I really hate to post this, but I really need some help. I was already being buried in medical bills ($12k-$20k a year, each year since 2018)... And now we have toxic MOLD in our new house. I'm also being treated medically from the mold exposure. And, I am sleeping on the floor of an empty apartment with my wife in order to escape this mess.. I have had to charge over $10k in the past few months due to this mold in our house.

In short - My wife and I just bought this new house in Feb 2025. I started getting sick in April, but didn't know why until the end of July. I went to many, many doctors trying to figure out the cause of my symptoms, before I knew it was from mold. It also took several months to actually find the mold in the house. Then, I later did a mycotoxin test at the recommendation of a testing company, and I learned how high the mold toxins were inside of me.

During this ordeal, I paid for hotel rooms for some nights (to escape the mold), but the hotel room costs fluctuate from about $100 to $450 a night, depending on local events. I could only afford to stay on the cheaper nights, and then was forced to go back home. I finally signed a 3 month apartment least in November, as I had to get out of the mold.

How many people can afford to keep paying their mortgage, and then also an apartment lease because of mold in their home?

We did several tests to isolate the problem. But, it didn't rain for months, and we kept getting mixed results after the very first test showed a mold problem. We kept doing more and more testing and having experts come to isolate the problem. I have posted a few receipts, but we have spent over $6k just in mold testing.

Finally, 3 days after it rained in October, the next test showed a huge spike in mold! A reading of over 10,000 in my master bedroom, over 3400 in the master closet, and over 74,000 inside of 1 particular wall!

We just did mold remediation in the affected areas (see photos). But, the builder is refusing to reimburse me for anything. I have charged many, many thousands up to now.

I am also currently being treated for mold toxicity, and we just had to throw away all of our beds, sofa, chairs, pillows and much of what we own during remediation that was done Thanksgiving week. The remediation company recommended throwing those items away because of my mold toxicity. Despite this, the builder refuses to cover the costs of those items as well. I even went back to the stores and got the original receipts for many of the items.

Currently, because of the mold, I am taking itraconazole daily, and I have to have blood tests monthly to check my liver because of the medication. The doctor had to lower the dose because of side effects, and I have to be on this medication for at least 6 months... I'm also spending $300 a month on supplements I also have to take daily along with the prescription for the mold toxicity... The hope is that the treatment works. Some people have permanent issues from mold toxicity.

This just sucks...

I will also have stomach surgery soon because of bad acid reflux, and all this stress is just making that worse.

I have charged over $10k due to all of this, between hotel room costs, an apartment lease, mold testing and medical bills. I finally rented an apartment with a 3 month lease about a month ago, as that is cheaper than paying the hotel costs.

My wife and I are living in an empty 1 bedroom apartment. I had to buy 2 new twin mattresses, and I am sleeping on the floor. I have 3 metal folding chairs and two plastic folding tables in the apartment.

I am dealing with the builder, and that is all I can really say about that publicly at the moment. But, this whole thing sucks...