I discovered a small leak in my bedroom ceiling after all the torrential rain we just had this past week. It's very small and was just dripping around the air/heat vent in the ceiling. Maybe 1 drop every 6/7 minutes or so. Sidenote: I've already had a leak in the sunroom and he patched the roof and it hasn't leaked since.

I called the owner on Monday and reported the leak and followed up with an email. I also informed him that there was a wet wood smell coming from the ceiling in my room. I suppose the insulation and wood in the attic & rafters is soaked. I voiced my concern about mold and also about the fact that we have more rain forecast for this weekend.

He said "next dry day I'll be over and patch the roof". That was Monday. Yesterday was dry and today was dry. No sign of him. I forwarded the same email with a new note.....asking him to at least put a tarp over the roof before it rained again. And letting him know that the wet wood smell is getting worse.

Still nothing. Have not heard from him. I don't expect there'll be a problem but I've resorted to emailing all my requests to him just in the event I need a date/time paper trail.

Do you think what I'm smelling is mold or just wet wood and insulation? Should I ask for a new roof? Nearly everyone in this subdivision has gotten one due to a hail storm we had several months ago.

We were talking about me possibly buying this property from him in the future....but now I'm not so sure. The house is only 12 years old.