Submitted by "Freaked" on 08/06/2008

I think the name calling and absurd, juvenile behaviour has got to go from this website! The truth is that anyone can add anything, so in fairness, you have to take everything with a grain of salt: however when I do see a posting on the attack, I tend to disregard it as either a rental agent or an evicted tenant trying to get back at each other.

My experiences, to clarify:
1- The building once admitted to me there had been a report of bedbugs on the 5th floor, and it had been treated.
2- I found what appeared to be an adult bedbug in my apartment.
3- I also had experiences with mice and cockroaches in the building- expected if I'm paying $600/mo for an apartment, but not almost $900 for a bachelor!
4- In the case of the bedbug, cockroaches and mice, the building did call pest control in to deal with it. I think with bedbugs they should have informed the building so people could be on the look out for them and the problem could've gotten solved!
5- With the bedbug treatment, management sent someone up to help prep the apartment by removing all of the face plates from electrical outlets and phone jacks. However for my part, what I could do was limited because I was in a bachelor! I gave as much space around the walls as I possibly could have, and vacumned every day for weeks after the spraying!

For the person moving in in September, I can't say that the building has or doesn't have bedbugs...I just hope you enjoy the area because my opinion is that for what you get, the apartments are overpriced! And I went into the building really excited...but its an expensive place to live.

Submitted by "Akbar" on 08/06/2008

There are LOADS of Toronto buildings without bedbugs, but perhaps not in your price range, or that of the posters in this record...

Submitted by "me" on 08/06/2008

[redacted for windy abusiveness - MC]

honestly...most of this is a load of BS.

anyone with half a brain knows that you cant evict someone so easily...living their 3 months and then being evicted...there are processes that have to be filed...and it takes months to evict someone.

i had an issue...went to the office...they had the sprayers in within a few days...explained the procedure...and that was it...no activity.

if you had it sprayed...and saw activity...did you let them know? they dont ---- read minds you know. they're only as good as you letting them know there is an issue.

and i know that the problem on the 5th floor was because one of the affected suites refused to properly prep for the treatment. how can management be blamed for their stupidity?

this is a citywide issue...if someone tells you there is a building without them, they are bullshitting you. the best hotels..hospitals...all have them. dont delude yourself.

the city needs to step up...not the landlords...they can only spray if a tenant asks.

Submitted by "Akbar" on 07/29/2008

Lucy - based on the information contained in these postings and the date, it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that the problem has been rectified. Also, since you are moving into a vacating suite, the likliehood that it is infested is very high.

Unless you are prepared to throw away much of your belongings, break the terms of your lease, even if you lose the security deposit and first/last month's rent. You are otherwise knowingly walking into one of the worst living experiences a person can have in a Canadian city.

Submitted by "Lucy" on 07/29/2008

This website is not for this purpose, but does anyone have any good comments about it? I'm moving in in Sept, and was wondering if the problem with bedbugs still exists.

Thanks

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 07/14/2008

I lived in 100 Wellesley street East for 1.5 years on Jan 1st 2008 i discoverd the bugs - we recived 4 sprayings and were told that only 1 other appartment reported bed bugs - after contacting our own exterminator we discovered more reports. We finally moved out March 1st after 3 months of hell ... the worst part is they allowed people to move in with in hours of us moving out!

Horrible situation ... horrible building

However i have moved and after only 1 spray have been successfully bed bug free for 5 months! There is hope!

Submitted by "Infested Tenant" on 07/12/2008

It seems there are at least a few of us in this building with bedbug problems. I don't know how much sway they have with building management, but perhaps we should all email the 100 Wellesley St. Tenant Association at wellesleytenantexecs@yahoogroups.com and let them know what's going on. If we get the word out maybe something will get done. Their website is at http://www.100wellesley.org/.

I also wanted to clarify from my previous post that it was the building manager, and not the friend of the old tenant, who told us that the building had not had bedbugs for months.

Submitted by "tired" on 07/12/2008

Im living through the the samething i had to contact the landlords head office for them to come and spray the supers said ohh next week sometime. they sprayed 2x I trying to break my lease and get compensation Ive only lived in my building for 3mths they are trying to evict me they gave me notice on the 2nd of this month which is a joke. ive gone to land lord and tennant board ive thrown out almost everything ... when i move out i will only leave the clothes on my back and some items that will be bagged up for the next 3yrs.
i'm leaving the city which i love ive had enough i do ask for everyone to contact the landlord and tennant board. The owners of these buildings dont sleep with the bed bugs as we do.

Submitted by "Infested Tenant" on 07/12/2008

The "HUGE INFESTATION" was on the 23rd floor.

The building had Magical Pest Control come in and treat the room on July 8th. We don't know yet if there has been a reoccurence as we've been staying with friends, but the building manager (Walter?) has told us that there is no need for a follow-up inspection or a second spraying. This is counter to everything we have read about bedbug infestations. A representative from Orkin Pest Control told us confidentially that multiple sprayings are often required and if an entire apartment floor or building is not sprayed a reinfestation is likely. The building manager has also told us this is not a possibility.

CAP REIT is refusing to allow us out of the lease despite the fact that they rented an infested apartment to us. The building manager is also insinuating that we brought in the bedbugs, despite that we a visit from a friend of the old tenant and he told us that the old tenant had bedbugs. As well, he told us the building has not experienced any infestations since the one a couple of months ago.

Submitted by "Nightmare" on 07/10/2008

I live on the fifth floor and they didn't spray at all. They had someone in to fog the apartment, there was no follow-up inspection and the pests have returned as bad as ever. I'm not impressed at all and we're currently studying our options.

Submitted by "freaked" on 07/08/2008

Didn't wake up with bites or anything, however one day found what looked very much like an adult bedbug in the kitchen. I lived on the 2nd floor and had already begun packing. I discarded all of my furniture at great expense, and discarded a large amount of clothing, while some other clothing was packed to stay in thick plastic ziploc bags until December, 2009. Building management did arrange apartment spraying, however I was concerned about the fact that it seems only my unit was sprayed.

For the person reporting a HUGE infestation, which floor was that on? I was previously told by the building they had sprayed for bedbugs on the 5th floor.

Submitted by "Infested Tenant" on 07/06/2008

HUGE INFESTATION.

Moved into apartment on Saturday, July 5. The same night, not yet having completely upacked, the bed mattress is found crawling with bedbugs. Weekend building manager was ambivalent and unhelpful. (Advised us to relocate mattress to outside balcony because the bugs don't live outside - WTF?) Looking into terminating lease.

DO NOT TAKE APARTMENTS AT 100 WELLESLEY.

Submitted by "Itchey" on 05/09/2008

We are currently dealing with an infestation and the building management, after filing three reports, are finally bringing someone in to spray. This is a full two weeks after the first signs of bites.