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Hey guys, I'm looking to move this summer and have been looking for a few weeks. I found a place that I liked, price was right etc.. and I went through the process of applying for it.I was approved and have yet to sign the lease. I did a google search and looked over Yelp for feedback on the management company. I came across one in the exact same building I'm looking into moving where they claimed to have a mold inside the walls issue.

I was never told about this when going through the process and after talking to the property manager I was told that its been taken care of and has since been treated before the last two tenants moved in. Had a co worker tell me to just move on, because its likely to come back and become an issue again in the future.

What are you guy's thoughts? Should I move on? Any advice/previous experience dealing with this would be greatly appreciated.

Whole lot of "if's" here.

I take it this is an apartment building, so I'm going under that assumption.

Talk to some of the tenants if you can - ask them if they've had any breathing problems. If so? Move on.

Find out why they had the mold, and when. Couple of years ago? Probably okay. Couple of months ago? Alert.

Find out WHO did the mold remediation work. You say you were told the mold was "treated". How, is the question. If the mold was in the walls (not on the walls), most likely a mold remediation company would've come in and taken the drywall off and attacked the mold there. Fix it, re drywall, paint, etc.

If the "treatment" was wiping the walls down with bleach water or some such concoction, and IF the mold was IN the walls, what they did would be akin to putting a band aid on skin cancer. They hid it.

Were any other units affected, if so, they were also stripped down and fixed, right?

What I'm getting at is, if the mold was actually IN the wall/walls - it would've been a huge fix, dollars wise. A true mold remediation company would have sealed that apartment/those apartments off with plastic, used an air filtration system while the tore the drywall off - the workers would've been in plastic suits with air masks, etc.

And, lastly - not all mold is necessarily toxic. Do you have kids?

JMO - I am NOT an expert.

Like arch said, there should be a trail to follow if it was a major mold issue. Don't be afraid to ask for proof that the issue was corrected.

The type of mold, the cause, the fix are all important variables to know. Mold itself is very common and we're around it everyday, it is just specific types of mold that cause issues.

Thanks a lot guys, I appreciate the feedback. Gives me a starting point for when I talk with them about the issue.