Submitted by "Overwhelmed." on 12/14/2009

Having my appartment sprayed for the second time on the 2nd floor. I had to throw out my bed and I have spent hundreds of dollars on laundry, dry cleaning, boarding my cat and lost wages from missed work. Seeing as how the 14th floor is infested I am certain this won't be the last time I will have to fork out this kind of cash. Not to mention the stress of the preparation, damaged clothes, plus the fear of spreading them to family and friends. In addition to all of this the stigma attached to having bedbugs.

Of course I haven't even mentioned the constant itching and bites I have had to endure over the past 6 months. This has been both irritating and embarassing.

I suggested to the manager that they spray the entire building lest the problem repeatedly returns. She simply threw up her hands in a helpless gesture.

There should be some sort of reinboursement for at least some of this. It is the responsibility of the owners to take care of this problem as well as other problems (ie. cockroaches, which are also a HUGE problem in this building.

This is a city wide problem and needs to be addressed and aggressively dealt with.

Submitted by "sf" on 09/21/2009

14th floor is infested with bedbugs