Okay...so the first place we landed in Maine, was an old house, built in the 1880's on Elizabeth Taylor lane. No, not THAT Elizabeth Taylor...Elizabeth Taylor the first school teacher in So. Portland! And, yes, we got that question all the time.
So we lived in her original home on a secluded little street with six other houses. It was an beautiful setting...backing up to the city's greenbelt. We loved that part!
However, the stuff in our basement started growing mold! We started smelling mold as soon as we walked in the house. We were told about some shady stuff the landlords had done when they lived there (like burying bags of asbestos shingles under the room we most smelled mold instead of paying to have them disposed of properly). We tried to figure the mold thing out.
Meanwhile True was diagnosed with a mold allergy and asthma so we decided it was probably not in his best interest to expose him to this. We bought an air-testing kit and sure enough, the mold was airborn.
We asked our landlords to fix it, they refused, so we packed everything up and moved! We wanted to stay in South Portland, its a neat little town, but couldn't find a house quickly enough...so we moved to Portland. The kids had to change schools which was really the worst part but eventually, they did really well. And guess what? We ALL started feeling better physicially, after we moved!
So, farewell, Elizabeth Taylor...hope your house doesn't make anyone else sick!
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