Mold Removal in Lauderdale Lakes, FL

Hawaiian Gardens started going up in the late 1960s and kept building through the 1970s, and today it is one of the older condo neighborhoods in Lauderdale Lakes. The garden buildings there have the air handler in an interior closet and the water heater beside it, with the drain line running to a shared stack. When that line clogs, the closet floor goes first and the carpet in the next room follows.

Lauderdale Lakes is flat, low, and a long way from the coast, so storm surge is not the worry. Standing water after a summer downpour is. Ground-floor units on the low side of a parking lot can take water under the door, and the slab under the carpet holds that moisture for weeks in the humid air.

Condo owners and homeowners in Lauderdale Lakes who call us reach an independent mold provider. The provider takes the readings, quotes, and does the work.

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When a neighbor's leak has come through the ceiling and the association disputes the cause, the crew's moisture readings and photos from the mold removal give everyone a written record to work from. Wet drywall and baseboard along a shared wall is standard mold removal, with the wall opened far enough to reach dry material. After an association-run repair, unit owners often bring in their own crew for the mold damage repair inside the unit so the finish work is done by someone they chose.

Permits, county water, and the association

Building permits run through the city's Development Services Division at 3521 NW 43rd Avenue, which now shares an ePermitsOneStop portal with Broward County. The city's own instructions tell condo residents to check with their association before applying, which is good advice for a mold rebuild too.

Water in Lauderdale Lakes comes from Broward County Water and Wastewater Services, not a city utility, so a leak-related billing question goes to the county at 954-831-3250.

Call (954) 519-7189 and describe the wall, the smell, and what got wet. We route Lauderdale Lakes calls to an independent local mold provider.