How to improve our home environment?

I would invest some time to decorate and declutter your home, you would be amazed at how much better that will make you feel about your surrondings. Good luck!

It sounds like yo have a lot of disappointments living where you are, and if you continue to feed that kind of thinking then you'll never feel at home. No matter where you live, a house can only be a home if YOU make it one. Try lighting patchouli or jasmine incense to lift the moods in the apt. Crystals also help to bring peace of mind. Maybe paint the rooms different colors to give it a personal feel. Whatever you do, think positive, and you'll get a positive outcome. Good luck.

Overall, you've described a very good situation with a few drawbacks. No, those 2 things would not cause me to move. I would clean the windowsills daily to prevent mold and start decluttering and getting organized, using colors you like and an arrangement that helps you to feel comfortable.

put some personal things out, or buy a small amount of themed things. ALWAYS have music goign especially if youre half into the ground. INVITE positivity to live with you guys, otherwise the opposite will come to stay!!!... yikes,. get soem easy to care for plants like spider plants, ivy-leafed lookig things, or snake-plants (those tall speary leaved things) or cactuses in a cool arrangement. i woudl hate those windows... so get some BEAUTIFUL hot or luxurious curtains, ahades or window "treatments" even if they are wmall windows.... if there si no light in there, get COOL small lamps or lighting -- LIGHT and AIR adds to happiness in a home. music too. also, have APples and cinnamon scent ed oil burning, or vanilla, or cookie smell. or hazelnut smell...somethign warm sexy or homey. get a trickling fountain. make a prayer space or a "you" space. get new sheets. drink coffee and be sharp. start a journal about this time period

Okay...invest in a dehumidifier....that will help the mold. Now, take your digital camera out and take some photos of your favorite architectural elements around town. Then, if you have a good printer - print them out in black and white on photo paper (8.5X11) (5x7) (4X6) - then frame them in black frames. Use 3M command strips to hang the frames in groups of 3 or 5.   Do the same with photos of your children.  A crappy playground can be worked around.....find a great one in town and visit it.  The link below takes you to the 3M command strip website where you can print off  a good coupon.

http://www.command.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/NACommand/Command/?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=SE_exact_3m-command&gclid=CKvRqOjRj6UCFeFM5Qod3XLIPQ

Decorate ...happiness comes within ...any place can be made into a nice place. I had a garden level apt. like yours, and had it for 4 yrs I put pictures of the kids in frames and put sheer curtain panels and then outer curtains with a pretty pattern... on the windows that way i could see out but nobody walking by can see inside. get wall candles and have a few plants arrange the furniture for a cozy setting, add some throw blankets over the backs for added coziness

I'd stay & invest a few bucks into sprucing up the apartment. If you don't feel comfortable or even welcome in your own home, you're not going to be happy in it no matter where you lay your head at night, kwim? As for the mold issue, a dehumidifier in the room may help, as well as better insulation for the windows to prevent the build up of moisture. Also, once mold starts growing, the spores dig deep, so surface cleaning will not prevent it from coming back, even if you keep the area dry, you need something that will kill the mold spores completely. If you have a steamer or can rent one, the hot steam will kill the mold without adding more moisture to the area, which may help to at least reduce the amount of mold growth you have to deal with.

i will stay where you at you can always go to another park take care of that mold or that mold would take care of you. i would make it you home is where the heart is