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stuck with bed bugs
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leanne1187
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Joined: Aug '09
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Posted 3 months ago
Tue Aug 11 2009 8:55:48
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Hi,
Hopefully I will try and make this as short as possible. We moved in middle of February, had issues with our landlord making simple fixes. Anyways, we thought our 1 yr old son had the chicken pox, long story short, turns out we had bed bugs and we got treated in May, but the landlord decided that spraying the adjoining units wasn't necessary, so we have them again. I don't even think they told the other tenants, I am very suspicious that even though they swear they have never had them in this complex, which I don't believe due to the number of upstairs neighbours who have had their box springs or mattresses on their patios, and not to mention the one neighbour who moved and left all his stuff including his car. I just want to know if it is even worth getting sprayed if they other tenants aren't getting treated? Is there any action I can take against my landlord to possibly get compensated or to get help to prepare for treatment? I actually have it in writing that none of the adjoining units were treated, and have been making sure that I get everything in writing from them. Also, how could one go about making it public knowledge whether or not a place has had bedbugs? No one should have to go through this and I am sick of these big management companies taking advantage of us little people. If I had the money and wasn't tied to a lease I would move, because my son should not be getting up in the night because he is bug food. Also I have no place to go if I get evicted and I am scared that if I bring the health inspector or landlord tenant people into this, that I might get another fake noise complaint brought against me and get evicted. Any help would be appreciated as I am desperate at this point, I just want uninterrupted sleep, lol.
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parakeets
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Joined: Mar '07
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Posted 3 months ago
Tue Aug 11 2009 11:17:35
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So sorry for what you are going through. You are taking good steps in communicating about it, educating yourself, keeping documentation, and following up with the landlord. I would have to agree with you that if there are bedbugs in the neighboring units and those units are not treated, it would be impossible for you to get rid of bedbugs.
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stricken
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Joined: Jun '09
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Posted 3 months ago
Tue Aug 11 2009 21:51:47
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You can register your address at http://bedbugregistry.com/ to publicize it.
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Can you encase your son's mattress and put ClimbUps on the legs of his bed? That might isolate his bed to stop the bites. I did it with my bed and have not seen a bug on it since or had any bites. It doesn't treat the whole problem, but could eliminate his bites. I should say that my bedframe is metal, not wood and I think that helped.
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