Comments on: Escaping tenants leaving crumbs, marking the bed bug trail http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: links for 2007-04-28 | Musings of a Chicagoan http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/#comment-2521 links for 2007-04-28 | Musings of a Chicagoan Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:30:13 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/#comment-2521 [...] A reminder to check the Bed Bug Registry and Bed Bug City for hotels as well, and also ApartmentRati... (tags: reference useful) [...] [...] A reminder to check the Bed Bug Registry and Bed Bug City for hotels as well, and also ApartmentRati… (tags: reference useful) [...]

]]> By: willow-the-wisp http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/#comment-2491 willow-the-wisp Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:17:06 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/#comment-2491 OH! I broke my keyboard last night while banging it upsidedown--to get any bb's in it--out of it. Sorry for even more than my usual mispellings! OH! I broke my keyboard last night while banging it upsidedown–to get any bb’s in it–out of it. Sorry for even more than my usual mispellings!

]]> By: willow-the-wisp http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/#comment-2490 willow-the-wisp Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:13:44 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/#comment-2490 This all sounds great but will people/gov. do it? Only if the Gov steps in and rigorously enforces such actions, as in, even the gov. seems to be playing blame and shame still. If and when I do move--regardless of what any site anywhere says--I'll prep my new place FIRST--and be prepared for the worst FIRST! For now… that's all I and we actually have to work with: namely our ability to observe the situation and so I say treat any new place you might move into, like the place itself had just come back from an overseas trip--and it needs to be treated ANWAY. I plan on great detailed inspection and DE dusting the critical areas and waiting a whole month before I even move anything in. But …all of that is in a “if I could have anything Iwanted world.” In a way--Isay YES MAKE THE REPORTS! but still keep in mind this is an eye for an eye tooth for a toothe world. So I'll be very proactive both in mooving out and in moving in as best I can whenever I can! This all sounds great but will people/gov. do it? Only if the Gov steps in and rigorously enforces such actions, as in, even the gov. seems to be playing blame and shame still.
If and when I do move–regardless of what any site anywhere says–I’ll prep my new place FIRST–and be prepared for the worst FIRST!

For now… that’s all I and we actually have to work with: namely our ability to observe the situation and so I say treat any new place you might move into, like the place itself had just come back from an overseas trip–and it needs to be treated ANWAY.
I plan on great detailed inspection and DE dusting the critical areas and waiting a whole month before I even move anything in. But …all of that is in a “if I could have anything Iwanted world.”
In a way–Isay YES MAKE THE REPORTS! but still keep in mind this is an eye for an eye tooth for a toothe world.
So I’ll be very proactive both in mooving out and in moving in as best I can whenever I can!

]]> By: hopelessnomo http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/#comment-2485 hopelessnomo Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:48:58 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/26/escaping-tenants-leaving-crumbs-marking-the-bed-bug-trail/#comment-2485 Yes, but there is one thing missing from most bedbug reports, and that is a review of the landlord's actions and protocols, if any. Granted, most new sufferers may be unable to rate their landlord on anything other than total eradication, living with bedbugs being such a traumatic experience and anything less than <em>salvation</em> can be seen with something less than objectivity. I guess my point is, I would much rather live somewhere, notwithstanding a history of infestation, where the landlord has a history of taking aggressive measures and hiring good to excellent PCOs. It avails little to move into a building with zero known bedbug history where the landlord is uneducated about bedbugs and/or will be inclined to cheap measures. It is extremely important to ask about pest control policies before you sign a lease. Yes, but there is one thing missing from most bedbug reports, and that is a review of the landlord’s actions and protocols, if any. Granted, most new sufferers may be unable to rate their landlord on anything other than total eradication, living with bedbugs being such a traumatic experience and anything less than salvation can be seen with something less than objectivity.

I guess my point is, I would much rather live somewhere, notwithstanding a history of infestation, where the landlord has a history of taking aggressive measures and hiring good to excellent PCOs. It avails little to move into a building with zero known bedbug history where the landlord is uneducated about bedbugs and/or will be inclined to cheap measures.

It is extremely important to ask about pest control policies before you sign a lease.

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