I hate this house. I was so happy to be in the same neighborhood, in the same ward, have an easy move to the house next door. All those joys are being completely wiped out by the fact that I hate this house. Mike and I have put so so so much work into this place. I have never worked so hard to make sure that my house was clean and smelled clean. So in addition to all the battles that we face in this house (including the smelly fridge that we STILL haven't used...oh how I miss refrigerated foods), yesterday I was cleaning carpets. Out of the kindness of a friend, we were able to borrow a carpet cleaner which I was so glad because I really want to get this smoke smell gone and the carpets were just really grimy. So yesterday I cleaned the living room...no problems, the office...no problems, and then I went to clean the guest bedroom. OH. MY. GOSH. There was a really big stain on the floor that we don't really remember when we moved in but its big and nasty and brown....we're thinking coffee was spilled. Well it was so big that part of the bed was covering it. Now obviously, the bed was up on a bed frame so its not like the stain was being suffocated. We moved the bed last night so that I could clean the carpet and this is what we found:
Do you see that?? Even if you don't, its because the camera wasn't doing the MOLD justice. Yep, whatever it was that was on the carpet was molding. I wanted to die. It just makes me think what else in this nasty house is molding, besides the fridge anyway. We cleaned it with the carpet cleaner but the stain still doesn't really come up. Plus what we read online was even if you clean the mold, it usually will come back. Sick. So we have had it. So thank goodness I married a lawyer. He wrote a nasty but not so nasty letter to our landlord pretty much telling them that they replace the carpet (or at least get some professionals in here to take care of it) and replace the fridge or we are out. And that we want our full deposit back. Because seriously, I'm paying rent, and I should not have to live like this.
And I can't even bake because I don't have a fridge to put eggs in. Sad.
Abby I am so sorry you are going through this. Come home and I'll bake you something yummy. Better yet, come home and you can bake me something yummy. I have a fully equipped kitchen and FRIG with eggs. Love you.
ReplyDeleteAbby I'm so sorry you are going through this. Come home and I'll bake you something yummy. Better yet, come home and you can bake me something yummy. I have a fully equipped kitchen with a working frig with eggs in it.
ReplyDeleteYikes! What a mess! That has to be so frustrating. Your home is the place you want to feel comfortable and happy - I think that's why crumby home situations are so hard to deal with. I'm sorry about the mold but I'm sure your landlord will get that taken care of right away - nothing says depreciating value in a property like the appearance of mold! I'm sorry you have to go through this madness. What a bummer!
ReplyDeleteOh my heck! MOLD YUCK!!! Good thing Mike wrote a letter! They better do something about it or if you guys get sick from the mold, the landlord could get into some serious trouble. Good luck- keep us posted!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that you should just come home :) You can live with me and help me take care of my babies. We'd have so much fun! Really though, I'm so sorry! We bought a used front-loading washer and when we got it, the rubber part was covered in mold. I scrubbed that thing non-stop to get rid of the mold. So disgusting. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteThat is disgusting. I feel for you sister. Trust me, I know what it's like to live in a dump. At least I could tear the carpet out myself and replace it. And no baking??!!! It's just not right.
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