Just moved into a new apartment. Unfortunately could not check the actual listing but we checked identical apartments - silly I know but we were pressed for time and didn't want an apartment facing the sun all the time.
The landlord assured us that the washing machine (6 years old) was still functioning. It is, but its extremely moldy. The rubber parts are covered in mold that cannot be removed and the tray is as well. When we started the machine we could smell sewage and it didn't appear that anyone had used it in a long time. In our previous apartment we also had a 6-yo washing machine but was clean with no mold. We wanted to bring it over but was told by both the real estate agent and landlord that they wanted to keep the one in the apartment instead.
Before the real estate agent assured me that if there was anything wrong with the washing machine they could fix it up or even buy a new one no problem. Now they keep asking me to clean it up myself. I see it as something they should have done before we moved in. What can we do? We're starting to have a pile of dirty laundry for 4 people.