20th September 2009

Black Mold Growing Inside A Rental

posted in Care and Feeding of Tenants |

I will just start this post off by saying, “DUH!!”

Because expressing how dumb that was in words just wouldn't workNow that I’ve gotten that out of my system…I recently received a call from a tenant who let me know that for three-weeks now, she had noticed that there was black mold growing on the walls of a hall closet in her rental unit.

She also mentioned that two of her kids have asthma and they could not stay in the house due to the mold causing decreased breathing capacity.  And she mentioned that she’s been trying to clean the mold with bleach but it keeps coming back.

I arrived at the property to find that the air conditioning drain-line was clogged and the unit was draining into itself and causing a pool of water to form underneath where air comes into the system. The closet with the mold is right next to another closet which houses the A/C unit.

I cleared the drain line and let the weekend elapse. Today, miraculously, the mold was gone and everything was dry.

DUH!!

I wonder what would happen if I attached an intelligence test attached to our rental application.

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  1. 1 On September 26th, 2009, Pictures Of Black Mold On A Lawn said:

    [...] Black Mold Growing Inside A Rental I recently received a call from a tenant who let me know that for three-weeks now, she had noticed that there was black mold growing on the walls of a hall closet in her rental unit. She also mentioned that two of her kids have asthma. [...]

  2. 2 On October 8th, 2009, Lori said:

    clogged air conditioner line? sounds like landlord maintenance responsibility in the first place…yes?

  3. 3 On October 9th, 2009, TheLandlord said:

    Lori,
    The point is that the tenant should have reported the situation immediately and not three weeks after the fact. Hence, the “facepalm” picture. Thanks for your comment though.

  4. 4 On October 21st, 2009, Alison said:

    If you used an intelligence test, you might not ever rent.

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