https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/mold-in-the-apartment-0 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/mold-in-the-apartment-0#comment-28604 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:14:23 +0000 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/blog/renter?p=2505#comment-28604 The problem is that there is no control on either side of this issue. Can you prove you were not dizzy, had trouble sleeping, itching eyes or other complaint before moving in? I have all the complaints you list as seasonal issues or simply the aging processes. How would you prove this? Perhaps it is a seasonal problem with nature’s allergens in your new area. Perhaps your part of town has something which only you are sensitive to. Perhaps you became hyper sensitve once you read a article about mold, and the psychosomatic effect has kicked in. Perhaps a family that cooks with hot peppers moved in where the vapors from the peppers affect you. Perhaps you have money troubles, and an amorphous problem like mold is a perfect vent for your anxiety…..you see you must prove A LOT of things before you can go after one landlord regarding one apartment. Unless you see the black, yellow or green spores on surfaces, running an air cleaning device, an allergen filter over a common heat/cooling vents in your apartment should be tried before you demand the landord tear out all the walls based upon your rather vague complaints and fears. Your landlord cannot make your life “perfect” only you can do that.

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