Bed bugs
I live in a building with three apartments. I recently found bed bugs in mine arising from a sofa purchased from Craigslist. The exterminator found remnants of dead ones in the sofa. I’d like to know who is responsible for the extermination of the bed bug infestation — me or the landlord. According to my…
I live in a building with three apartments. I recently found bed bugs in mine arising from a sofa purchased from Craigslist. The exterminator found remnants of dead ones in the sofa. I’d like to know who is responsible for the extermination of the bed bug infestation — me or the landlord. According to my lease my apartment is suppose to be inhabitable and free of pests. Advise and please no snide comments.
and they don’t “migrate” throughout a building. they typicall have to be “carried” by either a human or a mattress or a sofa
You get what you pay for on Craigslist!!!
Technically the law is on the tenants side. If there are bed bugs in the apartment she could force the landlords hand and require him to hire a licensed exterminator. However, in doing so she would have reserved herself a special place in hell that is teeming with hungry bed bugs. You made your bed – lay in it, bitch.
9:55 true, but how many tenants would know that someone in a different unit bought a sofa on Craigslits infested with bed bugs. I’m pretty sure the sofa was in minasimon’s apartment – either hers or her roommates. In any event, the person who bought the sofa should be responsible. So minasimon, did you or your roomate buy the sofa? You certainly don’t seem to be getting a lot of sympathy here.
If you read this post carefully, minasimon doesn’t say that the sofa is actually in her apartment. If the sofa was purchased by and is in her apartment she is responsible. But if the sofa is in another tenant’s apartment then the fault lies elsewhere.
As you created the problem it is your responsibility to fix it. Your LL is well within his rights to collect your security deposit to restore the unit back to habitable condition.
I’d evict your ass if I were your LL. How’s that for a snide comment fucktard?
Go try passing this along to your LL. Watch while he uses your security deposit to resolve the problem. Watch then while he asks you to restore that sum and, perhaps, doubles that deposit. Watch while he moves to evict when you don’t comply.
As the prior poster said: caveat emptor. This is not a lesson in law but in real life.
I agree Brooklynnative, minasimon’s “no snide comments” request is an admission that the idiot knows he’s in the wrong but hopes to pass the buck.
Let me see, you buy a used sofa on Craigslist infested with bedbugs and you think that it should be the landlord’s “responsibility” to pay for their extermination becauase your lease says your apartment is supposed to be free of pests. So, if you bought some rats, let them breed in your apartment, and set them loose that would be the landlord’s responsibility right. I’m trying not to violate your your “no snide comments” request but do you even begin to realize how ridiculous and selfish you sound. It’s your fault but you are hoping to pass the cost onto your landlord by some simple minde legalistic reanding of your lease because your too cheap to pay for your mistake. You caused the problem deal with it asshat. I can’t stand people like you.