Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

Resident

"MoldMoldMoldMoldMold"

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Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

jon bird
Local Guide · 60 reviews · 64 photos

2/22/2019

"Black mold in AC ducts. My roommate left this place because him and his girlfriend were getting sick from it. Every time he would bring it to attention, they would just have someone come paint over it, lol. What a joke."

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Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

I am opening my apartment up for public viewing for potential renters.

If you live in Houston, Texas and you're considering moving into Memorial Towers Apartments, I will let you view, smell my place first. Please contact me through email. I am available anytime between these hours. 6:30 PM, CST - 8:00 AM, CST.

For your safety, please bring your own N-95 rated breathing mask, or respirator. (sarcasm, but not...)

Thank you. Have a great day!

75% Humidity Inside my Apartment - Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, TX - House of Mold

Long story short...

I signed a year lease. I moved out within a week. I was becoming physically ill from the mold. I complained. Wrote a letter. Nothing was done. Well, they wiped off the vents and said I'd be fine. Unfortunately, for now, I'm still going to have to pay rent. It's vacant except for some bed linens and clothes. I don't sleep there.

The building is 50-years-old. The air conditioning unit is just as old. It blows damp air no matter what the setting is.

The sliding glass doors to the balcony or patio are a major problem.

Over the last few days, I have tried numerous ways to fix the mold, humidity issues in my apartment.

My last unsuccessful adventure was buying this dehumidifier.

I purchased this dehumidifier, Frigidaire - 70-Pint Dehumidifier on 05/29/2018.

I set it up and turned it on close to 7:00 PM, CST. Medium setting. I set the level to 45%. Six hours later, the reservoir was full. The dehumidifier never reached 45%.

After six hours and a full reservoir, 75% humidity remaining inside the apartment. 40% - 50% is normal indoor living conditions.

Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

It started out well. Jerry and David were very nice and helpful throughout the whole move in process. The location is awesome. I was happy. I signed a year lease. I finally had a place to live. The happiness didn't last long.

The first night in there, the smell was horrid. I thought the place just needed to be aired out because it had been vacant for awhile. I did my best to ignore the smell and continued to move my stuff in. The smell never went away. It only got worse.

After a week, I was becoming ill. Headaches. Itchy, burning eyes. Skin itched. It was hard to breathe. I could no longer get comfortable. The smell was off the charts!!! Worst smell I've ever encountered.

I reported the issue in writing to Jerry on 05/17/2018. I told him I suspect mold somewhere in the unit. I was then told, "to buy air fresheners and I'd be fine. The building is old." It is old, and I had already tried that.

Not satisfied...

I did some investigating on my own and found massive amounts of mold, dirt, and other fungus growing inside the AC vents.

David finally came up to the apartment on 05/20/2018. I showed him the vent in the living room. Next day, 05/21/2018 they bleached the vents and said problem solved.

Still not satisfied...

Cleaning the vents won't solve the issue. Sorry. It's deeper than that. The carpet needs to be cleaned. The walls and counters need to be scrubbed, etc...etc... The AC unit itself obviously has issues. I'd also like to mention there is zero weather stripping around the door in the living room where the smell and vent were the worst. There is a steady flow of hot, humid air just flowing into the apartment 24/7.

This is also important. Jerry and David aren't the ones to blame for this. The building really is old. I can't thank them enough for letting me move there in the first place. They gave me a chance nobody else would. I was thrilled and happy. This is not intended to bash Jerry or David in anyway shape or form. They are both awesome people. They were, are just doing their job. That being said, they aren't mold experts.

I have numerous pictures and video of all this available on request.

        

        

This is being published to warn others of the suspected mold hazard you may encounter if you decide to rent here at Memorial Towers Apartments.

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Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

Disgruntled T.
Houston, TX

12/29/2016

“Have allergies? The mold and mildew will tear you apart. It's rampant everywhere.”

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Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

AJ
September 10, 2016 at 12:54 pm

“The building had a very bad black mold issue as well. My AC vents were constantly building up with mold. Other tenants I knew in the building also had issues with mold and I suspect a full building gut job would be THE ONLY way for the mold to be taken care of.”

Source: http://swamplot.com/memorial-towers-apartments-going-blue-in-the-face-during-mid-century-makeover/2016-09-08/

Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

JB B.
Westchase, Houston, TX

"The problem with all of this is the obvious presence of mold. you can smell it. I am very sensitive to allergies and have increasingly worsening allergies while ive lived here, i cant imagine the mold doesnt have something to do with it."

"we ended up getting large expensive curtains to block out the noise and the wind that you could feel coming through the sliding glass doors all the time. the paint comes off our walls and sticks to the floors in tiny speckles"

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Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

Chris T.
Houston, TX

"The AC feels like a swamp cooler blowing cool damp air during the summer so damp that mold grows on the inside of the vents!"

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Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

RESIDENT

"The Air Conditioning Never Works. When it does it blows wet cool air."

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Memorial Towers Apartments - Houston, Texas - 5400 Memorial Drive - 77007 - Black Mold

RESIDENT

"We have rights! Please join me in filing complaints with the following agencies: City of Houston Health Department: 311 Houston Tenant Association: 713-982-1985 Houston Legal Aid: 713-237-9429 I have notified the Health department this morning and will update everyone as I receive any information. 6/30/09: Here is an update to the last entry. City of Houston Health and Neighborhood Protection has responed to my complaints and Resource Residential has responed quickly to remove the mold from the a/c vents with a cleaning scheduled for 7/1/09. I, at my own expense have contracted with a firm to test and prove mold damage has occured in my unit prior to the evidence being removed tomorrow in order to prevent any doubt the mold exists. I will update this review as I receive any updates. DO NOT MOVE HERE! A/C IS BROKEN NOW! THIS PLACE IS ON IT'S LAST LEG!"

apartmentratings.com - 11/13/2008

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