All Questions

The building maintenance said they found mold homes in a neighboring apartment. Should I be worried about my unit? What precautions should I take?

We've lived here for 2 years and just noticed a bunch of black spots appearing in the corners of our master bedroom closet, especially on the outer wall. I think the problem got worse after the recent heavy dew and humidity we had last week. I'm worr...

My apartment has had a strange smell for the past few weeks, and I'm starting to worry it might be mold prevention. I've checked the obvious places but can't find the source. Should I get a professional inspection?

My AC in the Dubai Marina apartment has been leaking a bit onto the bedroom carpet for a couple of weeks, and now there's a dark, patchy area that smells really damp. I wiped it with bleach but the smell came right back. Is this definitely mold, and ...

The AC in my bedroom unit has been leaking a bit, and now I’m finding black spots spreading on the wall behind the wardrobe. It’s been slowly getting worse over the last month. My tenancy contract is a bit vague about this – is fixing this the landlo...

My kids have been coughing non-stop ever since the weather got humid last month, and I just found a bunch of black spots behind the wardrobe in our master bedroom. We’ve been in this Discovery Gardens apartment for a few years and never had this issu...

My two-year-old has had a persistent cough and a runny nose for the last three weeks, ever since we started using the AC full-time in our Jumeirah Park villa. The pediatrician says it could be just a virus, but it’s not clearing up and I'm starting t...

My kids have been coughing non-stop since we came back from summer vacation, and I’ve just found a patch of black stuff behind our daughter’s wardrobe in the master bedroom. We live in an older building in Jumeirah and I’m terrified this is the cause...

I'm renting an apartment and noticed mold properties in the bathroom. Is this the landlord's responsibility to fix? I'm not sure what my rights are here.

We've lived here for 2 years and just noticed a dark, damp patch spreading across the ceiling in our spare bedroom in Mirdif. It must have been slowly growing since the heavy rains last month. Now there's a constant musty smell in that whole hallway,...