Submitted by "fukkkkkkkk" on 11/04/2008

Within the first month of moving into this apartment I am seriously considering leaving, I wake up every morning covered in itchy marks on my body, great, being a student and worker is already hard enough now I have to come up with the money to move out and I will throw away everything I own..

Submitted by "Carrie Bradshaw" on 09/25/2008

It's September 25th 2008. It's 6a.m. and I got a visitor (non-human) in my bed 3 hours ago. We live on the 26th floor of 1150 Jervis St. and I woke up around 3a.m. to get a glass of water and when I came back to the bed, I noticed a bug high-tailing it for the headboard. It was about a quarter inch long. I thought nothing of it, other than to kill the creature and go back to bed. Well, when I squashed it, 20 quarts of blood squirted out of it (A slight exageration, more like 40). OMG, bed bugs have made it to the 26th floor. Well from what I've read in this website column, we're completely surrounded by these mini vampires. I guess I'll sleep in the living room tonight and find out where I have welts on my body, sometime this afternoon. On the bright side, at least it's not mosquitos or spiders and they only come up for a feed every couple of weeks. ......Oh I just noticed, I have 3 welts on my arm .....Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Another dine and dash! Well, good luck everyone, you'll need it.

Submitted by "Bugged To Death" on 07/20/2008

I have noticed for sometime Bed Bugs coming from the hall way into my apartment If your serious about controlling the Bugs I would spray every hallway a person leaving or going into an apartment brings them with them not knowing

It will take years to get them out. People moving in can bring them and people moving out can bring them to the new address

Submitted by "Bed Bugs in Common" on 05/14/2008

Wake up Sick of Bed Bugs. It is illegal(you can thank the government) to spray the entire building. It is only legal to spray for bed bugs AFTER they have been found.

Submitted by "Anoymous" on 04/28/2008

Why is it when you have to get rid of beds etc they have to be sealed plastic. and on the other hand people moving in don't. Thy could be bringing Bugs from there old address. Are new tenants advised before they even move that this building has Bed Bugs

Submitted by "BUG OUT!" on 04/26/2008

Update on prior post: Management actually acted quickly and swiftly after the initial response. No sightings of ongoing infestation, yet of course, but keeping a watching eye open. The thing to do is clean clean clean everything. We got rid of all our bedroom furniture and spent an entire weekend washing, dry cleaning vacuuming everything and everywhere. To note: regardless of what the building owner\'s approach is, the on-site managers at this building are indeed caring and responsive people, and one has to remember that they too live here, so obviously they care about what is taking place in their home as well!

Submitted by "Fed Up" on 04/22/2008

1150 jervis always slip a paper under your door for things such as windows being washed etc

Did they not think it was important to slip a note under your door advising to keep a look out for bedbugs and tell the manager So they could be sprayed as early as possable. But they didn't which allowed the BedBugs to get a head start

Submitted by "sickofbedbugs" on 04/10/2008

To say it's not managements fault is a little ridiculous. They play a role. If 1150 had sprayed the entire building (rather than suite by suite to save money) they may not have had such a terrible problem. Furthermore, as someone who spent months searching for a place to live, I want to emphasize the deception about bed bugs. No one tells you there are problems but those tenants *especially when you are taking over their lease* are usually leaving due to the bed bugs. IT's entirely unethical for me to then move in all of my new furniture and my life only to get swarmed with bedbugs. The previous poster needs to take a step back, use some common sense and have a heart.

Submitted by "Unbelievable" on 04/10/2008

March,2008
1150 Jervis Street, Columbia Place

Bedbugs spread from laundry room to 3rd floor to 12th floor and all i know is the responsibility is not taken by either government (tenants\' rights people) and the management. So, all i\'m saying is this WILL become epidemic (which looks like it\'s already is) then everyone will live with this blood sucking bugs...
Evacuate the apartment as soon as possible or do not rent from here!

Submitted by "Bed Bugs In Common" on 04/07/2008

As anyone who has read a news paper or listened to the news would know. Bedbugs are a world wide epidemic right now. It is not just a problem in a particular building(s). As anyone can see there are many buildings listed in the West End with bedbugs, and I am willing to bet double or triple that amount have bedbugs.

Bedbugs do not just magically appear in a building, most are happy hitch hikers moving into a new building with tenants. Or brought in with used furniture or clothing. Or return with a tenant from that great around the world vacation. To put the blame on building management for the appearance of bedbugs is childish and simple minded. And to expect a building to advertise that they have or had incidents is equally rediculous. I think that if bedbugs are known to be in a suite they responsibility to make sure any infected suite is treated before new tenants are moved in.

Additionally, many tenants are embarrassed to admit they have bedbugs, and do not report incedents. By the time management finds out the suites are completely infested and the problem is much harder to deal with, or worse yet, has infected their neighbours.

I suggest that the people who have posted for this address and others maybe take a step back and think about the cause of the problem, and realize that these little visitors are very hard to treat and can take months to get rid of. It is not managements fault that these bugs appear. But good management such as 1150 will act immediately upon learning of a problem. I know from first hand experience that it was taken care of immediately and the managers did a great job providing information and scheduling of pest control services. Including, the service man coming on his day off after hours.

Submitted by "BUG OUT!" on 04/02/2008

Over the past couple of weeks my partner has been noting blotches on his skin in the mornings, and we've joked (it's not joke) about there being bed bugs. I had thought it might have been allergies, as I wasn't having any symptoms whatsoever. So I finally checked the situation out, and immediately saw the tell-tale signs. Now by chance, a bulletin has finally gone up in lobby of the building (just a small sheet, posted in only two locations), But this is a 27-story building, so this has probably become a full infestation.

The memo posted is pure bullshit, as it does not indicate that there have been any reports in the building yet (obviously not true) but they want people to take steps to ensure that the building remains free of the bugs.

Such liars! We can't believe this is happening, and the worse thing is, our saga is only just beginning. I'm going to keep posting here so that we can document what is surely just the beginning of our nightmare.

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 03/01/2008

Taryn Brodie, the owner of 950 Jervis, is also a lobbyist for apartment owners' association. She is too well connected in the government. Yes, she will get away with whatever she wants. You can file cases against her, but you will loose.

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 01/23/2008

Infested with Bedbug's in December 2007. The management company is very bad "Terrible" at this apartment.

Infected apartments 806,805,801, and there are many floors in the build that have Bedbugs as well. However the management is trying to keep it a secret!

The pest control company is "Abell Pest Control".

Good luck if you are planning to live here!!