in the building brought them in themselves...do a shooter.

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Cap Reit: Canada's Landlord of Negligence

Even if you dont experience bug bites or pests.

on your entry in new home do a pest control on all vents electrical systems and demarcate your territory.

ng are the most unfriendly people you will ever meet. And the superintendent only cares that you pay him cash for a new lock, while his maintenance buddy has no clue as to how to fix anything in the apartment.

The place was basically the HELL on earth. Besides what I mentioned above, the fire alarm would go off almost daily because some wise person decided it would be fun. So, forget about getting a good night sleep. You should also watch out for a random robbery in building so expect police to show up 3 am in the morning knocking down your door.

My recommendation to anyone who might think about renting this place: DON'T!!!!! you will regret you did....

BTW, I also found that CAP REit also owns other locations in Toronto. Avoid this property management at all cost. they recently took over TransGlobe properties, so watch out for them too...

ow at responding to maintenance requests, elevators are often broken, and many 'services' included in rent are not offered. I'd suggest looking for somewhere else, as the price you pay is not worth the hassle of dealing with issues.

hellhole, maybe they'd have to change practices. Sure - decently run buildings can be hard to find... but they are there. You may have to get on a waiting list, but it sure beats settling for something like Huntley.

Oh - and all the usual excuses by management? "You must have brought them in yourself." "The building didn't have bugs before you complained" etc. etc. have been recycled for at least the past 5 years. I'm more than familiar with the attitude of the staff - the office staff are bad enough. But how about looking closely at the maintenance staff? One of them outright admitted to entering apartments without notice if he suspected they had a dishwasher or apartment washer. Coincidentally, some of the "suspected" tenants were complaining about things missing from their apartments as well. Of course, it could have been crack-heads from the brothel next door too. Some of them like to live on the edge and climb over balconies to rip people off.

Do yourself a favour if you're looking for an apartment downtown - avoid Huntley. Avoid CAP REIT and Transglobe. You won't regret it, but you will regret living there. (Oh, and good luck applying for an apartment if you're living at Huntley - lots of buildings nearby don't have bedbug problems right now, and your application will go straight to the shredder if they see where you live currently. Trust me on this.)

sure that the mattress and blankets do not touch the wall or anything else that could allow the bedbugs to get on my bed. On each of the four bedposts (i.e., the only physical connection between my bed and the apartment) I have wound double sided tape to stop any climbers in their tracks. As a matter of fact, one of the four bugs I found was stuck to this tape, so I know that it works! Just wind some fresh tape around every so often, since it tends to accumulate dust and lose its stickiness.

Yes, I agree that 77 Huntley has its share of issues. I certainly wouldn't want to live here with a family. . but if you're a poor student like myself and you don't mind the presence of drunks and meth tweakers (think of the stories you can tell your grandchildren!!), then I've gotta say it's not half bad.

To all those screamers here saying "Don't live at 77 Huntley!" could you please suggest another, similarly priced, high-rise in the downtown core that DOESN'T have a bedbug problem? Good luck finding one. If you want a clean, bug-free building with management that will bend over backwards for you, you've gotta pay $$$$$$$$$$$.

ky enough to be living there already, get out as quickly as you can. There are lots of other places in Toronto, and this one just isn't worth it.

prays to finally get them to leave the apartment...but I know that's only temporary...they will definitely be back...we won't...with the bed bugs, cockroaches, constantly broken glass doors, busted security cameras, and never working elevators...breaking our lease was the nicest thing about this place!

hat are NEVER working...as well as the workers in the building red eyed and drunk and who get on the elevator and tell you that its going down, only to find that they have turned the elevator to service and go up to their own apartment or where they need to go...now tell me in what service industry this type of "service" would survive? Where the workers put themselves first and the clients/residents last? Insane...also don't forget the washing machines that aren't replaced or are leaking and the card readers broken...and the glass doors in the front that are broken constantly sometimes with blood all over the floor and not cleaned up!!!!!!!! I have a dog and had to carry him for a couple of days...there is still glass on the floor!!! And the dried blood lasted two days too! I was really happy to be moving there originally...great location, etc...wow...didn't take me long to figure out how bad it is...don't move there...trying to get out of my lease...!!!!! Oh wait...yeah...move in to my place so I can leave!

find it hard to believe a random tenant feels this passionate about defending a rental apartment building. Clearly, only someone with a vested interest (i.e. management or owners) would take the time and effort to defend their investment.

I found reports about my building on this site even though I haven't had any issues. I didn't post a message saying everyone is a liar and my building is perfect just because my unit isn't experiencing these issues.

ut since it was never done properly by the cheapo PCO company hired by CAP REIT bugs only spreaded (PCO comapny even violated the BC law treating our building). We begged CAP REIT to hire a reputable PCO company to do a proper treatment, instead they started humiliating and intimidating us. We could not stand this anymore and hired a reputable company ourselves. After 2 treatments we were bug free and ran away from that hell hole.
CAP REIT did not pay us a penny for the treatment or any damages we incurred, they are the most arrogant and terrible property owner in Canada. If you don't mind can you please send me a scanned copy of the article published in the Toronto Sun, I am taking CAP REIT to the court and that will help me greatly. awisdom12@gmail.com

If the building doesn't have bed bugs then how come George and Ivan in the office gave me a 50$ laundry card and a bottle of Tide to wash all my belongings?

All the postings you see on here that are positive are from management. I have never met a single person who has anything good to say about 77 Huntley Street. Just the other day I ran into someone who lives there and she was telling me the same story they tell everyone else. She discovered she had beg bugs, told the office and their response is: "OHHH You had to have brought them with you, we don't have bed bug problems here"

LIARS!!!!!!!!!!! I wasn't on the cover of Toronto Sun for nothing! And they also didn't rate that building one of the worst out of 5 in Toronto for no reason.. Come on people, you're really going to believe all these postings are fake and so is the newspaper!

Save yourself money, time and stress! Do Not MOVE to 77 Huntley cuz you'll be out first & last, and all your furniture, belongings and sanity in the end!

end tell me story so people moving in get unit spray before move in and have no problem. I really like here and my kids very happy but it is not cheap like you say it is, we pay $1450 for two bedroom which lots of money. I hope you ok and good luck at new place.

are WRONG. That whole building needs to be evacuated and fumigated all at once! I lived at 77 Huntley for a total of 4 months, moved out in November of 2009 not too long after the bugs started showing up. I Had to leave my roomate high and dry with no one else in mind to split rent with because of these horrible things. I had to discard most of my belongings because I did not want to risk bringing these bugs with me to my new place. Maybe you have had some good luck during your two years in that hell hole, but I, along with others, did not. When I moved out of there, there were a few mattresses laying outside with obvious signs of bed bug marks, and that was just in November of 2009! Have things really changed that much in 6 months? I find it hard to believe. Try convincing the mother who found bed bugs in her infant’s crib at 77 Huntley, and who is probably still engaged in a legal battle with the property owners to recover her losses during her time there, that there aren’t any bugs. Her story was posted in the Toronto Sun a couple of times, and the building itself was rated in the TOP 5 WORST BUILDINGS in Toronto according to the Toronto Star.

You say the building is mostly students, which I could believe as I remember being a student living low on funds and paycheck to paycheck. The rent is cheap, so it's a magnet for students, but there are also some very shady individuals. Just 2 weeks ago the building was raided, and a drug lab was discovered. See the article here:

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/74466--home-invasion-leads-to-discovery-of-alleged-drug-lab. I find it hard to believe that neighboring buildings are posting negative comments about this dump, in order to persuade people to go to their crap-infested dwellings instead. Most of this neighborhood is sketchy, and filled with vagrants. There are your normal, respectful and descent people living at 77 Huntley, but what they don’t realize is that their mixed in with Ontario Housing residents, crack heads, and prostitutes, who probably contaminated the building in the first place. What I find more believable, is that the managers of this property post comments here to try to convince people that the stories aren’t true. Think about that.

Maybe this guy below just has lowered standards for living. Maybe the building owner’s too. Maybe if you’re reading this, you do too. If you are looking for a great deal on an apartment, and don’t care for the living conditions, than an apartment at 77 Huntley is the place for you. The units are very affordable (maybe because charging an arm and leg to live here is just outrageous). I refuse to be found within a one block radius of this building anymore. It’s unsanitary, and if you live here now, I hope you’re making arrangements or plans for an exit, in the event that you end up being the next meal.

n, there's none now. We also haven't had any stories from our neighbours, everyone on our floor (mainly students going to school) have not had any problems. Cockroaches? No problems, we haven't seen a single one. Keep your kitchen clean, just like anywhere else, and you won't get problems. Leave food laying around and your place dirty and I suppose just like anywhere else you can expect problems. Sheesh.

My only complaints are a) the elevators seem to always be in service or out of order. Sometimes only 2 of 4 are working, which can cause you to have to wait a while. If you're leaving to go to school leave 5-10 min early incase you get stuck waiting. Especially if someone is moving in. b) the landlords and those working in the office I find to not be of much help. They are friendly to your face, but if you ask to get something done it usually doesn't get done unless you bug them day after day. There is a 24/7 help support number you can call for maintenance help in the building (emergencies) I suggest calling that instead of going to the office downstairs. Better, quicker help.

I highly suggest doing your research before reading stupid sites like this. If you think I'm some sales person trying to post positive reviews then don't believe me... go to the building and ask tenants yourself. There's 800 people in the building, and only a handful of b/s stories on the net. If you speak to real people actually living in the building you'll see what it's really like... don't trust anonymous postings here trying to scare you away. I bet they are landlords at the other buildings in Toronto trying to steal business. Think about it.

ery slowly, a red mark here and there, but we didn't think much of it until I woke up one morning with a blood-red itchy cluster on my bed. The doctor confirmed something was indeed biting me in my sleep; once my roommate and I realized something was wrong, we kept a close eye out for anything suspicious and we soon identified a few flat reddish bugs. Bed bugs.

We notified the super immediately, who arranged for a fumigation 2 days later, which was wonderful to have things taken "care" of so quickly. I thought it spoke volumes of the bed bug situation at this location once I learned that a fumigator is on-site once a week (every Thursdays). This place obviously has a bug problem.

We bagged up all our belongings and pushed our furniture to the middle of the room, and had the place fumigated. The day of the fumigation, we were told that we shouldn't unbag any of our belongings for 2 weeks, which would have been nice to know before we hastily shoved everything into plastic garbage bags, not thinking to be more organized about it.

We were told we might see some activity for up to two to three weeks, but luckily we did not see a single thing, no bites. The cockroach explosion happened around the same time, so we were quite stressed and on edge, very paranoid, jumping at the least little thing. Not a way to live. We were also looking up more information on bed bugs now that we had some time to digest the situation, and it is truly difficult to get rid of bed bugs for good. The Wikipedia article on bed bugs is quite informative (terrifying); apparently a bed bug can remain dormant for up to a year, so if there are any in our bagged belongings, there is a good potential for re-infestation once we unpack everything. They are also quite good at hiding in not just mattresses, but detailing or knots of wood on bed frames. This also terrifies me.

Last night was the 2 week mark, so I unpacked my bedding (finally able to sleep in a made bed!), but am still too paranoid to unpack my clothing without scrubbing out my dresser with rubbing alcohol (a method suggested in Wikipedia). I also ironed my mattress, sheets and blankets, because heat and steam is an enemy to bed bugs. Although, my efforts may have been futile, as I woke up this morning with a solitary red mark on my arm. Whether this is a mosquito bite or an irritation to something else, my paranoia is at such a pitch where I am certain that this is a bed bug bite. I hope that I am grossly mistaken, but the way things have been here (and the fact this event coincides with the unpacking of my bedding), I fear the worst.

Luckily I know I can acquire a speedy fumigation, however, if I indeed need to utilize this service again, my roommate and I will be breaking our lease and leaving this place. It is not a way to live. I urge anyone considering moving into 77 Huntley to think twice and find another apartment. It's not worth the risk.

thousand dollars...

i moved out 2 months earlier and guess what... the management decided to rent out the place before my lease was up(i didn't even return the key yet).
i complained and they said that i already moved out.

bed bugs followed me to the new place and i fought against them for another year and a half before i finally got rid of them completely.

i still have nightmares of them and am still over-reacting to touches... by people, leaves, even my own hair.

please, 77 huntley, vacate every unit and do a complete renovation or something. bedbugs will only give you bad reputation.

d our relationship strained as I was afraid to sleep over, we finally moved.

To our horror, the bed bugs were still in the bed when we moved to a nicer (not difficult really) location at harbourfront. We were forced to destroy our new bed.

I have scars on my body and mental scars.

If you go around the back of this building (at least back then in 2007) you would have seen MANY matresses with tell-tale bed bug marks, various furniture thrown out.

There are some lovely people in this building, but there are certainly some scary people. Drunks, people you would think were tramps smelling of body odour and pee etc.

I wouldnt live here if you paid me after my bed bug experience.

changed the name to "Critter Rescue" but the same people were doing express treatments (I wonder why the name was changed). Moreover the Pest control was in violation of the Integrated Pesticide Management Act of BC; this was reported to the Ministry of Environment of BC. A government action was executed against “Done Right”/Critter Rescue”, despite this fact CAP REIT still uses services of that company.
Since “Done Right”/”Critter Rescue” started dealing with the problem it only got worse. When it started in August 2009, bugs were only in unit 331. Now according to K9 inspection they are in 6! units, they are: 231, 232, 331, 332, 431, 432. So far four tenants moved out of the infested apartments: 231, 232, 431, 432 are now vacant. Unfortunately it looks like CAP REIT and their contractor successfully fights tenants (not the bugs), by putting tenants into substandard living conditions and that forces people to run away.
The exact same problem was reported in March of 2009 by CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/30/bc-bedbugs.html
In my case and the case described in the CBC article CAP REIT was acting in the exact same manner, poorly handling the case; even the Pest Control company remained the same. Numerous complaints and attempts to convince CAP REIT to hire a different Pest control company were violently rejected.
If you want to risk your health and wellbeing then this building is for you, otherwise do not touch it with a 10 feet pole.
If you are fighting with CAP REIT over the exact same problem I can only wish you luck and patience. samsara30@gmail.com

e heard no complaints from any live human people.

It bothers me that there are so many negative reviews about this apartment on the internet because I am worried it will deter people with good living standards from moving in here. I just can't figure out all of these claims.


YOU ARE NUTS! The building is a CRAPHOLE! How can you HONESTLY say what you are saying? You are obviously Management, not a tenant. I have never lived in such a disgusting dirty bug filled building. And I have never lived in a building where I paid so much rent. I moved out of there over a year ago and I can't tell you how happy I am I don't live there. The guys in the office (GEORGE, IVAN, etc) are not nice. They try to blame the problems on you. The building is gross. You are worried the building will deter people with good living standards from moving in? Well I hope so. Why would GOOD people want to live with CRACK HEADS and BED BUGS???????

d of them coming back, so I'm going to be giving my notice to move out of the apartment this month. It's one of the worst things that can happen to you.

I have also heard other people in the building talk about the problem with bed bugs in this building. I would not risk moving into this building until the bed bugs are under control...

s me that there are so many negative reviews about this apartment on the internet because I am worried it will deter people with good living standards from moving in here. I just can't figure out all of these claims.

ults i.e. the claims that these things are undefeatable. Being aggressive with all my prep... if i can't win this... no one will.

ting the hallway on my floor (others...?). the pool area could use some upkeep. one of the showers in the women\'s changeroom has been out of order with caution tape over it since i\'ve been here...!

the superintendants could use some supervision - you have to write multiple requests to get a single thing done, and even then it\'s usually just a poor temporary fix. management is disorganized and apparently doesn\'t communicate with supers, or their managers.

these things don\'t interfere with my day-to-day life, just observations. still no insects - not even flies, and certainly no pigeons, so no need for net. you pay a lot to live here, but if you don\'t like the price get out of the downtown. seriously, it\'s a great deal for the location/size.

isn\'t it funny that no one leaves names...it\'s hard to tell if it isn\'t the same 5 people over and over again...

atresses, and furniture is ALWAYS thrown out from this building.

As a tenant rep in my own building, I can tell the tenants this:

1/ ALL of you, with a problem, need to document, document, document! Dates, times, and even evidence. (Yes, the critters themselves). Try and capture live ones, and put them in a jar, with tiny holes on top to keep them alive.

2/ Go as a GROUP, with documentation in HAND, to the next tenant meeting, management meeting or board meeting. If there is none, CREATE one, and INVITE your local politian, and management staff, formally by letter. Be sure to let management know who your special invited guest(s) will be, to ensure their attendance!

3/ DEMAND that the ENTIRE building be sprayed in no more than 2 days, 3 times in a row, 2 weeks apart. It is PROVEN that one spraying does nothing.

4/ If EVERYONE witholds their rent until spraying is commenced, the management will have no choice. What are they going to do? Evict an entire building?

5/ Finally - if all else fails - contact the MEDIA. Not just one of you - several of you, and be prepared to show evidence on camera, and tell your stories.

GOOD LUCK t you all. I feel for you!!!

in the building and in this specific apartment and he said that there were NO reports in this building and if i were to find any bedbugs then its because i brought them with me. he said (and i quote) \"this apartment has NEVER been sprayed for bedbuugs\".

I immediately agreed and paid my deposit (almost 1000$) for first months rent. I was all happy....UNTIL, i searched the reviews online telling me this place was infested with bedbugs. SO i did what any normal person would do... I went and knocked on the tenants door to ask her. She told me her apartment was INFESTED with bedbugs and cockroaches and that she\'s been bit many times and her cat was also suffering. the apartment had been sprayed SEVERAL times in the past and management refused to do anything about it and said it was her fault.

They stole my deposit, and im still after them as we speak to try and get it back. I\'m glad i found out now before i moved it.

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM IS A COMPLETE JOKE. so unprofessional and unreliable. from the many times i spoke with them, i seem to get a different answer from each person and they seem to say anything without even validating what the say (ex. telling me the apartment was never sprayed, when it was actually sprayer 3 times in the past 6 months)

-people i spoke with in the elevators told me tenants also steal your laundry from the laundry room.

MANAGEMENT ARE A BUNCH OF LIARS. DO NOT RENT HERE

>>>>>DO NOT RENT HERE...YOU WILL BE TORMENTED WITH BITES and STINGS and will be very uncomfortable just knowing there is a HUGE problem. ASK anyone u see in the lobby, they will tell you. dont make the same mistake as me, PLEASE...<<<<<<<<<<<<<

DO NOT RENT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

and the inherent problems related to that. If anyone is thinking of moving in, please take the above into consideration.

Before moving into any apartment ask why the previous tenant is moving out and speak to the tenant who lived in the apartment if you can. If the landlord has nothing to hide, he won't mind you talking to the person who's moving out.

s for her to suffer as well. We do what we can in the meantime, obviously complaining to management is useless, so we are on a hunt daily for these pests. We find a lot hidden in the corners of the ceiling up in the stucco and find them crawling along the ceiling as well, so be vigilant and look up often. DO NOT MOVE HERE!!! SPARE YOURSELF THE AGGRAVATION!!! RESREIT BUILDINGS SUCK!!!

for us and had our apartment sprayed... that being said, it was a temporary fix to an annoying problem.

When it came time to leave, I was very happy to. Regarding bed bugs specifically, I watched three neighbours through out mattresses and couches because of the infestation - that\'s enough to make anyone gag. He was a really nice man and warned us to watch out for them. Luckily, didn\'t have that problem - but this building was notorious for disgusting bugs... and some of the people weren\'t much better either.

Steer clear Toronto!

hat time, however the gaps in the floorboards had already convinced me there were cockroaches.

He affirmed for me back then that this building, like every other building in Toronto, has cockroaches and bedbugs.

After that, I couldn't wait to get out of the building. $820 a month for a bachelor to live with cockroaches and bedbugs isn't such a good deal!

on of the population is sensitive to the effects of bedbug bites. Second, not everybody is as squeamish as most of the posters here: while I don't particularly relish the idea of insects crawling on me at night, I certainly won't let myself lose sleep over it and trash my furniture. Third, the presence of bedbugs is highly dependent on your neighbours (i.e., who/what they bring in, their diligence in housecleaning, etc.). And finally, the only reports you read here (save for this one) are from people who have bedbug problems!! People who don't have them tend not to think about it and are much less inclined to read into it and share their experiences (I stumbled upon this website while searching for a Google map for a friend, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this).

at a guy from vancouver is writing on here about bed bugs in his building and his building and this building are owned by the same company. so ya ok capreit & resreit are making loads of money but there building's are $hitholes. i should buy some stocks just so i can go a stockholder meeting and tell the truth about their buildings.

them, too. If you don't read on-line tenant reviews, and move into this building anyway, be prepared; the management will do nothing to solve the problem. They will only treat the tenants who ask for it, which means that if only your unit is treated, the bedbugs will just go next door, and then come back. If you are very unlucky, the building managers will blame you for 'bringing them in.' They haven't done so yet to us, not to our faces, anyway.

We are not drug addicts, lazy or dirty people; we are hard-working, responsible tenants who have always paid rent on time, and are trying to handle this situation the right way by isolating our bed, washing our clothes and bedding in hot water, and having the unit sprayed repeatedly. But the insects are still coming in, regardless. The weeping red sores on my neck and the sleeplessness and paranoia I now feel are the result (couldn't get back to sleep afterwards, oddly enough). Bedbugs ARE also the landlords', not just the tenants', problem. You have the right to enjoy your apartment; with bedbugs in the building, that is simply not possible.

VERY apartment is treated, we have been behaving as tenants should and IT'S NOT DOING US ANYU GOOD. Last night, when we sat down to watch a movie, my husband felt a tickling sensation on his neck. He stripped his t-shirt off in the bathroom, and lo and behold, it was an enormous bed bug. This one mananged to evade my sticky tape, but boy, he was a big one. He likely crawled right along the wall, onto the chair, and then onto my hubby. NICE. My only advice; if you haven't rented here, don't do it; the management will do NOTHING that will actually help you, or worse, as some tenants have experienced (see below), blame you for the problem that clearly their criminal subsidized tenants have brought in.

th nice furniture?

BECAUSE OF BED BUGS!!


IF YOU LIVE IN 77 HUNTLEY I WANT TO HEAR YOUR BED BUG STORY
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re enough, the little varmint got me, there is now a nice big red swelling on my hand.

What I have learned about bedbugs thanks to 77 Huntley is this:
- spraying one unit at a time won't fix the problem. They can, and will, still crawl into your unit from other units. Your neighbours' problem is your problem, too.
- decluttering, washing and bagging everything, isolating your bed etc. is good, but you have to be VIGILANT about ANYTHING that was on the floor getting on the bed - books, telephone, even street clothes if you were sitting on the floor. Don't let your bedding touch the floor, either, they'll just shimmy up.

Thank god we're leaving end of next month. We will have to work triple hard to make sure we don't take any with us to the next place, because while spraying makes them go away for a while, if they are anywhere else around, they WILL come back.

are seeking compenation for all the furniture thrown in the garbage (T6) and for the interference of our reasonable enjoyment within the unit (T2)

I look forward to hearing from you.

ple over because I am embarassed and I don't want them to take the bugs home. I wish I could get my money back for every month of rent I paid here.

parently the landlord sprayed the unit next door but didn't tell us! More earth was put down, but the attacks continued sporadically until the bed was moved into the centre of the room. The legs of the bed are sitting in glass jars sprinkled with diatomaceous earth and also have sticky tape on them. Items we didn't need to keep were thrown out and items we did have been put into sealed bins sealed with plastic bags and tape for 18 months' storage. Clothes and bedding are all washed/dried on hot and kept in clean, clear garbage bags. The PCO sprayed yesterday but we are having them come back in two weeks anyway. Needless to say, we are moving out soon, and we told other tenants as best we could, but don't count on this building management being of much help. One couple we told approached the management office, who denied outright there was any problem.

to cheap to deal with it. run run run

bought flea spray at the pet store and vacuumed the baseboards and floors everyday!!!! I finally got rid of this problem a month later but what an inconvenient and frustrating experience! This building is so filthy dirty!!!

ere moving in.

Neighbours leaving there doors wide open were helping to spread bugs. Large number of undesirables - crack addicts and dealers - living in building.

We managed to eradicate them in our unit. Being vigilent, we have had no reinfestation.