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Is the legal ground to break my lease if landlord doesn’t fix the mold problem in my Apartment?

July 21st, 2010 admin 6 comments
sarah asked:


I have made countless reports to the landlord, but maintenence will only clean or repaint. The mold always comes back,usually worse than before. Up till now I have not taken any pictures to document.

yeast infection men

We live in Louisiana in an apartment and have black mold coming out of our vents?

June 26th, 2010 admin 2 comments
Big Easy Flight Mechanic asked:


Is the landlord liable for the mold remediation? We are all sick and want to know what rights we have. Are there a certain amount of days they have to fix it by?

yeast infection men

How can we determine if the home we live in has mold?

January 25th, 2010 admin 3 comments
culpfamilyof5 asked:


We just rented a new home and signed a 1 year lease. We started moving things in and noticed a musty smell in portions of the house and my wifes allergies are beginning to act up. I don’t see any black spots any where, but we weren’t sure if this smell and allergy could be due to mold. If it is mold, would we see it somewhere, or is it possible that it could be in the walls.

How can we determine if this is the problem. Would we just need to tell the landlord, and can the landlord refuse to have it checked out?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

will my landlords pay for a hotel since I have Mold?

January 24th, 2010 admin 4 comments
Just Another One asked:


I have mold in my house about 14feet of black mold in my daugthers room before i moved in we had mold before everyone says leave but if i pay for a hotel will landlords pay me back they are closed right now no idea to know… no family to stay with, the maitence guy came over and said it was mold

prior knowledge to mold before selling?

January 1st, 2010 admin 6 comments
mamma of 4 : ) asked:


i bought a house and we moved in @ 7-10 of this year. well when we moved in it had new flooring in the kitchen. We noticed that the floor was warping well we moved the dishwasher and found that the leak was coming from that. We also found BLACK mold against the back wall. the sellers put new contact paper in the cuboards and as well as under the sink. There is mold there also. My ? is what can i do? Are the pevious owners responible for not diclosing it? my son is also allergic to all molds.
i did have an inspection done. But they had brand new contact paper lining the cupboards.