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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 1

Stefan Krzywicki (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Jack Corbett (11/21/2011)
ChrisM@Work (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Hey guys I need your unbiased view of this.
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Your impressions?
Move. Some of these fungi can cause serious respiratory problems. It's not worth taking the risk.
Man, that's a tough one. What's your lease have to say about this kind of thing? I'd think about at least talking to a lawyer so you know what your options are. You could also call in your local health department or building inspector. Of course doing that may mean you will HAVE to move.
Lease is extremelly short. Nothing about that. But in court I would have an argument.
My point is that I have a chance to get it fixed, but I'm like you, I need to be sure it's fixed before considering staying there much longer.
Let your landlord know that the repairs aren't sufficient and that it will destroy the value of the house if it isn't done right. If he says he doesn't care, then tell him you'll be notifying the health department.

I won't send a picture of her face, but you'd definitly see she doesn't care!

I even showed her 4-5 ways to increase the value of the house by 50K (without paying more than 10K) and she just went the other way around.

She either doesn't care or can't be bothered with that or is flat broke.

That's why I was including a lawyer letter in the mix somewhere. I'm already contacting the town to see what they can do on their end.

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 2

Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Jack Corbett (11/21/2011)
ChrisM@Work (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Hey guys I need your unbiased view of this.
...
Your impressions?
Move. Some of these fungi can cause serious respiratory problems. It's not worth taking the risk.
Man, that's a tough one. What's your lease have to say about this kind of thing? I'd think about at least talking to a lawyer so you know what your options are. You could also call in your local health department or building inspector. Of course doing that may mean you will HAVE to move.
Lease is extremelly short. Nothing about that. But in court I would have an argument.
My point is that I have a chance to get it fixed, but I'm like you, I need to be sure it's fixed before considering staying there much longer.
Let your landlord know that the repairs aren't sufficient and that it will destroy the value of the house if it isn't done right. If he says he doesn't care, then tell him you'll be notifying the health department.
I won't send a picture of her face, but you'd definitly see she doesn't care!
I even showed her 4-5 ways to increase the value of the house by 50K (without paying more than 10K) and she just went the other way around.
She either doesn't care or can't be bothered with that or is flat broke.
That's why I was including a lawyer letter in the mix somewhere. I'm already contacting the town to see what they can do on their end.

Yeah, if you have a landlord that doesn't care (mine does, fortunately) all you can do is contact the health department, the building inspector and other relevant authorities and then move. You might also want to call one of the local tv stations that has one of those "Oh My God, Look At This" segments on their news shows. Just to make sure word gets out that the house isn't safe.

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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 3

Stefan Krzywicki (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Hey guys I need your unbiased view of this.
I got flooded back in late august (Irene).
FINALLY after 2+ months somebody came in to do the first response (yes 9 weeks first response).
They hauled out all the trash (which used to be my furniture). All of it was rotten since it was made of wood.
A couple days later they came in to take out the bottom of the walls (UNDER the water line) and the floor / subfloor.
There was fungus all over the place from Irene and even way more from previous incidents. Some of them apparently years old (maybe oven 1 decade from the type of fungus found in there).
Now they say they are "done" and ready to rebuild... and obviously arguing on who's going to pay what (not me as I'm renting, but since I live there I feel as I should have some say in the matter and everything I say seems to fall in deaf ears)
What irks me the most here is they didn't rip out everything that was under water (made of wood). There's still plenty of black wood left (rotten from who knows when).
They did an anti fungus round and then left the fans at full blast to dry everything up.
Now what really bothers me is that in their normal procedures they don't do anything air test to make sure they fix is correct. Now to me this looks like insanity at its best.
You need to keep in mind that during the 9 weeks waiting I had 3 separate incidents of leaving unwashed plates with a little spaghetti sauce freshly made from 6 PM on the table at 8 PM and then coming back the very next morning with 50% of it completely taken over by fungus.
I'm not expert but that seems WAY OUT of the "normal".
That was before they did their round of cleaning, now the air seems better. But that's all I have to go on.
I'm now thinking (if not forced) to pay for the test air myself (possibly 1000$ +) while stopping any work and getting the lawyers involved.
Your impressions?
I got flooded just before Irene because the sprinkler system in our complex exploded. They've just finished replacing the walls in the basement, fortunately most of our wood was still good. If the wood is rotten, they should be replacing it. I also wanted to mention one of the little things I learned about anti-mold procedures.
The cleaning stuff I got, to get mold off some of my furniture, says to spray and scrub thoroughly, then spray again and let dry. They also make anti-mold stuff for forced air heat and ac in case you have that.
How can you know there's no risk without an air test to confirm? I'm not saying that it's not possible to fix the issue or that the anti-fungi stuff doesn't work...
Sounds borderline magik thinking to me at the moment without a confirmation.
I'm not saying you shouldn't get an air test, I'm saying that using the anti-mold stuff is more work than spraying and let it dry and that if that is all they did, they probably haven't fixed the problem.

They took a lot of the moldy wood (90%+). Sprayed on once. Let it dry with super high speed fans. That was 2-3 weeks ago. Now the wood is dry which, to my understanding is like pooring water on fire (takes out the heat (moisture) which is necessary for the mold the grow). That being said there seems to be cracks somewhere letting water in.

Like I said, I can't see anyway this job has been done correctly on top of <possibly> more water coming in, hence all my acting out on the matter!

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 4

Stefan Krzywicki (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Jack Corbett (11/21/2011)
ChrisM@Work (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Hey guys I need your unbiased view of this.
...
Your impressions?
Move. Some of these fungi can cause serious respiratory problems. It's not worth taking the risk.
Man, that's a tough one. What's your lease have to say about this kind of thing? I'd think about at least talking to a lawyer so you know what your options are. You could also call in your local health department or building inspector. Of course doing that may mean you will HAVE to move.
Lease is extremelly short. Nothing about that. But in court I would have an argument.
My point is that I have a chance to get it fixed, but I'm like you, I need to be sure it's fixed before considering staying there much longer.
Let your landlord know that the repairs aren't sufficient and that it will destroy the value of the house if it isn't done right. If he says he doesn't care, then tell him you'll be notifying the health department.
I won't send a picture of her face, but you'd definitly see she doesn't care!
I even showed her 4-5 ways to increase the value of the house by 50K (without paying more than 10K) and she just went the other way around.
She either doesn't care or can't be bothered with that or is flat broke.
That's why I was including a lawyer letter in the mix somewhere. I'm already contacting the town to see what they can do on their end.
Yeah, if you have a landlord that doesn't care (mine does, fortunately) all you can do is contact the health department, the building inspector and other relevant authorities and then move. You might also want to call one of the local tv stations that has one of those "Oh My God, Look At This" segments on their news shows. Just to make sure word gets out that the house isn't safe.

That's plan Z. I'm still hoping I can safely live there or get it destroyed. No point in destroying her name if this is getting fixed.

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 5

Hey, for those not on Twitter (why aren't you). My dad passed away early this morning. Not unexpected. I blogged about it, http://t.co/hCjjRnRh if you are interested in how I feel about it.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

Brandie Tarvin (11/21/2011)
No Pants allowed on The Thread!
That's almost as bad as making sense or talking technical. Shame on you!
@=)

Typo fixed

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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 7

Jack Corbett (11/21/2011)
Hey, for those not on Twitter (why aren't you). My dad passed away early this morning. Not unexpected. I blogged about it, http://t.co/hCjjRnRh if you are interested in how I feel about it.

Thanks for sharing this... sure hits a cord with me atm.

BTW my father had his 3rd stroke yesterday (2nd in 2 weeks). This time he's not getting out of the hospital (we won't let him / them).

Should be operated this wednesday if nothing prevents teh surgury (might have inflamation in the heart which would delay it).

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 8

Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
....her name .....

Heh - Remi this looks like motive, when the rest of the world is wondering why the h3ll you want to spend another minute in Mycelium Mansions. Hope she looks as good as Tom t :hehe:

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 9

ChrisM@Work (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Hey guys I need your unbiased view of this.
...
Your impressions?
Move. Some of these fungi can cause serious respiratory problems. It's not worth taking the risk.

Not even a second thought on that - I'd be out of there.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 10

Jack Corbett (11/21/2011)
Hey, for those not on Twitter (why aren't you). My dad passed away early this morning. Not unexpected. I blogged about it, http://t.co/hCjjRnRh if you are interested in how I feel about it.

My condolances, Jack.

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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 11

ChrisM@Work (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
....her name .....
Heh - Remi this looks like motive, when the rest of the world is wondering why the h3ll you want to spend another minute in Mycelium Mansions. Hope she looks as good as Tom t :hehe:

Definition? Mycelium Mansions

She's about 15 years away from looking like that (and yes that's how bad the basement looked when we teared it apart) =>

Source : http://news.everest.edu/post/2009/10/know-your-spooks

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 12

SQLRNNR (11/21/2011)
ChrisM@Work (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Hey guys I need your unbiased view of this.
...
Your impressions?
Move. Some of these fungi can cause serious respiratory problems. It's not worth taking the risk.
Not even a second thought on that - I'd be out of there.

Tx for the vote, pls read the rest of the story :discuss:!

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/21/2011)
Remember the saying "You get what you pay for."
The rent may be cheap, but apparently the repairs are going to be as well.
Not if I have something to say about it. This is where I'm also looking for information.
Any inspectors I can call in to force the correct repairs?
Call the local Chamber of Commerce to get the number of a good county/city mold inspector. Or house inspector. Someone they recommend will carry a lot more weight with both you and the landlord.
I guess I was not clear here. The landlord is as cheap if not cheaper than the insurrance and now they both have to fight out on what needs to be done and who pays for it.
Hence I'm alone here and I need some serious weight on my side to change the dynamics of what's going on.
re-hence my willingness to pay the 500-1000$ for the expert air test. I was thinking than that + inspectors + lawyer letter = you're screwed, do the correct repairs or burn the house and pay for my relocation and all associated damages.

That is a good course of action. I wouldn't mind paying for that air test. But if it doesn't get fixed - no chance I stay.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
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Jack Corbett (11/21/2011)
Hey, has anyone gotten today's SSC newsletter? Mine's usually in the inbox by 7am EST and nothing yet.

Notta

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SQLRNNR (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/21/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/21/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (11/21/2011)
Remember the saying "You get what you pay for."
The rent may be cheap, but apparently the repairs are going to be as well.
Not if I have something to say about it. This is where I'm also looking for information.
Any inspectors I can call in to force the correct repairs?
Call the local Chamber of Commerce to get the number of a good county/city mold inspector. Or house inspector. Someone they recommend will carry a lot more weight with both you and the landlord.
I guess I was not clear here. The landlord is as cheap if not cheaper than the insurrance and now they both have to fight out on what needs to be done and who pays for it.
Hence I'm alone here and I need some serious weight on my side to change the dynamics of what's going on.
re-hence my willingness to pay the 500-1000$ for the expert air test. I was thinking than that + inspectors + lawyer letter = you're screwed, do the correct repairs or burn the house and pay for my relocation and all associated damages.
That is a good course of action. I wouldn't mind paying for that air test. But if it doesn't get fixed - no chance I stay.

That also gives me strong proof in any court for any and all sorts of damages. Including rent, health, penalties, moving expanses, etc.