Re: Smelly apartment after a flood

Re: Smelly apartment after a flood

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Re: Smelly apartment after a flood Angela St.Aubin 07-18-2005

"Angela St.Aubin" <bodah@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:I3ZCe.2855$je2.361636@news20.bellglobal.com...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracey" <pepita@redherring.com>
> Newsgroups: alt.home.cleaning
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Smelly apartment after a flood
>
>
> > "Angela St.Aubin" <bodah@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:LIWCe.2584$je2.327679@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > > > I know it will grow mold, but getting a dehumidifiyer isn't an
> optioon.
> > > > I
> > > am disability, i have zero extra cash, and i already spent cash i cant
> > > afford on cleaning supplies.
> > > my landlord told me, and i quote "maybe they will give me some
febreeze
> to
> > > cover the smell if i want it"
> >
> >
> > Call the health department in your town/city. The landlord has to take
> care
> > of this, and if there is mold growing, Febreeze is NOT going to do it.
> >
> >
>
>
> I live in a very small town, we don't have a health department.
> Maybe I'll call town hall tomorrow and see if they know of the local
> equivalent.
> I'm afraid to do anything to piss the landlords off, i dont want to be
> evicted, or have my rent raised or something.
> i have heard too many horror stories about this sort of thing, and the
laws
> favour landlords, not tenants.
> i wish there was a free service that could come, tell me in writing there
is
> mold, then i could go to the landlord, but they are totally downplaying
> everything.

Where do you live? The law favors tenants not landlords. And there has to
be a Dept of Health or it's equivalent, if not in your town then on a
regional level.




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