What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? IL
I recently (Aug 2010) rented a townhouse. My 11 year old daughter started getting very sick. She has had asthma since she was little, however, it has been controlled for the last few years. She has an emergency inhaler and a nebulizer machine (that she hadn't used in 2 years). Since moving into this townhouse, she started being sick constantly. Fevers, asthma, wheezing, strep throat twice, croup coughing, body aches, all to name a few. I started noticing that she felt better if she was outside or at someone else's house. If she was in our home for a long period of time, she was wheezing and having breathing problems by the end of the night. She's been using her nebulizer almost nightly. She saw the doctor 7 times in a 5 week span.
Last month, we found a leak in a closet ceiling downstairs right in the living area that was growing mold. It was the upstairs bathtub leaking. The landlord said he "sealed" it by paining a sealer over it and fixed the tub. However, my daughters symptoms are still bad. 2 at-home mold tests came back positive but the LL states that those are no good.
I also found out from other tenants that the crawlspace that runs under our townhouses and also where the furnace entries are has flooded multiple times. The LL however insists that this is dry. He decided that my solution is to give me a thicker furnace filter. When doing this, he stated that he found that the condenser system is leaking and probably leaked all summer. However, he stated "I doubt that it produced a bucket of mold."
Even after replacing the filters, etc, my daughter is still continuing to get sick. My LL is offering to move us to another townhouse 2 doors down. However, I'm afriad that if the problem is in the crawspace, then I will have the same problem 2 doors down. I haven't noticed issues myself other than more frequent headaches. He states that he "knows" that unit is dry and then he could just get someone else into our unit that "isn't as sensitive".
What are my rights here? I was told that there are no laws requiring LL to fix mold but do I have a right to ask to get out of my lease after 3 months???
Thanks
Dawn
PS I also wanted to add that I wanted to have a professional come in and test and I was even willing to pay for it but I was told that the LL has to be the one to call them and have this done. My LL did call and talk to them but decided that wasn't the route he wanted to go!
I recently (Aug 2010) rented a townhouse. My 11 year old daughter started getting very sick. She has had asthma since she was little, however, it has been controlled for the last few years. She has an emergency inhaler and a nebulizer machine (that she hadn't used in 2 years). Since moving into this townhouse, she started being sick constantly. Fevers, asthma, wheezing, strep throat twice, croup coughing, body aches, all to name a few. I started noticing that she felt better if she was outside or at someone else's house. If she was in our home for a long period of time, she was wheezing and having breathing problems by the end of the night. She's been using her nebulizer almost nightly. She saw the doctor 7 times in a 5 week span.
Last month, we found a leak in a closet ceiling downstairs right in the living area that was growing mold. It was the upstairs bathtub leaking. The landlord said he "sealed" it by paining a sealer over it and fixed the tub. However, my daughters symptoms are still bad. 2 at-home mold tests came back positive but the LL states that those are no good.
I also found out from other tenants that the crawlspace that runs under our townhouses and also where the furnace entries are has flooded multiple times. The LL however insists that this is dry. He decided that my solution is to give me a thicker furnace filter. When doing this, he stated that he found that the condenser system is leaking and probably leaked all summer. However, he stated "I doubt that it produced a bucket of mold."
Even after replacing the filters, etc, my daughter is still continuing to get sick. My LL is offering to move us to another townhouse 2 doors down. However, I'm afriad that if the problem is in the crawspace, then I will have the same problem 2 doors down. I haven't noticed issues myself other than more frequent headaches. He states that he "knows" that unit is dry and then he could just get someone else into our unit that "isn't as sensitive".
What are my rights here? I was told that there are no laws requiring LL to fix mold but do I have a right to ask to get out of my lease after 3 months???
Thanks
Dawn
PS I also wanted to add that I wanted to have a professional come in and test and I was even willing to pay for it but I was told that the LL has to be the one to call them and have this done. My LL did call and talk to them but decided that wasn't the route he wanted to go!
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