A.S. on 01/13/2012
16'th floor is infested. I even saw some on the walls in the hall way. I'm moving they win seems some dirty people havve moved in and brought them with them!
apple on 10/26/2011
I am so glad that I read this before deciding of taking one of the unit on the 22 floor..... I have been searching for apartments in the past weeks and have found places that I appealed to and noticed that those are infested with bedbugs...
It's the building at 30 Hillsboro Ave... still invested with bed bugs ???? how's the maintenance, went to the garage today and the rest of the facility... it's really dated and somehow gave me this spokey feeling.... can anyone tell me more about this buil
ding .
Anonymous on 08/20/2011
Terrible building to live in: it is infested with bed bugs, roaches and mice. The elevators are disgusting, the garage has been in ruins for the last 2 years and will be under construction for another 3 years. Construction noise, dirt and dust everywhere. The building is rotten inside and out. All the pipes are rusted, tap water is undrinkable. Safety and security is a concern. The building owners are cheap bastards who haven't spent a penny on the maintenance of this building in the last
40 years, and wouldn't spend any $ unless it's required by law.
The only thing it has going for it is the location. Move in at your own risk.
Anonymous on 08/07/2011
I always find it ironic that people turn up their noses to the building but still move in or live here. Great location, NO cockroaches OR mice. People are attracted to the building for its great location (now referred to as "Upper Yorkville") and very reasonable rent with good sized units with great views. It never fails to amaze me how hypocritical people are. My view, if you don't like it, get out and pay what you would need to pay for the lifestyle you are looking for. Since you obviousl
y can't afford better, deal with it,..this is reality. The bedbugs can affect even your most prestigious properties. The landlords are dealing with a very small potential issue with an iron fist. Tenants should be pleased with their efforts. The only complaint was the Company they hired. Magical Pest Control are money grabbers, using scare tactics to make a living. Their staff are not trained nor knowledgable of what they are doing and are abusive to the units they enter. Tenen Investments addressed the complaints immediately and with care. Great buildings to live in.
anonymous on 08/03/2011
I am quite disappointed in this whole process. You would think with such an infestation across the city, the inspectors would be a bit more careful. When the inspectors came with their dogs, they inspected the apartment next to me, and came out reporting that there were indeed bedbugs there. Then, without treating the dogs, they brought them into my apartment within seconds, only to report that I also had bedbugs too. Later, they reported that they only pre-treated my apartment, not treat for be
dbugs. What I think happened is that the dogs brought something into my apartment.
Not only this, but I was on vacation when they came to pre-treat my suite. I came home to a big mess - cracks in the walls, broken lamps, tossed cushions, all furniture moved around, broken potted plants. I blame the bedbug company for this, but also the building managers - who told me that they sent a notice and they didn't know I was on vacation - well the notice only said to remove pets and houseplants and even if I was not on vacation, I'd be at work because they came during the day!
Overall, a really shitty experience.
Anonymous on 07/18/2011
Entire building was treated for bedbugs. In ten years of my occupancy NO information about bedbugs was reported to me by previous management/owners.
I have to be thankful for the Ontario and Toronto governments' financial support it seems for this effort.
More evidence for me that landlords care only about saving and making money.
anonymous on 04/07/2011
I live in this building and I never had problems.
The building is clean, they do many improvements, it is quiet and nice.
The apartments are new renovated, all new, new cabinets, granite counter top, silver appliance, new bathroom renovations, is very comfortable to live here in the new apartment.
Superintendent is very promptly when a problem occurs each and solve everything immediately.
That is my opinion.
Anonymous on 03/27/2011
Actualy the problem was solved last year. i live here and never had any problem. about the renovations i think is a great thing for the people who live here. and the thing about arise the rent cant be done. by law they have to wait one year to change your rent.
Also the people who complain about are people who dont even live here.
Its a quiet building, nice people, nice staff.
so that's my opinion.
Cheers
B on 01/28/2011
Activity on the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th. Rumours about the upper floors as well.
30 hillsboro unit 708 on 12/25/2010
I am now suffering the same situation.
My unit has been infested and I had to throw out my bed and sofa. I am moving out!
Apparently the bugs came from the unit above me.
I find it outrageous that they do not come forward and warn tenants. I am prepared to leave a note at every unit to let them know what has happened.
The underground parking is a dispicable mess and proof about how the owners feel about the building and tenants. The elevators are dirty and they are complete liars about th
e upgrades they are making.
The supers are very nice and I feel sorry for them as they are caught in a bad situation.
They are doing cosmetic renovations to the units in order to jack the rents up by 30%. Do not move here the location and size of units are not worth it.
Briar THIS on 12/03/2010
New management is now inspecting all couple-of- hundred individual units for whatever reason with little notice and leaving vaguely-worded possible eviction threats to those who dared to ask for extermination or don't live up to Architectural Digest standards. Yes, we do have sporadic bedbugs in this building.
One would think that paying over twelve thousand a year for the privilege of living in a forty-something year old building with questionable ele vator access, intermittent hot water an
d an underground parking situation that just keeps giving and giving, plus grounds that resemble a good day in Sarajevo, canines rule attitude and hallways and rugs from the best of St Jamestown circa 1985, they would be a tad more lenient to tenants.
One also understands the need to seek out grow-ops and illegal multi-tenant dwellings, but come on guys, do you need to come down hard on people whose units make the lobby look like midnight in Hells Kitchen?
Anonymous on 10/27/2010
Discovered them at the beginning of August, the same week I saw a mouse! On a high floor of a 25 story building???? Building is negligent in prevention to say the least. Two treatments later and problem seems to be solved. Building manager good about dealing with it, but it doesn't make it any less pleasant or costly. Claimed that they hadn't had any reports in months....hmmmm interesting That there are three more here within two months prior to mine! And how many others haven't reported it here
?
anonymous on 08/09/2010
THEY'RE HEEEEERE!!!!!!
disgusted tenant on 06/16/2010
Suddenly, earlier this month, I fell prey to an infestation. The building acted as though it was common and didn't seem alarmed. I woke up for days with welts and had to spend a lot of money laundering my clothes, linens, etc. to prevent the spread of the infestation. There was a delay even in treating them because of errors made by building staff (and bedbugs probably reproduced and laid eggs to hatch later in this crucial interim period).
This was not the first infestation. There was one su
ddenly two years ago as well. I'm a clean person and rarely have people over. My guess is that the bugs migrated from another unit or were tracked in from the absolutely filthy carpeted hallways or elevators. I guess the fortress of dirty mattresses at the back of the building doesn't help any.
If you don't live here, don't move here! You WILL have an infestation. You will have a bedbug infestation and probably a cockroach infestation as well. It's really third-world and the building is marketed as some sort of Yorkville bastion! BTW< break-ins are common as well.
Mary on 10/07/2009
I found myself swamped in bedbugs this June when I was at home after an accident. I had heard of them, of course, but thought that after 33 years in my apartment that I had nothing to worry about.
After going online and confirming the problem, I went to my building superintentent who told me that once a month, after written permission, I could have my place sprayed. He mentioned that on the floor above me and a few units over, that the problem was so bad that they had to spray twice and tha
t, at his last building, a report of bedbugs resulted in spraying not only on either side of the infected unit, but also those upstairs and downstairs, but that was not the case here.
I spent almost two months sleeping on my livingroom love seat after vaelining its legs and placing them in containers of water. I had to throw out half of my linens and clothes because of the stress and prospect of contamination. I now know where mattresses of those involved are left out at the back of the building, but have never seen a notice or sign warning tenants of the dangers. Having new oriental neighbours on both sides of me maybe contributed to this problem, I don't know, I only know that after three decades this was my story.
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