I have mold a lot of mold inside a new apartment complex that I have a leased.

Sounds like you have to decide if your new furniture arrangement or your health is the more important.


You could also check with other tenants to see if they have mold problems too. Their answers will further inform your decision.

No experience as to how things work in the USA, but in the UK we would get in touch with the local Council with a view to getting one of their Health Inspectors to come and have a look.
It's always advisable to create a file for your correspondence, and take lots of photos (date them if possible) and videos of problem areas.
Always communicate and/or respond to your landlord in writing, again always include the date and be polite but clear as regards to your problem and health concerns.

You can assume that the buildings were not built correctly that that the fix is expensive. Best guess is that the building got wet during construction before it was closed up, and the builder did not dry it out after closing it up. I was talking to a builder about a Red Robin getting built that got very wet on the inside, he said that it someone was going to have to bring in special dehumidifiers to dry it out before finishing the interior, which would add a week to the timeline.

I think the first thing you need to do is find out how high the humidity is, it could I suppose be something simple like the bathroom fans do not work. Given the offer to vacate the lease however I doubt it.

If you really want to stay you are probably going to have to spend a few hundred bucks on a dehumidifier, plus the electricity to run it.

If you did not run the AC, then you should have at least run the furnace fan on ON at all times. The hot, high humid, South Florida air MUST move in a closed up building!!

There is no air-exchange going on in your apartment; no wonder you have mold on your clothes!

My furnace fan is on ON all the time. Costs pennies per month.

Hire a professional in the field of mold removal to investigate and get a report for both yourself and the apartment management.

How many companies do you suppose would line up to get in the middle of a landlord/tenant dispute?

Where I live it is easy to get such a report.

That is correct. Just running the fan will help to avoid mold.

Besides. even when in appearance it can't be, electric motors won't pull much electricity to work. What it pulls lots of power is the AC compressor.

I found a nice app on the subject.
The app explains the circumstances leading to the risk of mold.
You can find it in the iphone app store under the keyword 'mold risk'