This is a very long story so I will try to keep it as short as possible.
June 10th 2025 we closed on a home and for that home we asked for repairs to be done.
Mold/ biological in attic we requested qualified professional for remediation.
Bathroom venting into attic we requested qualified contractor to install exaust fan to terminate to exterior of home.
Dryer vent pipe disconnected we requested qualifed professional to reconnect.
Obvious reason we thought once the mold was remediation and these two items were fixed we would not need to worry about the issue any longer.
March we put the house on the market we got ourselfs into a loan that made us house poor and could not continue with the payments. So we are doing a short sale and taking a huge loss already on the home.
New buyers have had the home inspected and all 3 of the issues we requested to be repaired were never repaired and now the new buyers want the same stuff done by us.
Problem is we are broke I lost my job I was going through pretty heavy depression and had went to multiple doctors have been trying multiple medications therapy etc and also came down with pretty serious case of pneumonia my kids stayed sick and my wife started going through her anxiety once we moved into the home.
We moved out of the house in March into an apartment to have a home over our head before our credit was completely screwed from the sell of the house short. Everything has seemed to get better im not sure if its the medication working or if something was going on with the mold in the house. I had a mold company come out and look at it they said more than 50% of the attic has mold all over the wood etc. The pictures they provided me with are CRAZY I was honestly in shock with the way it looked up there.
The new buyers have agreed to a 3000.00 price drop and still move forward with the purchase of the home instead of the 6500.00 in repairs they wanted originaly.
When I reached out to my realator I used to buy the house I asked him wtf happened why were these repairs never done like we asked for?
His response was I need to reach out to sellers agent and ask for proof of repairs etc.
I reached out to the anget received no reponse then the following day I get a phone call from the previous owner claiming all the repairs I asked for were done.
So I asked him for proof and he said he had none no receipts / invoices etc so I told him well thats a problem someone should have something proving the repairs were done.
He tells me that they were done and he would have his "guy" come put to take care of the venting problem and reconnect the dryer vent pipe but the mold hes not touching "again". I told him I will talk to the agents and figure things out and go from there.
I reached out to my buyer agent told him all this and showed him pictures of everything and he said its obvious the repairs we requested were never done and I would need to get an attourney and take him to court over all of it.
My questions are as follow
I am doing a shortsale on this property at the end of the day is it going to matter if I win a judgement againest him because the home will no longer be ours? I had to drop the house 3000.00 because of the repairs needed could I be rewarded that atleast?
Did I get pneumonia and stay sick in this house because of the mold as well as my family? Was my depression linked to this issue ? Ive had some depression in the past but not like this past year its been horrible I lost my job because I could not go to work I lost all care about everything my wife even has filed for divorce..since moving and being on a medication now since March it seems to have got alot better.
My wife has it in her head that the mold in the home contributed to all of this and she wants to sue the previous owner etc for not fulfiling the addendum on his end. I have no clue what to do other then just keep digging into it and the more I read about the mold exposure it seems she could be right?
- Should I just let it all go and move on with life? Is it going to cost me more in legal bills than anything?