Black Mold & a California Landlord
by Paddy O'Furniture (2019-03-17 14:38:01)
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....walk into a bar.

Not really, but someone else would have likely posted that if I hadn't.

So here's the deal.
The Landlady is re-doing the downstairs bathroom and when they left the walls barren, we saw what looked like black mold and called it to her attention. She said, in her authentic Korean accent, "I take it care of."

She did alright.... she covered it up with the new bathroom shower. Nothing else done.

What kind of legal specialist should we seek?


She's been getting out of hand lately. Coming in annannunced. Decided on construction without telling us, ordered construction during sleeptime and when told "this isn't acceptable" she had the guys continue on. Didn't tell us of the water shutoff at all, let alone in advance.

If I were a landlord, I would hope I would do the following for my tenants:
Give them 60 days heads up that there was to be necessary work done.
Ask what their schedules are so I could conveniently arrange the work around it.
Find out how I could make the interruption easier for them.
Communicate everything in writing, after letting them know in person.
Give them a written schedule.

Am I nuts?

I've been staying at a friends hows the last couple of days and need to figure out if it's OK to sleep in a house that has black mold.

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