Snake, mildew found inside apartment unit; residents complain of deplorable conditions

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Feces, fungus and snakes: That's what residents in Building 2200 at the Sierra Forest Apartments on Mableton Parkway in Cobb County are facing. They called Channel 2 Action News asking for help.

"It's disgusting," resident Inga Dorsett said.

Two weeks ago, Dorsett was getting her children ready for bed when she saw a snake in the living room, inches from a 73-year-old disabled woman.

"It's just a lot of nasty.... stuff out here," Dorsett said.

Neighbors said they see snakes all the time outside.

Dorsett's fiance caught three baby snakes Tuesday. "It's so scary," she said.

Channel 2's Rikki Klaus visited the complex Tuesday and discovered feces surrounded Building 2200 as young children played nearby. Lois Priester said she wishes the sister she cares for could move. Klaus spotted feces inches from her back door.

"Feces is supposed to not be seen. And you go out through that back door, you'll see everything. Ugh. It's awful," Priester said.

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When Klaus opened the door to another home, she said she was assaulted by the smell of fungus. Nina Marshall-Allen lives in the unit.

"There's mold all over my house. In the carpet, in the walls, on me," Marshall-Allen said.

A thick layer of fungus was found on her furniture.

A 2-week-old baby lives next door, and her mom is worried about the health effects. Neighbors said they have taken action and requested change many times, but things remain unlivable.

"The front office won't do anything. They just take your call, take your number, and tell them that they'll call them and that's it," a resident told Channel 2 Action News. 

The vice president of MSC Properties, LLC told Channel 2 Action News a much different story.

She said she has quickly and fully addressed any issues the residents have flagged.

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