OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. \u2013 A Holly family says they found a festering, fungus-filled tree stump under their manufactured home. <\/p>\n
It sits straight beneath their children\u2019s bedroom. <\/p>\n
The park had it tested, but the family says they won\u2019t share the results<\/p>\n
The Sanford family moved into their home at Oak Hill Estates in 2023. <\/p>\n
In 2024, they decided to buy their house. <\/p>\n
The parents of three kids hadn\u2019t had many issues until late March, when they removed part of the siding and found a tree stump covered in growths. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t know sooner, so we didn\u2019t do anything, because of how sick our kids have been,\u201d mom Alexa Sanford said. <\/p>\n
They discovered it on March 30.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey cut a tree down and then cut a piece of it off, so that the frame of the house could sit there, and it\u2019s growing a lot of things,\u201d she said. \u201cOnce you open this, it\u2019s just the smell punches you in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n
Feeling worried, she immediately emailed, and the community\u2019s maintenance team came out to check.<\/p>\n
The Sanford family cameras caught it. <\/p>\n
They say the maintenance team said the stump might be causing mold on the underbelly of their home.<\/p>\n
The community tested it, but the Sanfords say they have not been able to see those results. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn like so many words, if we wanted to know what was under there, we had to pay for it ourselves,\u201d Sanford said. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s what they did; they tested on their own. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn my son\u2019s room, the one that was on oxygen, there were hyphal fragments. From what I\u2019ve looked up, that\u2019s pieces of actual fungus or a growth,\u201d Sanford said. <\/p>\n
The community says they will remove the stump, but they are waiting for the right part, and it\u2019s been over a month. <\/p>\n
Local 4 went to the community\u2019s office to ask about the stump removal and the test results. <\/p>\n
We were asked to email or call the corporate line and did both. <\/p>\n
Local 4 had previously reached out to the company\u2019s online corporate portal. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhy? I think it was just something so simple,\u201d Sanford said. \u201cLike, you guys could have just pulled it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
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