sdmay3
01-24-2006, 11:35 AM
We lost our house to foreclosure in November. We did everything we could to try and keep it. When we found out that gas bills were increasing up to 70% this winter we decided we couldn't keep it any longer because the previous winter our bill averaged $800 a month. (it was a huge old house with two furnaces.
In the end , I guess it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. When we were moving out we found black mold growing up an entire wall in one of the rooms. We intended on getting a sample of it and having it tested. We had papers telling us we had to be out of the house completely by January 1st. We went to the house 2 or 3 days prior to that to do some final cleaning and found that the locks had already been changed and all the curtains had been taken down. We contacted the sherrif who had given us our notice and was told to go ahead and turn off the utilities and since we already had all of our stuff out not to worry about cleaning up. (all we wanted to to do was clean the bathrooms and vacuum. Everything else was done).
Now the house is listed with a realtor. They are asking 139,9000. That is WAY MORE than we paid for it in 2001. I am so worried that someone is going to buy the house unnaware of the mold problem. I have had health problems (fibro, chronic fatigue, etc) for the past few years and I wonder now if it was really a reaction to this mold.
I have heard of newborn babies DYING from this type of mold.
But the realtor will not talk to me. The mortgage company bought the house back at the auction so the realtor is working for them. The mortgage company is California and we are in Ohio.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
I also wanted to add....not that it makes any difference. The mold was NOT in a room where you would expect to find it like a bathroom or basement. It was in my husbands office which to our knowledge NEVER even had any kind of leaks in it.
In the end , I guess it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. When we were moving out we found black mold growing up an entire wall in one of the rooms. We intended on getting a sample of it and having it tested. We had papers telling us we had to be out of the house completely by January 1st. We went to the house 2 or 3 days prior to that to do some final cleaning and found that the locks had already been changed and all the curtains had been taken down. We contacted the sherrif who had given us our notice and was told to go ahead and turn off the utilities and since we already had all of our stuff out not to worry about cleaning up. (all we wanted to to do was clean the bathrooms and vacuum. Everything else was done).
Now the house is listed with a realtor. They are asking 139,9000. That is WAY MORE than we paid for it in 2001. I am so worried that someone is going to buy the house unnaware of the mold problem. I have had health problems (fibro, chronic fatigue, etc) for the past few years and I wonder now if it was really a reaction to this mold.
I have heard of newborn babies DYING from this type of mold.
But the realtor will not talk to me. The mortgage company bought the house back at the auction so the realtor is working for them. The mortgage company is California and we are in Ohio.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
I also wanted to add....not that it makes any difference. The mold was NOT in a room where you would expect to find it like a bathroom or basement. It was in my husbands office which to our knowledge NEVER even had any kind of leaks in it.