Lindenhurst Homeowners Want Something Done About Vacant Moldy House

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LINDENHURST, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) Homeowners in oneLong Island town have new concerns about a home on their block that is apparently filled with mold.

As CBS 2s Jennifer McLogan reported, school starts next week in Lindenhurst and parents dont want their children walking to Harding Elementary School past the so-called Mold House on Granada Parkway.

Residents say active wasp nests inhabit the door frame, cats and mice can be heard scurrying within and spores can be seen clinging to windows and siding.

My next step is to have an X-ray of my lungs, because I dont know if its doing anything permanent, said homeowner Keith Daniels. And weve got a school across the street thats starting up, we have hundreds of kids walking every day by here.

Daniels saidhe has had a lingering cough and painful chest. He also said his street was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy.

The tidal surge was up at least 8 feet. (Including next door?) Yes,Daniels said.

Daniels neighbors never returned after Sandy and the home went into foreclosure,McLogan reported.

Now, 22 months later, amid sodden sheetrock, wrecked floors and floating carpets, mold spores the size of basketballs can be spotted lurking within the stench overpowering.

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Lindenhurst Homeowners Want Something Done About Vacant Moldy House