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Just bought a house and found mold the day after you bought it what do you do?
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∙ 14y ago
Some questions to answer:
Did you have a home inspection? Did the home inspector mention it in his report?
(home inspectors are not mold inspectors , but they may be. The inspector should have notified you in some way. If he did not, he may be liable).
Did you look over the seller's disclosure? Did the seller's mention it?
(Most states have a seller's disclosure form, which requires sellers to disclose all problems that they are aware of. If they should have known, then they should have disclosed it, so they could be held liable.)
Was it an obvious problem before you moved in? Could you have seen it?
(Many states have laws which state if a problem was obvious to the buyer before the sale, they cannot hold the seller responsible after the sale. If the mold was in an area where you should have been reasonably expected to see it, then the law may not be on your side).
Your next step is to contact a professional mold remediation firm to determine the extent of the damage (it might be greater than you realize). They would suggest a course of action of how to correct the problem. This typically involves removing the material that has mold in a safe manner, and replacing it.
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It sounds like you have what might be considered a minor mold issue since you did not discover it until the house was empty.
Maybe you should look for an answer that will not generate an official mold present report because you WILL have to disclose the contents of that report when you go to sell your newly purchased house even if you have the mold fixed professionally.
If the mold is restricted to a relative small area, you may want to consider removing the affected sections of drywall in preparation to remediate the mold issue. This may reveal the real source of the water that supports the mold so it can be fixed.
There are many reasons why mold grows inside a house. If you don't want the mold to come back, you need to find the reason it is growing in your house and fix it.
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Who has to pay for the mold removal in a newly purchased house?
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