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Has anyone heard of adding a bedbug clause into a rental lease? I’m going to be renting the top floor of my brownstone soon and since neither I nor my house has a history of bedbugs, I’m considering adding a clause that says if a tenant has a bedbug problem after moving in, they’d be required to cover all necessary treatment for their unit and even mine if the problem went into the walls as its known to do. But I can’t tell if this is a good idea or if it would make me a jerky landlord adding to an already traumatic experience.