Submitted by "I\'m Bugged Out" on 11/17/2008

lindsaygoulding@hotmail.com

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2008/11/16/7427951-sun.html

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 11/11/2008

Hey: I didn't live in 85 Wellesley street but I used to live in 70 Spadina building owned by Wynn group(yeah, they are the worst). I did file an application with tenant board regarding bedbug problem. 4 months after I moved in, my neighbor informed me she had bedbug spray and a week later, I got bedbug infection. After months of repeat treatment, the bedbug never go away. I called the office and asked to speak to the owner to see if I can get out of my lease(yeah, and that super rude bitch Debbie) and nobody ever got back to me. I personally went into the office and spoke to Tracy who promised that she will speak to Mr.Wynn(whoever they are) and never got back to me. I filed the application with tenant board and they asked to delay the hearing so the hearing was rescheduled a month later. Then they called me 3 days before the hearing to offer to let me move out(super rude, like they are doing me a favor). I went to the hearing but didn't consider to bring a witness. The wynn brother had the guy from pest control company as witness and they accused me for being the source of infection!(and they said they sprayed the two rooms beside me as a precaution which in fact, both were infected already(the bedbugs have legs, you know). And yeah, he paid the pest control company who were hand in gloves with them. Despite the pictures, I lost the case. So if you any of you plan to file the application, please get as many evidence and witness as possible so they can't make up bullshit lie to win the case. The other thing is I put double-sided tape in front of my doorway which caught bedbugs. Hope the story help, good luck and I hope one of you can gave these guys a good slap on the face. If you want to know more information, you can e-mailed me at fanhoca@gmail.com

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 10/30/2008

I\'m in apartment 703, and I have bed bugs. Not sure what else there is to say. They didn't come in on any furniture so they are in the building. Its shitty, keep an eye out.

Submitted by "Diane" on 10/19/2008

Update from smitten29- on the 2nd floor:

We have no bedbugs- thankfully, but do have a wiring-electricity problem. Only one working outlet in our apartment- from my bedroom- so everything is plugged into that and diverted to other rooms. I bought a \"back up\" power battery, and it worked for about 2 days, then stopped working. I am thinking that there is a serious fuse box electrical problem on the 2nd floor. If anyone else has similar problems on 2nd floor- please contact me- apt 201- or fill out a complaint form with the super, and let me know too. I am going to file a complaint with the LTB, and the city. I did phone hydro, and they didn\'t seem to consider it a serious problem. I think unless you smell smoke, or the outlets are spewing flames, they don\'t care much. I know this isn\'t about bedbugs, but this is the only place to post this stuff.... thanks. Diane 201. don\'t put any private info in the boxes below, it WILL appear on the page.

Submitted by "JJ" on 10/17/2008

Sorry to hear that The Lincoln still has health and safety problems -- 35 years after I lived there as a student.
In our day, the landlord was described in the Toronto Star as Toronto's Most Contemptible Landlord for ignoring many building orders to clean up, fix broken pipes, heating, etc., etc., etc.
Cockroaches were the big bug problem then and big business for pest control companies. We also went without elevators, heat and hot water for extended periods. I remember showering at Ryerson and using our open oven door to heat our apartment.
We at 85 Wellesley East and tenants at West Lodge Place organized a rent strike with two city councillors and managed to pay our rent money into a fund that was used to pay for outstanding work orders for maintenance.
Maybe you should consider such action. It seemed to get their attention in the early 1970s.
Such a shame that the same landlord is still being called to the mat over health and safety issues more than three decades later.
Good luck.

Submitted by "Anon" on 10/17/2008

apt. 510

no bedbugs yet, but luckily my lease is over and i am getting the hell out of here. So far there are several problems on my floor.

What I can't believe is how the building did nothing to inform us of this. Obviously this is going on, and it should be their responsibility to inform their tenants. Oh, sorry, I forgot; Wynn Property Management are total and complete slumlords who would rather die than put any money into their own properties.

When I phoned the head office, the woman told me that the issue had been taken care of and that the outbreak was over: the next day I noticed that two more units on my floor were being sprayed.

Screw Wynn. It is everyone who lives in this buildings responsibility to make sure that not another soul makes the mistake of moving here. Spread the word.

Submitted by "nextdoor" on 09/24/2008

Someone threw a pest control flyer under my door and then I got to search for the reason.I typed my adress and here I am in this website with some 4 or 5 people reporting bedbugs !! I do not experience any problem with bedbugs and I am surprised to notice that people in my floor had a problem. Well I hope your problems are solved now !! Pest control company made good business though :)

Submitted by "Falcone" on 09/24/2008

85 wellesley 2nd floor

I dont have any bedbugs ?? I dont know if others truely have em but I guess it has something to do with hygiene and pets.. I dont have any and it is so weird to see my neighbours complaining -- Guys Clean your suites and pets regularly , u ll avoid this kind of cr**

Submitted by "9th floor suit" on 09/17/2008

For the record, I\'m on the 9th floor and I have them too. They are set to fumigate on the 18th. I\'m spending tomorrow getting ready. I figured it out only when I was covered in bites. I flipped my mattress today and there they all were - disgusting creatures.
I recommend that everyone flip their mattresses and check their headboards because chances are if you haven\'t gotten bitten yet, you\'re going to.

Best of luck to everyone.

PS: Does anyone know if I need to throw out all my books now?

Submitted by "ill.gates" on 09/15/2008

caught a bedbug in the shower today on the 2nd floor.

booooooooooo

so unimpressed.

Submitted by "Bitten and grossed out" on 09/11/2008

502 - 85 Wellesley East.

THE SUPER IS NOT ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE OR INFORMATIVE.

I am getting my apt. treated for bedbugs today. The super called on Tuesday evening and told me that they would be here on Thursday.

She said to bag up my clothes etc. I called Magical Pest Control and they advised that there is a prep sheet. The super could not provide a prep sheet to me so I emailed the pest control co. and they had it to me within 10 minutes.

It is a huge process to prepare for fumigation. I can hardly move in here. Needless to say the super did not bother to book a time.... so it could be anytime and then I need to stay away for 4 or 5 hours.

Luckily I do not have pets or children to deal with, otherwise I would go crazy.

Submitted by "smitten29@hotmail.com" on 09/08/2008

I don't know if I have bedbugs, but could have. I have a cat, and he's been scratching a lot recently. I am going to check today, and get the double-sided tape and cleaners and things.

Just a thought- we should all write to the city and ask them to come and spray all apartments- or file something with the Landlord & Tenant Board AS ALL TENANTS- or as many as we can get. We should make a page to list complaints, problems, etc- for our building- and then print everything out. I've been keeping a list for over a year- of everything wrong- and yes, I have mold in the bathroom- and they told ME to clean it! (which can make you really sick) We should start a tenant group. Filing with the LTB may also get rent rebates. I currently have hydro in ONE room in my apt. I am waiting for it to get cold, so I can call the city. They do nothing until you're a popsicle. Seriously. Oh yeah, and they refused to fix our base-wall heaters- and said it wasn't their responsibility to provide us with heaters- though it says in the lease it IS! I let our lease run out. I refuse to sign a new one. Also we have one bedroom in here which has NO outlets, no lights, and is basically a closet, and they are charging us for a 2 bedroom! Bed bugs would be the least of our problems right now.

Submitted by "Bitten and Grossed Out" on 09/08/2008

Sept 8, 2008

I spoke to the Super yesterday about the bugs in my apt. and asked her if there were any other reports of bedbugs in the building.

She said that there was an apt. on the 6th floor, but not above me.

I spoke to my neighbor shortly after and he has been dealing with bedbugs, and his apt. has been sprayed.

The super was not at all honest with me regarding the outbreak in the building.

This whole building needs to be sprayed.

Submitted by "Bitten and grossed out" on 09/08/2008

Sept 7, 2008. 85 Wellesley Street E. (5th floor)

United We Stand, Divided We have to put up with the nasty woman at Wynn's office.

my email is dances_with_angels@hotmail.com if you wish to contact me re: tenants association.

I started getting itchy about 6 weeks ago and noticed something that looked like bites on my feet and ankles.

I woke up one Monday a.m. about a month ago and when the hot shower water hit my back I could feel itchy, ouch-y things on my back. I looked in the mirror and it looked just like the bedbug bite pics on the net.

I called the city and she said to vacuum and put down carpet tape (double sided) on the floor around my bed.

I also took off all my bedding and just put a fitted sheet on the mattress. I wrapped double-sided tape around the mattress as well.

Not one bug to be seen. 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours.... nothing.

Just the other day I finally put the dust skirt, etc. back on my bed.

This morning I woke up with bites all over my back side and took my bed apart again. I found a bed bug in the frame and one on box spring (in the creases).

I vacuumed the hell out of my bed and put a fitted sheet over the box spring - which I then went around with double sided tape.

I am double-drying my bedding (again) and will just go with the fitted sheet on the mattress (and yes, double sided tape).

The city advised me that heat kills the bugs and the eggs.

Also, remember to toss out your vacuum bag as soon as you are done vacuuming - the eggs can hatch in there and you are back to square one.

I think it is time to organize as a group and deal with this (and many other issues in this Wynn building).

Maybe we can even get the crack addicts and their crack apartments out of the building along with the jerks on the 7th floor that toss their bottles and left over food containers out of the window.

A couple of weekends ago it was a back pack, clothes and a pair of rollerblades. One of the flying roller blades made a nasty hole in someone's windshield. Luckily it was not a person.

I went down and the police were already here - no charges though.

Good luck and sleep well.

p.s. they do not necessarily wait for you to hit the bed, I think I have received a few foot and ankle bites while sitting at my computer.

Oh yea, for a fact there are people on the 2nd floor who have no heat in their apartments. Brutal!

Submitted by "anonymous" on 08/27/2008

Anyone with experience taking the issue of bed bugs to the Landlord Tenant Board please contact renep@live.ca asap. We have a hearing scheduled regarding a nearby building soon!

Submitted by "sick of bed bugs taking over my life" on 08/19/2008

DEAR ANONYOMOUS,

We lived in a WYNN building before. We moved in, the apartment was DISGUSTING and it smelt. There was mould and mushrooms literally growing from the bathroom ceiling. I harassed Debbie Wynn for DAYS! They only came to fix it after I told her TOronto Public Health was coming. They did the worst job ever and it all grew back within a couple of days. This was at 91 Cosburn Avenue. We then transferred to what was supposed to be 1 of their nicer (HAHA!). The apartment we where promised turned out to be not available so we where given one on the opposite side of the building which looked onto the subway. Needless to say the trains kept us up at night and woke us up in the morning, it was so cold and windy because of the cracks in the windows. The balcony door would vibrate whenever the subway went by, it was TERRIBLE. There where holes in the walls & ceiling's, the hallways where disgusting. It was nasty. We left, moved out, they haven't tried to do anything to us, well actually a credit recovery man was calling but I informed him we have a lot of pictures of the moldy mushrooms and the fact that we signed a lease for an apartment they never let us move into and we didn't sign one for the one we did move into, he never called back ever again.
WYNN family SUCKS
We are in 77 Huntley St now (read the reviews), with bed bugs, and are taking them to court. You have to file a T6 and a T2 form, it's $45 at the Landlord Tenant Board.
We bought a condo and are so scared of bringing the bugs with us that we might have to abandon all furniture.
Good luck with Debbie, they could care less about any problems. People at 91 Cosburn went without heaters in the winter, I heard from a tenant)!
FILE THE APPLICATIONS! Stop letting scum lords get away with their crap.

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 08/17/2008

Wow! What incredibly irresponsible landlords. Unbelievable that they would only fumigate your apartment - I noticed some a few weeks ago and coated my apartment in diatomacious earth. Haven't noticed anything since. So, wynn - how about actually posting notices about bedbugs and treating the whole building so the bugs can stop just moving from room to room? But then you haven't put in the smoke detector I asked for months ago either, so what do I expect? AVOID THIS BUILDING!!!

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 07/27/2008

UPDATE: They have fumigated again and I haven\'t had any issues since. Here's hoping it stays that way!

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 07/10/2008

They do indeed have an awful reputation which is why I've been freaking out about calling them. Hoping they surprise me by actually being reasonable, considering how easy it would be for them to find a new (poor, unsuspecting) tenant anyway. I'll post an update once I've been in touch with them. Seeing as there's a huge pile of furniture sitting outside the building which I now suspect is there because of infestations in other units, I'm sure they won't be surprised by my phonecall.

FYI, this building has cockroaches too, though I've found that unlike the bedbugs, the roaches tend to stay out of my apartment as long as I don't leave food or dirty dishes out. Compared to bedbugs, cockroaches seem almost benign to me now. Sad, eh?

Submitted by "Akbar" on 07/09/2008

I cannot speak as to how easy/difficult getting out of your lease will be - but just fyi to all other visitors: Wynn Properties is considered by most to be the worst private rental firm operating in the city.

An older article from Eye Weekly magazine, reproduced here: http://ca.geocities.com/wltenants/eye99jan01.htm

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 07/09/2008

UPDATE: Turns out there HAVE been other complaints and units sprayed for bedbugs in the building in the past year and it's been a known problem, not just in my unit. Despite this, they haven't felt it was worth spraying the whole building. Now I'm just hoping I can get out of my lease early. If anyone's ever had any experiences getting out of a lease with these landlords (Wynn Family Properties), please let me know.

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 07/07/2008

I was waking up every morning a couple of months ago (I guess it started in May or June 2008 and it is now July 2008) with bites that increased in number each day. I finally discovered some bedbugs in my laundry hamper and crawling on my futon. I told my superintendent about it and she said no one else had complained of bed bugs but ordered an exterminator for me. While she was very nice about it, I was told they are only going to spray MY unit (they will only spray the units of those who complain). Well, I know I didn't bring them into the building because they didn't arrive until several months after I moved in (and I didn't bring in any furniture or anything after that that wasn't brand new), and that means they're not just in my unit. Spraying just one apartment is useless .. bedbugs do not just stay in one place in a building full of people.

If you live at this address and have experienced any bites, itching, or spotted any of the bugs, PLEASE report it and please tell the superintendent immediately. I'm actually toying with the idea of slipping notes about the bedbugs under everyone's door but don't want to get anyone angry with me. Please post here about any experiences you have because I'm not sure what to do about it myself.