regulations on lenders, plunging them into deeper debt.