Is there any way to find out if an apartment complex has bedbugs before you move in?
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definately call your local code enforcement they keep logs
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Give your landlords a month notice. Know that they may show your apartment. The proceedure is not too complicated, just make sure tha apartment is clean, and you should get your deposit back. Good luck!
11713
check your local codes, call your city hall rent control board and read your own lease
334310
I can't see how searching before you move is a bad idea. Try this link.
725109
In most cases, and in most states, it IS the landlord's responsibility to pay for pest extermination. One exception could come in if the landlord could prove that the pest infestation for a particular apartment was the tenant's fault, i.e., not keeping the place clean enough to discourage pest infestation.
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The first thing you should do to cover your ass, is request a copy of the lease agreement and any lease renewals that you have have signed. The landlord is required to be able to provide at least their copies which were supposed to have been certified These contracts will give detailed instuctions as to how many days prior written notice is required upon your moving and terminating your residence. Usually at least 30-45 days "written" notice is required so be sure to hand deliver or send by certified mail to your landlord(once again to C.Y.A.).\nAlso, on your initial lease agreement there should be something noted with regard to condition of the apartment before you moved in. Usually if you'll just make sure that all debris is cleared for the unit, vacuum, clean bathrooms pretty well, repair any substantial nail holes especially if there are more than 4 per any wall. Bleach kintchen sinks and counters and clean all cooking areas removing as much baked on crud as possible.\nAnd one final C.Y.A. move is to set a specific time and day to do a final walk through with your landlord far enough before your official move-out date so that anything she indicates to be sub-par and subject to charging you for, can be taken care of before your final walk through which should be scheduled at the time of the pre-move walk through.\nHpoe this helps!!! Good luck!
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Bed bugs infest only a small proportion of residences, but they should be suspected if residents complain of bites that occurred while sleeping. The bedroom and other sleeping areas should be carefully examined for bed bugs and signs of bed bug activity. Folds and creases in the bed linens, and seams and tufts of mattresses and box springs, in particular, may harbor bed bugs or their eggs. They may also be found within pleats of curtains, beneath loose areas of wallpaper near the bed, in corners of desks and dressers, within spaces of wicker furniture, behind cove molding, and in laundry or other items on the floor or around the room. Sometimes, characteristic dark brown or reddish fecal spots of bed bugs are apparent on the bed linens, mattress or walls near the bed. A peculiar coriander-like odor may be detected in some heavily infested residences. Adhesive-based traps used for sampling insects or rodents are not particularly effective for trapping bed bugs.  http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/
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Move in with someone who has it.
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talk to Environmental Health they'll be able to tell you the cause and the length of the infestation.\n\nAlso take photos and document every conversation you have had with your landlord and the treatments she has had. i.e doctors appointments etc.\n\nGo to the citizens advice bureau and they'll give you free confidential advice.\n\nAlso depending upon the Environmental report go to a solicitor and seek compensation from them.
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I would say the health department could handle that for you. Also, I would call the BBB and make sure they know how bad a landlord he is.
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You could start having respiratory problems most definitely. If it is still toxic enough, you could have certain brain cells ate up causing imbalances, but that's not very likely. You really need to remove the carpeting, replace the walls if possible, or if there were any curtains there or furniture that was there before you moved in definitely get rid of them. When we make a meth lab bust, these things are required to be done by the landlord before anyone moves in. I hope this helps you.
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Basic stuff like name address current landlord phone number maybe previous landlords so you can check if they are good renters .... you can probably find one online just search home rental application
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Um, not really. If the original problem was fixed within reasonable time, and now you hear mice, that is not a viable excuse to move out of the apartment and break your lease.\nContact management again (in writing) and let them know of the mice problem. Log all your contacts with them. (go into the office with your note, ask them to stamp it received and keep a copy) you will need to document the problem especially if it gets bad.\nDo everything in writing, thats what gets most people (nothing in writing). Documentation is everything should you need to go to court.
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Not if it is not mentioned in your lease and you are current on your rent.
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you can look it up on the internet and look and find a apartment that might not always be the ceapest, but something you can afford, but doesn't have like rats or mice or termites.\n\nAlso, you can save up your money to BUY a house, instead of renting it.
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Yes, I believe it is ..I am a Land lord myself  & Black mold is a Big NO NO >..Contact the health Inspector  in your area  Or  Tenant landlord Association ..You should be able to get some information  from neighborhood City Hall . Also you might wanna Contact a lawyer   because Black mold even @ low levels is very Dangerous & the Damages it causes to People is very serious.Most likely your landlord knows /knew about the black mold & just slapped a fresh coat of paint over it...Take Pictures & also Take Notice of Yourselfs ..Go on line & read up on symptoms  of things brought on by Black mold.I really hope everything is alright :)  Also  Do not try to be Buddy ~ Buddy with Landlord ..he has done you wrong  & Now its a Business arrangement .If you give him a heads up on , what you plan to do ..He will try to cover his Butt & screw yours if you know what I mean ! Like I said seek out a Lawyer ( free consultation )
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I feel sorry for you.  However, it is your responsibility to take care of the issue and not the Landlord.  Landlord is not responsibility on the going-on in the apartment rented out.  Have you tried using Waterbed instead of mattress?  That may help.  Now, be polite to your Landlord and advise him/her that beg-bugs have been found on the mattress and you would like to appeal for a change from mattress to a waterbed.  This should help.  Good luck!