Hi all,
I have a quick question. Last week, a real estate agent came in to perform an inspection (supposed valuation) on behalf of the owner of the apartment I've been renting for the last year and a half.
I have been maintaining the apartment pretty well as I'm a bit of a neat freak. However, in the last 2/3 months, there has been black mould growing on one side of the bathroom ceiling (just the half that's directly above the bathtub / shower). The other side where the toilets / sink are located are perfectly clean and neat. The bathroom has ventilation which turns on automatically when you turn the lights on. I also always leave the bathroom door slightly open at all times (except for when I'm taking a shower) to let the air circulate. There is no window in the bathroom, but I open the windows every two days or so for about 15 minutes.
There's no mould anywhere else in the apartment. It's squeaky clean.
I've lived in similar apartments before and I've never seen any mould on bathroom ceilings. It's the first time ever. I'm assuming the managing agent did not request for proper anti-fungal paint to be applied when they performed the renovations before I moved in (the floors were not properly applied upon renovation either - you can see huge bulbs of air underneath).
My current managing agent has been really bad at fixing issues. I experienced a case where my shower kept cutting off after 5 minutes with no water available afterwards for 1 hour or so and when I reached out to them, they said it wasn't their remit! It took them 3 months to fix it. I want to raise the mould issue at some point because I don't want them to hold me liable for it, but at the same time, mould on the ceiling indicates an issue that was already there from before I moved in. They just concealed it.
Do you think they could hold me liable for this and take my deposit if I had to move out because of a sale?
I have a quick question. Last week, a real estate agent came in to perform an inspection (supposed valuation) on behalf of the owner of the apartment I've been renting for the last year and a half.
I have been maintaining the apartment pretty well as I'm a bit of a neat freak. However, in the last 2/3 months, there has been black mould growing on one side of the bathroom ceiling (just the half that's directly above the bathtub / shower). The other side where the toilets / sink are located are perfectly clean and neat. The bathroom has ventilation which turns on automatically when you turn the lights on. I also always leave the bathroom door slightly open at all times (except for when I'm taking a shower) to let the air circulate. There is no window in the bathroom, but I open the windows every two days or so for about 15 minutes.
There's no mould anywhere else in the apartment. It's squeaky clean.
I've lived in similar apartments before and I've never seen any mould on bathroom ceilings. It's the first time ever. I'm assuming the managing agent did not request for proper anti-fungal paint to be applied when they performed the renovations before I moved in (the floors were not properly applied upon renovation either - you can see huge bulbs of air underneath).
My current managing agent has been really bad at fixing issues. I experienced a case where my shower kept cutting off after 5 minutes with no water available afterwards for 1 hour or so and when I reached out to them, they said it wasn't their remit! It took them 3 months to fix it. I want to raise the mould issue at some point because I don't want them to hold me liable for it, but at the same time, mould on the ceiling indicates an issue that was already there from before I moved in. They just concealed it.
Do you think they could hold me liable for this and take my deposit if I had to move out because of a sale?