Anonymous on 05/22/2012

I recently moved into this apartment. I haven't seen any live bugs but I did find a dead one in my laundry basket from the laundry room. I'm taking every precaution to ensure I don't get them and I'm getting the fuck out before I get them. You can get raid spray from walmart for 10$ which is specifically for bed bugs which I sprayed my mattress, box spring and floors with to prevent and kill them. I then purchased a zippered mattress cover for further protection. They don't like light so I leave

Anonymous on 01/24/2012

Persistent bed bug problem in this place. Even after calling in an exterminator and washing everything, they persist. Within a few weeks we were reinfested... I can stay up at night and watch them crawl into the apartment through the crack between the wall and the floor.

Management seems helpful about getting exterminators in and trying to solve the issue, but so far, nothing helps.

Kyle on 01/04/2012

It’s clear that there’s more than just the bed bug issue. I would think that’s because the people who run that building don’t care that every person who lives there has to throw out half their stuff. This is due to the BED BUG and cock roach infestation. Every wonder why there is always a stack of mattresses and couches out front of the place. Well I didn’t either until the bed bugs came. Kathleen’s comment about the person getting kicked out for illegal activity is comical. Was Shaw

Gabrielle on 12/31/2011

I had bed bugs immediately when I moved in. The guy before me had to move out because of it and they never sprayed. Then they kicked out a guy down the hall and my place was infested with roaches. My neighbors above and below me all had them and for longer than I did. This property management company is based in Montreal and clearly has no idea what is going on or more likely don't care. Any accounts made in defense of the property management team are clearly being made by Derek or Steve. Those

Kathleen on 11/29/2011

I am appaled at what I am reading here, i know the person who is making all these reports.He is angry because he was thrown out for illegal activity he was doing. There is no bedbugs in this building and the super works hard to keep it clean.I am very happy here.

ANONYMOUS on 11/09/2011

I recently moved out of this place, and
the bedbug still followed me to my new place
despite of my effort to get rid of it before
I came here. Make sure to get rid of furnitures
such as bed, boxspring, and couch and do NOT
take them with you when you move out!

The management of the building is HORRIBLE!

sonny on 10/05/2011

i moved in this building recently ,it is a big mistake i never made in my life .
bed bug is everywhere. and horrible smell horrible
why the health depart or whoever from the government never mandate .

Anonymous on 08/29/2011

I lived at this @ for 2 years. Didn't see anything til my last 6 months their. I remember waking up with like 10 of them on my blanket, even the baby bedbugs are evasive. One starting crawling under the sleeve of my sweater. Leave lights/TV on at night, and leaving the balcony door during the fall/winter as they don't like coldness works. Spraying the base of walls only works for so long. So glad to be out of their. The super is quite friendly though and is willing to help need be. The admin as

James on 08/16/2011

This place has bed bugs bad. I have had them for nearly 3 months. Even after the apartment was sprayed. Enough is enough. The building has them from floors 3 through 10. I specifically had a conversation with the management about it and they told me that they wouldn't be spraying the whole building. Too bad for the people who are moving in and didn't check this site.
Sure some buildings have them on occasion but floors 3 through 10 is a serious problem. There is no debating this fact as I was

Anonymous on 08/03/2011

Yes. It is an old building, but the conditions of the place depends of which unit.. so I'm guessing
if you have problems with ur place
I advise you stop whining and go deal with management, somebody will help you
fix the problem.

Regarding bedbugs, yes it has been a problem
so people need to be aware of it for sure.
But things are being taken care of like
any other apartments in Ottawa.
It is the management's responsibillity to
fix the problems of the apartment for the tenants

Anonymouss on 07/27/2011

The most horrible place I've ever lived&been.
People whoever said good things about this building and the management of the building
are bullshi**ing us. They must be the ones who work in the management so they don't want us to spread this news to other ppl so other ppls can also be victims and spend money on living in this horrible place.

1. The patios for this place are Pigeon's home
They will wake you up in early mornings by googooing loudly and poop all over your patio.
Your da

BedbugLunch on 07/23/2011

The bugs own this building. The tenants are their lunch.

I found three bugs in my apartment last month after having been bitten multiple times. Although my apartment has since been sprayed, I feel the chances of reinfection are pretty darn high.

One neighbour had his apartment sprayed at least twice this summer but is still having problems with bugs. A second neighbor keeps the legs of his bed in buckets of water in an attempt to keep the bugs at bay. A third neighbor is riddled with bite

Luhara on 07/18/2011

I lived at this building from November 2007 to June 2009. Everything was fine until bed bugs suddenly invaded the place in early 2009. I don't know how they suddenly invaded my apartment, but there were lots and lots of them. I once spotted one in my underwear while undressing the bathroom, can you imagine how freaked out I was? They were in my bed, on and around my laundry bag and even on the carpet. Life became unbearable because of them and also because of my crazy crackhead neighbour who us

concerned on 07/18/2011

I've lived here for about 2 years and hadn't had any problems. Recently I heard from a few other tenants about bed bug infestations, so I was pretty paranoid because I had been noticing new bug bites in different places every day (bites that I couldn't remember getting, no notable mosquito pokes). I didn't look because I knew if I saw one, I would not be able to sleep. I was enjoying my state of denial until tonight when my cat spotted a bug on my bed (my brand new mattress, sheets). I killed it

Evelyn on 07/15/2011

I've been here for 4 months and haven't had any issues. From what I've seen they spray regularly for all types of bugs as a preventative measure. I spoke to the landlord several times before coming in about what happens if any issues arise. They definitely care about keeping the building clean and I was comfortable with what I saw and heard from them. I have friends that have had issues in other buildings where the landlord completely ignores them. So far I haven't seen that at all over her

Anonymous on 07/12/2011

I do not know what you guys are talking about. The bed bugs run the place. This is no joke. I know for a fact that apartments on at least 5 floors had to be sprayed about a month ago. Call Cedrics they are the ones who treat the building. The land lords refuse to spray around the problem areas, only individual infected apartments, this really identifies how large the problem is in the building. Which I think is the worst because you get to hear ur neighbours horrible stories and see the bed bug

Bianca on 07/08/2011

I moved in with my boyfriend this past May and the unit was very clean. We have not heard of any problems in the building.

Jennifer on 03/21/2011

I moved in to 229 Argyle last November as I have a friend that's been in the building for over a year. We both have had no problems with bugs of any kind. Actually I can say the landlord and property manager have been very accomodating. I did inquire about a few items including extermination before moving in and was explained that any problems that come up are taken care of and improvements are being made all the time. From talking to others it seems they used to have bad property management

Bugs among us on 10/29/2010

I'm concerned. I want to move out of the building. My newly "upgraded" 1-br 6th floor unit was sprayed late in 2009 after I moved my belongings in (minus a bed). The landlord accessed my unit some weeks later but there has been no follow-up since then. Also - the building is not being cared for. Cleanliness of the building is deteriorating. I'll be using this site to ensure my next centretown apartment is bug free (hopefully...)

Steve on 09/20/2010

I can understand why the bugs like the building. Half the garbage chutes dont even close so the hallways stink of garbage. But one real question I have is how you concluded the land lords care about anything but money. LOOK AT THE BUILDING and the stacks of junk that sit in front of it.

Chris on 03/10/2010

I've been living in this building for the last 5 months. I haven't seen any type of bug problem. The owners care about this building. Don't know if anything ever existed in the past but they would definitely have taken care of it. I've talked to other tenants and they have no problems. The other reports that say the building is infested are definitely not true.

ArmyGirl on 02/10/2010

I lived there for less than 2 months. I was INFESTED with bedbugs. the landlord told me the whole apartment building was infested. he seemed casual and non-chalant, I think he'd known about it for a while. the sick thing is, he was still renting out rooms the whole time! BEWARE OF THIS PLACE. He did pay for an exterminator to come to my room on the fourth floor and spray it. He had to come at least 5 times and by that point I was not even sure if they were gone or not.

I was moving out. On mo

shawna on 10/30/2008

Oct 28th, 2008 - I approached landlord to tell him I think I might have either fleas or bedbugs and he said it's bedbugs, he said the whole building has them! the whole 11 floor building...it must be quite an infestation then! I expected he would spray right away but he said something about how he hopes people will come early next week to treat it. so stressful!