All Forum Posts by: Eli Ling

my question is can i write to her let her know directly how am i going to deal with mold killer and clean the area or should i be careful with my languages

my bathroom caused a leak to the unit downstairs. The plumber who came to repair it already removed a large piece of the moldy ceiling and fixed the leak. Now the downstairs neighbor still wants us to do mold remediation. But since the ceiling has already been cut open, and after checking behind it there was no mold, can we just tell her that we will cut away the damp parts, clean the ceiling with alcohol, and then seal it back up? She keeps insisting that we use a mold remediation company, but those companies are a bottomless pit. Can I say that we’ll just hire a handyman to take care of it ourselves?

Thank you @Jonathan Carpenter, If this is my unit, i would just have handyman fix it change the ceiling, but is downstair owner who freaks out and want to get mold remediated company to check and such such. I am very careful how i respond to him because he want me to reiburse for his ceiling opened by a mold company and me to pay if there is any mold behind his ceiling, which i disagree but don't want to say the wrong thing. how should i responde to his request?

Hi everyone,

I’m dealing with a situation with my downstairs neighbor. There’s a leak coming from my unit, and a small patch of mold and some mushrooms have grown on their ceiling. I’m wondering how long it takes for these to grow and whether any of this might have contributed to their delayed reporting of the mold.

Now, the neighbor wants me to fully cooperate with inspections. He insists on first hiring a mold remediation company to remediate the area before even opening the ceiling to identify the leak. The quote he got is about $2000, and he says if the leak is from my unit, I have to pay. On top of that, he wants to continue checking further behind the ceiling, and any additional mold found would also be my responsibility.

I haven’t agreed to this because there’s no way to know if the mold behind the ceiling is from my leak or something else. In my opinion, this is a relatively minor issue. Even though there’s some mold, it’s a small patch of ceiling that could just be cut out and replaced.

I suggested he let a handyman come first, cut a small section of the ceiling, and identify the leak. But he refuses and insists on a mold company doing it first.

He’s the landlord himself, has been one for many years. I don’t understand why he wants to escalate this so much—it feels unnecessary.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? How would you handle this situation? Is he giving me a hard time, or am I overreacting?

Thank you all for your advice! i really apreciate it

The current market rent for his apartment is about $1700. He was paying $1500, and I raised it to $1535. He told me he cannot afford it and mentioned there are roach issues. He also complained about how small the apartment is, but the $1700 market rent only reflects the size of his apartment. We already have a monthly exterminator service and provided a pest control kit, but the tenant still complains about the roach issue

he has been very good tenant past few year, however i am not very happy about his response this time.

that make sense, thank you !

Thank you! My question is, can I send a bait box for roaches to my tenant and have him place it around the corners of the cabinets?

The tenant has a roach issue, even though my building has a monthly exterminator service. He says he uses the service every month, yet there are still a lot of roaches.

I’m thinking of sending him some roach killer (the black boxes that you place around the home) to help with control.

Can I do that? What’s my liability? These boxes are sold on Amazon, and I can pay to have them shipped to him. Is this the right thing to do? I just want to check before I proceed.