Submitted by "5th floor" on 11/30/2008

Bed bugs found November, 2008- 5th floor. We had been living here for four months and had not seen ANY type of bug at all. Then, at the end of November, we started getting bitten up at night. After a week and a half of that, we realized what was happening. We immediately left the apartment and moved into a hotel for a week while packing our entire apartment after inspecting and cleaning each item, dry cleaning, and washing/drying in hot all clothing items. Anything with a bug on it, was thrown away. All this is in prep of the pest service that will be treating the apartment. We have also purchased a plastic casing for our bed. When we first found the bugs, we called Landmark Realty and they sent an inspector within the hour. She told us that the neighbor across the hall had been treated for bugs and that is likely how we ended up with them. We wish we had been told about this at the time so we could have been watching or had preventative pest control. This has been extremely expensive to deal with and we are not convinced that those around us with this problem are taking the same measure. It is VERY important to go through the entire home just as the pest control experts instruct. It is very time-consuming and exhausting and impossible to live in the apartment while doing this but it is necessary! It is also important to let your neighbors know when you are having this problem so that it doesn't continue to pass around the building!

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 01/05/2008

Bed bugs found around Thanksgiving time. Sprayed once by unlicensed PCO and took all precautions such as cleaning apartment from top to bottom and laundering everything we own.
About one month passsed, and we saw another bb on our bed during daylight hours. Still awaiting another spray...By far the most disgusting, humiliating experience of my life!!