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Posted 1 year ago
Tue Dec 16 2008 12:09:36
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I live in a rowhouse with neighbors on both sides. If I completely treat my house, what are the chances the bugs will just come back?
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Hi,
It really depends on if one or both of the neighbours have bed bugs.
If neither of them have the problem then there is no risk. If they do then the chances of you getting them back will ultimately depend upon how heavily infected they are and what treatment strategies they follow.
At the conference we ran yesterday there were several slides about infestation dynamics and introducing the fact that there are two broad types of bed bug infestations:
- Single exposure - such as a hotel or trip where you only come into contact with a source the once
- Local exposure - where you may be coming into contact with a regular source of bed bugs be that from a neighbour or public source
I will try and get some files uploaded about it but sadly we are having major issues with people plagiarizing our work at present and as a few are lurkers on this forum so they can look forward to a lovely Christmas present from my legal team. When you sign an NDA (non disclosure agreement) you had better stick to it.
The best thing you can do in your situation is contact the neighbours and communicate the issue with them, remember don't focus on bites as they might not be responders.
David Cain
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Posted 1 year ago
Tue Dec 16 2008 13:32:35
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The neighbor on the one side said he had them exterminated about 2 months ago and he said he hsan't seen any since. The other neighbors have them, but I can't make them pay to get them fixed. I don't think they are in any hurry to do anything. Im pissed because the woman who sold me and my girlfriend the house never told us about the problem. The neighbors told me she knew she had them and tried to get rid of them. We would never had bought the house if we knew there were bedbugs (ps. its our first place).
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Hi,
I can only suggest that you speak to the neighbour again and get them to put in writing that the seller knew the property was infected. It's then over to the lawyers to settle that aspect.
With regards the neighbour that is not wanting to deal with the issue I am not 100% up on US law in this area but I would do as follows:
- Write a polite letter to them explaining that if they do not get treated the issue will simply return to your property and ask them to get back to you in writing within 10 days with an indication of what they plan on doing
- If they fail to reply then write to the public health department and ask them to investigate
In the UK we tend to use obscure pieces of legislation to force treatment on unwilling parties but it is not a fast process. With time I hope this will change as we wake up to the need to get some solid legislation on the books. I may even meet with my MP and ask for an early day motion on bed bugs. The biggest problem here is that centuries of parliamentary evolution have done little to streamline the process of putting new legislation on the books.
David
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