Depending on your lease, the landlord would need to fix the leak and repair the damage. Mold doesn’t grow without moisture and moisture in a home isn’t normal.

Regardless, if it IS your responsibility to either clean or repair, then you don’t get compensated for your time.
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What you are talking about is green mold… (looks black because it is so dark).

It is NOT dangerous. It is NOT a health issue.

If you don’t believe us.. call you local board of health and report it. They will do nothing. They probably won’t even take the report. WHY? Because it is NOT A HEALTH issue.

So.. wipe it down with a 50/50 mix of water and bleach to get rid of it. (stand on a chair)
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Ladder, no way you’d be reimbursed.

The dishwasher situation might make sense, but that had to be an agreement entered into freely by both parties; good luck on getting your landlord to agree to that.

Here is what you can try. Call a mold remediation contractor and ask them to come out and give you a quote. If you tell them the situation, they won’t help at all. You’ll want to get an estimate for the remediation, hopefully citing harmful conditions caused by the mold. Then, you can send this to the landlord with a letter (send it certified), with a note requesting that the dangerous situation be resolved in a timely fashion. If that doesn’t get them moving, try a lawyer.

Honestly though, your landlord is pretty much doing the right thing.
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"black mold" would not grow on your ceiling. It requires raw, untreated wood, dampness and COMPLETE darkness.

Normally basic instructions on how to clean a house are not included in a lease. 1% bleach is enough to kill both mold and mildew (you have mildew). You are right, you do not have to clean this if you do not want to, however, unless maid service is part of your lease no one else will clean it either.

And no, the apartment will not reimburse you for a ladder. If you want a ladder you buy a ladder. Who doesn’t have a ladder?

You are not legally entitled to pay for cleaning your own house. I have never heard of a case where you were paid for basic cleaning, even that article you reference does not talk about cleaning, it talks about a dishwasher in the contract. If your contract states that the landlord cleans your apartment then yes, you could enforce that. If has to be in the contract though.
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Furniture with clean simple lines and simple patterns or patterns with small things if any pattern at all, and be sure it’s more or less in scale with the rooms. You might be better off with a loveseat instead of a full size couch, unless you really want something big enough to lie full length on. Any furniture with a dual purpose can help, like an ottoman with a lid so you can store stuff in it.

Cool colours recede, that’s true, but I wouldn’t decorate entirely in cool colours. I would have at least an accent colour that has some warmth to it, or paint the walls an off white that’s off in the direction of yellow. A lot depends on how much sun exposure you have.
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Too many people is the answer, most of them are liberals BTW.
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