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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous.
 Gotta love people that talk out of their butt!!!!
NTO is correct..........Mold IS and CAN be very dangerous to your health. You certainly must have the house inspected for the type and extent of mold. It can be VERY costly for mold removal! |
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Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant.
It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | OP,
You put in the offer first, offer has to be accepted, then you will have so many days to get the home inspected. If it fails for any reason you can either revise the offer accordingly or back out altogether. Your realtor should have all the necessary working in the offer documentation.
BUT....not all mold will be found upon inspection. Some inspectors don't bother looking for it. And sometimes it can just be missed depending on the nature of it.
You can have it professionally tested for mold, not sure the price. When we purchased our house we thought we were fine. I'm horribly allergic to mold and as soon as we moved in I knew there was mold somewhere. Ended up pulling all the baseboards off and found it. Fortunately it was only surface mold and I was able to clean it without replacing anything.
So, don't be afraid to pull baseboards and carpet. If they won't let you look, then just pass.
If it's a forclosure, yes they MUST post a notice if there is any type of mold present, whether just surface or black mold. |
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Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous.
NTO is correct..........Mold IS and CAN be very dangerous to your health. You certainly must have the house inspected for the type and extent of mold. It can be VERY costly for mold removal!
I was EPA certified in mold removal and Radon mitigation... |
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Location: Florida.. | if you make a offer have stipulations that if it doesnt pass MOLD inspection that you get your binder back
It would be a deal breaker for me.. if Mold is in the interior of home.. frame wood etc.. |
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Location: Florida.. | Itsme - 2014-02-14 3:58 PM NJJ - 2014-02-14 2:51 PM Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous.
NTO is correct..........Mold IS and CAN be very dangerous to your health. You certainly must have the house inspected for the type and extent of mold. It can be VERY costly for mold removal! I was EPA certified in mold removal and Radon mitigation...
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Bibliafarm - 2014-02-14 3:00 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 3:58 PM NJJ - 2014-02-14 2:51 PM Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous.
NTO is correct..........Mold IS and CAN be very dangerous to your health. You certainly must have the house inspected for the type and extent of mold. It can be VERY costly for mold removal! I was EPA certified in mold removal and Radon mitigation...
Good for you....but apparently you are not too bright because mold CAN be very dangerous to humans and certainly to those who have health problems......depending on the "type"......hence the suggestions by several to have a "mold imspector" inspect the property. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Mold sometimes is not a big deal, like ours, but NJJ is spot on....mold can be very deadly for some people. It's not something to be taken lightly.
As far as being a deal breaker, it all depends on the deal..... |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Barnmom - 2014-02-14 2:30 PM GraciousLegacy - 2014-02-14 2:12 PM Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:04 PM My niece and her husband bought a house and it passed all inspections. They pulled up carpet to replace it and it was loaded with mold. The house ended up being declared not fit to live in and the property was condemned. They couldn't go back to the seller since they said the seller wasn't aware of any problems. We are talking about a house that sold for $170,000. Oh wow I've never delt with one that was bad enough to be condemmed. I've seen them cost thousands and thousands to fix but never not fixable.
So they just had to pay for a house that they couldn't live in??? How does that work?? That would suck.
Some of it goes back to made in China particle board. I so agree with the substandard materials.
My niece's problem was a water leak that supposedly, went undetected for many years.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Itsme - 2014-02-14 2:53 PM Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous. THE SKY IS FALLING....
The sky wasn't falling but the doctors couldn't figure out why my husband and myself were having headaches, sinus problems and fatigue to name a few. Turned out it was in our heat pump system and didn't find it until it heat pump went out. Couldn't believe the unit when it was taken out and either could the contractor. It took about a month and having all of our air ducts cleaned out before all of our symptoms went away.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 4:37 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 2:53 PM Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous. THE SKY IS FALLING....
I forgot about that! Our heat pump unit had mold it in as well that we had to have cleaned out. Does take a while for everything to circulate and symptoms to go away. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | missroselee - 2014-02-14 3:41 PM Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 4:37 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 2:53 PM Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous. THE SKY IS FALLING....
It had something to do with the evaparotor. The outside unit use to freeze up and this new one has never done that and we have had the worst winter we've ever had in the 18 years we have lived here. |
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Location: North Texas | Itsme - 2014-02-14 2:58 PM
NJJ - 2014-02-14 2:51 PM
Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous.
NTO is correct..........Mold IS and CAN be very dangerous to your health. You certainly must have the house inspected for the type and extent of mold. It can be VERY costly for mold removal!
I was EPA certified in mold removal and Radon mitigation...
More like Certified in DumbAzz. |
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| foundation horse - 2014-02-14 7:18 PM
Itsme - 2014-02-14 2:58 PM
NJJ - 2014-02-14 2:51 PM
Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous.
NTO is correct..........Mold IS and CAN be very dangerous to your health. You certainly must have the house inspected for the type and extent of mold. It can be VERY costly for mold removal!
I was EPA certified in mold removal and Radon mitigation...
More like Certified in DumbAzz.
Sorry you guys fall for the propaganda machine, it should be a concern but nothing like its made out to be. |
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| an Obama picture on a russian flag and youre all for bigger govt intrusion...  |
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Location: North Texas | Itsme - 2014-02-14 7:50 PM
foundation horse - 2014-02-14 7:18 PM
Itsme - 2014-02-14 2:58 PM
NJJ - 2014-02-14 2:51 PM
Nevertooold - 2014-02-14 2:05 PM Itsme - 2014-02-14 1:19 PM LOL@ the mold hysteria!! The EPA is doing a good job making people scared and keeping themselves relevant. It's evident you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Black mold is very real and very dangerous.
NTO is correct..........Mold IS and CAN be very dangerous to your health. You certainly must have the house inspected for the type and extent of mold. It can be VERY costly for mold removal!
I was EPA certified in mold removal and Radon mitigation...
More like Certified in DumbAzz.
Sorry you guys fall for the propaganda machine, it should be a concern but nothing like its made out to be.
Changing your tune after getting called out are ya?
More evidence of you being a dumbazz. |
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Location: Florida.. | Itsme - 2014-02-14 8:54 PM an Obama picture on a russian flag and youre all for bigger govt intrusion...
No just being healthy is more important.. and mold makes some severly sick.. so why risk it. |
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| Im sure horses kill and severely injure 5 times more than mold. Maybe govt should put a stop to equine sports...
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | I'm very worried about this. I don't want to risk our health. We have inside animals and will have kids in the future(hopefully) so I want to make sure everything is clean. We will definitely be doing all the inspections we can. I'm hoping that it's just surface mold from sitting empty with all the moisture through the winter. It has been empty for awhile we heard and someone was in there recently to clean. It was just listed for sale a week ago. |
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Location: Florida.. | lexyy12 - 2014-02-14 9:43 PM I'm very worried about this. I don't want to risk our health. We have inside animals and will have kids in the future(hopefully) so I want to make sure everything is clean. We will definitely be doing all the inspections we can. I'm hoping that it's just surface mold from sitting empty with all the moisture through the winter. It has been empty for awhile we heard and someone was in there recently to clean. It was just listed for sale a week ago. Just get a home inspection which is recommended even without mold .. your realtor should know how to handle things.. but please get a Home inspection they cost a lil but worth it.hopefully its just surface from being empty.. that happens alot.. but also could be why its cheaper.. then normal.. good luck
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