Anonymous on 05/24/2012

05/23/12
Thinking about moving into this building....what's that status with the bugs!!!! roaches....ants....
Please respond asap.

FedUp on 01/08/2012

As management has refused to keep the garbage containment area at the back of the building locked, I would suggest to anyone putting out mattresses, other soft upholstered items and rugs out there, to take a knife and slash the hell out of it so that it is unusable. Thanks to the desperation of management to keep units filled, not to mention the commission they receive, we now see absolutely no common sense being demonstrated in the type of tenants, who are being accepted. This bed bug infestat

Tammy on 01/04/2012

@Jay I would have to agree with the other reply to your comment you have got to be workiing for management. Shame on your for posting here pretending to be a tenant.

As for people throwing out furniture with bedbugs on them there is a proper way to dispose of items that have bedbugs on them. I put the link below. If you have to spray paint on them that they have bedbugs so some freak who digs throw the garbage won't pick them up and bring them back into the place. Management should tell

Anonymous on 12/12/2011

to the poster below, 200 Balliol is still run by Greenwin.

Anonymous on 12/12/2011

This is what happens when you have a completely ineffective property management company. When this building was being run by Greenwin Property Management Inc., (Debbie Ross, Rocco Morra, Carolyn Perriera, Ken Hinkson and Draga?) we never had these problems. This building has gone down-hill drastically since this new property management company (read 1 person) RPMG? group took over. The rents keep going up but the standards keep going down.

Anonymous on 12/09/2011

I've been a tenant for a number of years. Discovered we had bed bugs several months ago. Had our neighbors and friends check and they also found bed bugs in their apartments on the 9th, 16th, 18th and 19th floor. I do not have any faith left they can properly deal with this infestation. I am shocked and appalled to see for how long they have had this problem. Moved out.

Anonymous on 11/30/2011

I moved in at 200 Balliol a year and a half ago and moved out mid October but still had my apartment until today. I lived on the 23rd floor and never had any bed bugs issues. I did have a huge issue with the slow, smelly elevators and the dog on my floor left to scream and yap for hours on end every weekend. Anyone on the 23rd floor had bed bugs?

Anonymous on 11/30/2011

I haven't had trouble in my unit on the 4th floor but not surprised to hear there's bed bugs. There is always a ton of furniture in the garbage pile out back and people always bringing stuff back in the building.

The building is getting rather run down. Needs a new coat of paint, carpets, balcony railings...the lobby looks like it hasn't been touched since the 1990s. The spent a ton of money fixing the pool and fitness room that I think 5 people a month actually use.

Honestly it's har

Anonymous on 11/24/2011

@Jay

Do you work for Greenwin Inc.? Sure sounds like it. Perhaps you have nothing to compare present conditions in the building to. This used to be a great building much like you described in your post but far, far from the reality of today.

gotoutintime on 11/22/2011

beware; this building is invested, talk to the tenant board, get out of your lease, throw everything out that you cant clean or seal, this is very traumatic and it is important to stick together, talk to you neighbours, and dont blame them. Management is responsible for spraying but they are using pesticides not extreme heat even though the company they use will do extreme heat. My best to you all.

Anonymous on 11/10/2011

@No Name: I'm willing to bet your unit received a "preventative treatment" because someone either on the 21st or 20th floor had them. Many tenants are completely unaware that this has become a serious problem in the building. This is just the icing on the cake for me and I am getting the heck out of here as soon as possible.

No Name on 11/10/2011

This the tentant on 21st floor; yes this is absolutely disgusting, I can't sleep in my bed anymore; I keep waking up feeling something is biting my legs. I have notified the management about the issue; I just wanted to post it here so that everyone knows that the building has bed bugs which sooner or later will spread to all units. I still beleive someone on our floor had them or they wouldnt do a preventative treatment; did anyone elss god the preventative spray last week or it was just my floo

Anonymous on 11/10/2011

@No Name: This situation is getting completely out of hand. I can confirm that there was a unit on the 20th floor with bedbugs. That now makes the 3rd, 15th. 20th and 21st floors. I am disgusted and I am going to call Public Health. I have very little faith that property manager will deal with this situation effectively. I would suggest that all tenants go and voice their concern to the office.

No Name on 11/10/2011

A few days ago my unit was sparyed for bed bugs as a preventative measure; the day after I saw about 10 bed bugs hiding under my bed, inside my pillow case and even crawling on the walls by the bed (around 3 in the morning). I had never noticed anything before; I guess someone in my floor must have had them and thats why they did the prevantative spray thing. But I wonder if spraying activated them. I live on 21st floor

Anonymous on 11/09/2011

Confirmed by a tenant on the third floor. Unit has bedbugs!

June on 11/01/2011

Some of you have mentioned the scavengers/tenants that go into the garbage area out back. This area is meant to be kept locked. That was the whole purpose of building it in the first place and you can bet this will be one of the things that the landlord will claim as a "capital expenditure" in order to get an above guideline increase. Not that long ago, I threw out a mattress and within hours it was taken by a tenant in the building. I spoke to our completely useless property manager about t

Jay on 09/10/2011

I have lived here for 2 years. This place is great. NO bed bugs, NO roaches. Never found any bugs besides the occasional lady bug or fly. The supers are great, repairs are done on time. The lobby, laundry, landscape are clean and maintained. For a one bedroom for a very reasonable price, in a very safe neighborhood, (never seen anything suspicious), so close to downtown, so many great restaurants nearby, you can't find a better place.

Anonymous on 08/17/2011

I went for a swim today and was shocked to find dead bed bugs all over the shallow end of the pool!

Anonymous on 08/03/2011

I've been in this building over a year now and while I haven't had bed bugs, I wish management would do something about the garbage lot behind the building. Today I saw a couple of tenants who live on the other side of my floor taking a few things out of the trash. I told them they're probably infested but they didn't seem to care!!!! I wish management would post signs or something. Not that will stop people, but it's getting annoying!

I'm going to moving out soon, thankfully!

Anonymous on 08/02/2011

Last weekend I was cleaning my bedroom, when I noticed a few dead bugs behind a bookcase! I FREAKED OUT! After closer examination, these were defiantly NOT bed bugs! They were too dark in colour and they appeared to have an exoskeleton. I brought a sample to a friend who works in pest control and turns out they're a form of carpet beetles. Fewf! Funny I don't have a single carpet in my unit, but they live off of fabric, hair, dust etc.

To the person who posted back in May, what floor are

Anonymous on 05/11/2011

Yes. I found a bedbug in my apartment recently. I contacted the Super and he immediately scheduled treatment and confirmed that a couple other people had them this year. Response from Super/Property Manager was good when I had additional pre-treatment questions. As for my fellow tenants, I see lots of people bringing the thrown-out furniture from the garbage back INTO my building: how stupid are people?! There is a fence being built around the garbage; hopefully that'll help. I don't think movin

Anonymous on 05/03/2011

No bedbugs. I've personally thrown a matress not because of the bedbugs but because it's needed anymore.

Anonymous on 01/14/2011

While I haven't had any trouble in my unit, I've been noticing an increasing number of mattresses and other furniture being dumped at the rear of the building. I'm pretty sure there are bedbugs but have no idea how wide spread the problem is.

Anonymous on 01/20/2010

Hi there, my family and I are looking at this building as a prospective new home and I'm wondering if there is still a problem with bed bugs? Thanks.

:Anonymous" on 11/11/2009

"Puzzled" the notices were up by the elevators informing people to not take furniture (from outside by the dumpsters) into the building that - that they were bed bugs and it was likely the items out by the dumpster had come from units with it.

Puzzled on 08/12/2009

I have lived in this building since 1999 and I read all notices put up by management and I have NEVER seen any notice about bedbugs. I can assure you that if I had, I would not forget it.

Anonymous on 05/08/2009

Kudos to the landlord for informing tenants and posting. Hiding the problem doesn't help and only creates anger and resentment.

Anonymous on 09/17/2008

Approximately a year and a half ago we lived in this building and for months in 2006/2007 I had what were thought to be hives. I went to numerous doctors and it was decided that if my "hives" lasted for 4 months I'd undergo extensive allergy tests. Well, right before the 4th month I discovered a bed bug in our apartment. I was horrified. I informed the super of the building who said that yes, people had reported bed bugs as of late. They were very quick in spraying our apartment (we only needed