Lexington apartment condemned after code enforcement discovers mold growing from walls

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — McKenzie Murphy has lived at Patchen Place Apartments in Lexington with her daughter for more than a year. But the last seven months of living in her apartment have been a bit rotten, as she has watched specks of mold infiltrate the walls.

"It's going to be blowing right into my living room area above here on the vents and then making it's way up onto the ceiling," Murphy said.

She began to notice the "little specks and stuff" coming from the vents, she told LEX 18's Kayleigh Randle as the two toured the apartment Friday. Now, her apartment is condemned after Lexington Code Enforcement discovered what they believe is black mold growing from within the walls.

"So it kind of started more down here in my living room area in my vents around August, I want to say. J