So, I moved to Japan about 8 months ago. I was able to rent a brand new house which I thought would be great. Not knowing any Japanese it’s been a struggle (yes, I’m currently learning). Everything started out great seemed to be fairly easy to navigate the system and haven’t had too many issues other than the realtor not answering my questions. Come to find out the realtor quit and never said anything to me. So fast forward to about a month-month and a half ago I started seeing what looked like wet spots under the wallpaper. Well, that turned out to be mold as it started coming out of cracks near doorways. As soon as I noticed it I let the real estate agency know what was going on. They said they would contact the homeowner and get a maintenance person out there to look at it. After about a week and a half they finally gave me a date for that person to come out and inspect.
During his inspection he looked in the ceiling to see if there was a leak which is the only conclusion I could come to also. Turned out there wasn’t. He then started to questions. We have 4 mini split units in the house pretty much one in each room. We keep them on pretty much all of the time whether it’s on A/C or dehumidifier mode. Trying to mitigate the issue I also bought an extra dehumidifier and I’ve placed the moisture packs in every room just in case. Well he came to the conclusion that it is moldy because we keep the a/c at 22c and they suggest keeping it at 25c because if it’s too cold then the condensation will start forming mold. I feel like they are going to blame me for the issue but I’ve never had any problems with houses molding when I turn the a/c on. I get that Japan is very humid and forms moisture quick but I keep them on dehumidifier mode if I’m not in the room.
It’s been over a week now since they have came out to look at the house and I still have not received a response from them as to what the plan is going to be. (Whether I’m responsible for the damages, or if they are going to take care of it).
I’ve looked into getting that taken care of and it is very expensive. Has anybody had any issues related to this?
I’m not necessarily blaming them but there is very poor ventilation and for a brand new house to mold because of air conditioning seems a little off. You can tell the house was a quick construction just built for profit.
Any advice helps.
TLDR: brand new house developed mold and I feel like I am going to get blamed for the damages because of the air conditioner being set to 22c.
by ComprehensiveWind364