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Thanks all for your kind responses! We had my brother-in-law, who is a contractor, look at the house and he was of the opinion that it was not that bad. There are two areas where the drywall would need to be removed (the windows did not have proper flashing) but other than that, it appears to be minor, if yucky, surface mold problem. We checked out the house again during some heavy rains and other than the windows, the house was as dry as a bone. If we find anything of interest later on, I will come back and update. Thanks again all!

Ha! Yes, everything is in need of updating, but we are okay with that (the house was advertised as "new" - 1964 - ha!) Wouldn't the black/green stuff on the wall be mold as well? Thanks!

No unfortunately, no pics to show whole areas (other than the photos from the for sale ad). The first thing one smells though in walking into the house is the mold. There is carpeting, but hardwood underneath (at least upstairs).

Since we haven't bought the property, we were told that we couldn't due any investigation that involved cutting, etc. There is a leak in the upstairs bathroom, most likely due to the seat in the shower and we were told the pan beneath would have to be replaced at a cost of about 1k. There was an inspector, it was originally ordered by the selling agent, but we have contacted our own inspector to look at it as well.

We are in the process of buying a home that we knew had a mold problem. We were told the mold was due to a leak roof that was repaired in 2009. We were not initially too concerned and were willing to purchase with the anticipation of having the mold removed prior to moving in. However, now we are having second thoughts as we have had more of an opportunity to look at the mold and to research the issue. We are concerned that (1) the mold could create structural issues (2) there may be even more mold than we see but we can't cut open the walls to assess this since we don't own the home and (3) we have a one year-old and while we're not of the "Mold=Death" mentality, his well-being is without a doubt the highest priority for us. And I've included some photos of the worst spots and was hoping that someone might be able to offer some advice as to how difficult it would be to remove (one company quoted us 8k to remove) and ultimately, whether it would be foolish to purchase a home with this magnitude of mold. Any help, suggestions greatly, greatly appreciated! http://www.flickr.com/photos/49096743@N ... 682287447/