Lots of college students are moving in this weekend, but a group of James Madison University students are refusing to move into their apartment because of poor conditions.

David Hollander was excited to live right across the street from JMU's campus on South Main Street in Harrisonburg.

"But then I come here and I see mold in my room, I see unsafe living conditions for my friends and roommates, and I see a slumlord," said Hollander.

The JMU students and their parents say they're shocked at the conditions of the apartment.

"There are too many things that scare me. Mold is a big issue and that's a recurring thing that can make him sick and I'm not sending my son to school to live in a place that's gona make him sick," said Pam Ward, a mother of one of the tenants.

"The house is very old, we weren't expecting pristine, we're not expecting perfect, we are expecting safe," said Rebecca Hollander, a mother of one of the tenants. "If there were a fire on the lower level, I don't know if the boys were in the lower bedroom and something happened in the kitchen or hallway, how are they exiting the property safely?"

The tenants say the windows are too small to escape in case of an emergency, but the landlord says they're fine.

"They are the right size to meet code, but they're not the right size as far as the tenants' mothers would like to see, but it's a basement," said Glen Loucks of Castle Properties in Harrisonburg.

The landlord says the tenants entered the house before their move-in time and the cleaning wasn't finished.

But Hollander says there's still mold everywhere and the landlord only covered it up with paint.

The tenants and landlord are now seeing if it's possible for some of the students to get out of the lease. Meanwhile, the tenants plan on having a fire marshal check the property on Monday to make sure it's safe.

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