COLUMBIA, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford and his family get to sleep in their beds - and private rooms - at the Gov.'s Mansion on Thursday night for the first time since June.

Mold growing in the 16,400-square-foot mansion air handling system caused illnesses and forced the family to move out. Since August, Sanford, his wife and four children have lived in a 900-square-foot pool house with big glass doors. Sanford stayed in the pool house for much of the summer alone while his family stayed at their Sullivans Island beach house.

Workers were expected to finish moving the family back into the mansion Thursday, said Mike Sponhour, spokesman for the Budget and Control Board, which oversees state facilities.

Privacy was one casualty in the pool house.

"There have been some awkward moments," Sanford said, noting that he and his wife, Jenny, had been walked in on at inappropriate times. "There's not a lot of privacy. ... This brings new definition to the meaning of living in a fish bowl."

The close quarters also meant everyone went to bed and rose at the same time, Sanford said. Sanford said he and his four sons took turns sleeping on a futon, a couch and bunk beds. Jenny Sanford slept in a single bed.

The mansion, home to governors since the 1870s, was built as faculty quarters for Arsenal Military Academy in 1856. The state spent $5.6 million on an extensive renovation completed in 2001.

Estimates earlier put the cost of dealing with the mold problem at $1 million for the mansion and two other buildings at the Gov.'s Mansion complex.