Bad Apartment

[Guest guest]

mkmissy,

I would find out about the lase and get the heck out of there anyways. I am so sensitive to mold now I wear a 3m mask,live on inhalers for asthma that I have never had before in my life. Mine was from work but exposure to bad molds is the same. The black mold could be stachybotrus. I am just so sick I warn anyone. Best of luck to you,

Janet

[Guest guest]

I have a big problem, I just noticed mold & meldew on my bathroom

tub. Theres also, a mold & bubble in the wall. I need to know if I

can break my lease? I'm on State Housing help. Things are getting

worse, people getting sick from mold.

[Guest guest]

Krissy and Janet,

Stachybotrys mold never grows on tile, only constantly

wet cellulose (as in paper). It is definitely not worth breaking a lease

for tub mildew. I think your life will be a lot simpler if you clean

the mildew rather than move; maintenance of the tile surface is your responsibility

anyway.

In any case, exposures to spores from tile mildew

is very minimal. If you have moldy carpeting that you walk on, that

is another issue. Remember, the cause for all mold growth is moisture,

either from leaks or moisture in the air. If there are building leaks,

that is the landlord's responsibility. If the relative humidity is

too high, that is usually your responsibility.

May

"Fungus Among Us: Mold, Mildew and You," (Fall 2003)

Krissy wrote:

I have a big problem, I just noticed mold

& meldew on my bathroom

tub. Theres also, a mold & bubble in the wall.

I need to know if I

can break my lease? I'm on State Housing help.

Things are getting

worse, people getting sick from mold.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kris and all,

I didn't know that you joined the group. I have been researching

tonight and just found this group too.

I'm Donna and I believe we live in an apartment complex that has sick

building syndrome in most if not all of the buildings here. I called

the health dept because I noticed a couple of weeks ago that my

bathroom wall that has had water damage looked fairly white but when

I got down on my hands and knees it smelled really bad. So I put in a

maintenance request in writing on 9/11 ans still noone has come to

fix the issue. Health dept. came yesterday and they are giving them

10 days to fix the problem:0((( It should be 5 after what i found to

show them. I tore off the patch job that they did (which was damp to

the touch) and on the fiberglass paper I found solid black mold. I

also have moldy mildew smell reeking from under my kitchen sink,

another small leak in the bathroom sink that i found on Sunday. I

have a 4 year old son and a 21 year old son (asthmatic). We have been

having alot of the symptoms on and off for the 4 years we've lived

here. The apt is not doing timely maintenance and when they come out

they are not fixing things properly. I need to get out of my lease

now. I am very scared. I am already on disability also. We have so

many maintenance horror stories from neighbors in a few other

buildings right now plus our kids are sick. Me and Kris are are in

our houses 24/7 which from my understanding is making it worse on us

too. I feel so bad I did not realize this until now. My poor babies

are suffering and me too. Is there anyone on the list that is in Az

that can help us? I am going to the tenants rights assc tomorrow. I

want to find a lawyer to help us sue this complex for negligence.

Plus we know the plumbing is bad. I've encouraged everyone to call

the health dept but we need some help ASAP. I don't want to risk my

children for one more day and I am on fixed income taking care of us

all and we don't have anywhere else to go.

Donna

> I have a big problem, I just noticed mold & meldew on my bathroom

> tub. Theres also, a mold & bubble in the wall. I need to know if

I

> can break my lease? I'm on State Housing help. Things are

getting

> worse, people getting sick from mold.