Black mold disaster

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  • I am almost in tears writing this....pir family needs help....2 years ago.....we decided to live the country life....after ending up homeless because of a messy real estate deal...very long story......sold our house under market value to buy our dream house in the country.....was the only reason we sold our house....our offer was accepted......and we sighed the contract to accept the buyers offer.....7 days before moving....lawyers called us and said there would be 100,000 of liens on the house we were buying and therefore we couldnt proceed....but if we backed out of selling our house we would be sued....so we ended up homeless....in a real estate market that was rising daily.....we didn't sue the seller because she was going bankrupt and was dealing with stomach cancer.....we ended up living in a one room basement with myself my wife our 2 teenage boys...and 4 dogs...2 cats and a bearded dragon.....it was horrible...but we were grateful to have a place to live at least....we looked everyday for a home we could afford.....we didnt make money off our house because we sold under market to sell it fast.....we had enough of a deposit for a very very modest house in a market that was skyrocketing......we saw a cute little house for a private sale.....it was winter....we were clouded with desperation and depression.....it was cute...it was affordable....although not exactly what we were looking for...but we were over staying our welcome in the basement.....we could work with this house....we paid asking price...which was a few thousand dollars more than we thought the house was worth....but we didnt want to lose it to a higher bidder.....the wife had copd...and the husband had to use a CPAP.....they said it was because if the wood stove that they had to remove....we believed them....so the deal was made......March 24th 2017 we moved into our house determine to make it a home and put the last behind us....we got some chickens and adopted another dog.....the kids picked there rooms and my wife started painting.....it wasnt perfect the wood stove had to come back in and there was things that did need repair.....but it was home.....gradually we have been seeing exactly what a mess this home is....there are 5 layers of shingles on the roof....it leaks.....we can handle and work with that......last week we noticed some siding was coming off.....I ripped it to replace it.....only to discover the walls inside are covered.....completely covered with black mold.....we were already battling a mold issue in the laundry room....that we thought was awful scary but at least manageable......my wifes family member passed away because of mold issues....so she is frantic......finding this has been a heavy blow to us.....we currently live pay check to lay check....I drive a truck for a hardware company and my wife works from home doing telemarketing....we dont ask for much in life we make do with what we have....but we cant live like this....we either walk away from this house and go bankrupt....with nowhere to go and over priced rents....if we are even lucky to be able to with all our family.....or we live with this mold which I cant put my family through.....my wifes has made her son move out to live with his father because she doesnt want to be exposed to this.. and my son has moved in with his girlfriends parents.....its just the 2 of us and the animals until we cant fix this issue and bring the family together again....my wife deals with headaches and migraines almost daily....itchy eyes.....itchy throat and body aches....shes only 36....and feels like she is 80....she is home all day everyday in this mold infested house.....we have 2 small air purifiers that we run non stop but they are very small....we just need help right now....we have nowhere to turn...the bank denied us a loan for repairing this because we had to take a loan to get the heating working....last winter we went 3 months with space heaters....we fixed that.....and now this.....we wanted to start fresh bring our families together....now we are separated we miss our kids.....we are worried about our health and after everything we feel defeated and are having a hard time.....please if you could spare anything to help us.....we just want a place to call home...we work hard.....we are trying here....we just need some help....

Thank you

The Harlow/Horner family

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