Anonymous on 12/20/2009
I moved in September '09, but on my second morning there, I woke up with about 100 welts on my back and arms, all the size of a half-dollar coin. There was no mention of bedbugs or a history of bedbugs when I signed the lease. I called the Super to complain, and his wife picked up. I mentioned bedbugs and she replied, "Oh, there's bedbugs all over that building. He's been dealing with that for years!"
After a short investigation, I found that two other apartments directly above me had bedbugs
for the last year and a half. The Super offered to exterminate my rooms, but not the entire building, claiming it was too expensive. So I had to throw out $1000 worth of new furniture, boil my clothes, and put everything else in storage with mothballs. To his credit, I got the deposit back, and the entire Sept. rent was returned as well. (And I'm out of the lease.)
Now that the secret is out, the bedbug-less neighbors are all worried. (There's a lot of young kids in the building.) The residents are all asking the Super to exterminate the building, but no luck so far.
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