Need a mold inspector!

[Ted Martin]

Those pictures look more like a house that was in a flood than one that had a shower leak. There was a considerable amount of humidity in the bathroom because even the drawer faces are delaminating. Was this house on a slab or crawl space? Is that carpet or a plywood subfloor in the bedroom?

 

[Jim McGrath]

Those pictures look more like a house that was in a flood than one that had a shower leak. There was a considerable amount of humidity in the bathroom because even the drawer faces are delaminating. Was this house on a slab or crawl space? Is that carpet or a plywood subfloor in the bedroom?

It is in a fairly nice subdivision, CBS exterior, concrete slab, Mansard roof is the culprit. It was listed for well over $100,000. Carpet on the floors.

Jim

 

[Ted Martin]

How fast did the mold grow from the time you noticed it to the to the level indicated by the pictures?

Not my area of knowledge, but based on the photos I can't see how they plan of saving this house. Seem to me you would have to gut the whole house, dry it out, tent it and gas it to kill everything before you could even start trying to put it back together and if it was a $100,000 house, then I would guess that the site is 20% and builder profit was another 10% which would only leave $50,000 - $60,000 to fix it. The only things you might be able to salvage would be the slab, studs and rough plumbing /electrical. The rest of it might as well be taken to the dump.

 

[Farm Gal]

8O 8O
Gotta agree with Ted: and frankly even if it was fixed (as I assume your final intent may be) I'd STILL move the family someplace else, particularly if htere were children involved....

 

[Jim McGrath]

How fast did the mold grow from the time you noticed it to the to the level indicated by the pictures?

Not my area of knowledge, but based on the photos I can't see how they plan of saving this house. Seem to me you would have to gut the whole house, dry it out, tent it and gas it to kill everything before you could even start trying to put it back together and if it was a $100,000 house, then I would guess that the site is 20% and builder profit was another 10% which would only leave $50,000 - $60,000 to fix it. The only things you might be able to salvage would be the slab, studs and rough plumbing /electrical. The rest of it might as well be taken to the dump.

The appraisal was for a foreclosure, I was only in the house once, and after entering and realizing what I was in, I did the quickest inspection in my life. I took the necessary pictures to cya, and got out of there, and wouldn't go back in without a mask and suit.

I am not an evironmental expert, but it looked like stacybotris to me. Which means the walls may have to be torn down, or even the whole house. I recommended to the company to just do the site value, as I believe that was the only salvageable part. But they wanted the whole thing done. By the time I had the estimate of repairs and investor profit there wasn't much value left except for the site. But I agree that when they get an evironmental report, there may be nothing that can be repaired. And I stated that in the report.

Jim

 

[Pamela Crowley (Florida)]

http://list.realestate.yahoo.com/realestat...829/20020829501

Feds are getting involved.

 

[Ken in Arkansas]

Pam -

Thanks for the link. I have forwarded it to my kids in Allen, Texas so they can pass it on to their attorneys.