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Turns out a mold spore test showed my house is unusually clean with no mold. So I'm not sure what the musty smell is. As a side note, with the extremely shoddy building practices in the Phoenix area, it's not uncommon to have bathroom fans venting into the attic. This could be a cause for...

Steve, You might be onto something. However I haven’t ran the AC since the summer of last year. Would mold survive that long without a water source? I will double check anyway and post back. We actually have quite a bit of rain in AZ but there are no leaks inside the house.

Since I bought my cheap HOA house in Arizona 3 years ago, it's always had this musty / homey smell that's kind of like the smell you get when you set up a camping tent and go inside it. My first inclination is that there's a mold issue, but there are no visible signs of mold anywhere and no...

Thanks for the suggestions. Fake privacy bushes would be great if they existed. However, the only stuff I can find is too small (not high enough) or attaches to a fence which isn't allowed. If you know of anywhere I can get some fake 6 foot tall privacy bushes that would be great but I've...

I did. The inspector said settling cracks are common in AZ. I agree it can be mitigated. He did mention the AC was old but didn't reference the noise in his report. He also missed the non functioning drip system control panel which I had to replace. Not to mention the non functioning...

Sorry for the rant-like post. I do love AZ and the climate. Freeways are wide open and adequate to support the population, unlike Overpopularado. I just wish I chose a different house. Would a quieter variable-speed AC unit really make that much difference with noise if the unit is right...

I just moved from a paid for house in the metro Denver area to a paid for house in the Phoenix area. I feel like I undersold my previous house (even though the appraisal didn't agree) and overpaid for my current house. Redfin says my house was worth some 30k more, at the time I sold it...

Does anyone know how this might have happened? I'm in Colorado in the Denver area and wouldn't have thought an animal could have done this. My house was built in 1960. This hole is under my back patio (a concrete slab) right against the house. I have had issues with pooling water but this is...

Nestor and CyFree, thanks very much for the in depth responses. The smell was just getting worse and worse so I decided to remove the carpet. It is almost totally gone now. The carpet was still drenched underneath even though I thought it was drying out.

I accidentally left my front sprinklers running all night which resulted in the window well to the basement filling up with water. The water then leaked through the window and soaked part of the carpet. I put a fan on it and it's pretty much dry now after 2 days, but now there are brown spots...