Worst. Apartment. Nightmare. Ever.
Getting bedbugs is that classic New York nightmare you assume happens all the time, but think will *never* happen to you. But it did! I’ve been renting an apartment for two years with no problems. However, two months ago, we had new tenants move in, and ever since we’ve noticed a problem. I contacted my landlord, but she refused to believe me . Eventually, I spent on getting an obnoxiously expensive inspector just to prove it to her. Now she wants to charge me the $750 for the treatment.
My friend, I am very sorry that you have to deal with this! It’s a true nightmare, and we can only hope that you are racking up some good cosmic luck that will eventually rain down on you to balance out all this bad stuff. It should be said that your landlord does have a legal obligation to take care of this for you. I spoke to Feng-Ying, a landlord outside of D.C., to get more insight. She insists—as do I—that you not pay for the treatment. “It should be the landlord’s responsibility, unless the landlord can prove that you brought the bugs to the apartment. My concern is that if you paid for the inspector, it might sort of admit your fault.
If you can’t get your landlord to come around and pay for the treatment, you should consider breaking your lease. This is what happened to the son of Feng-Ying’s friend, who also lives in New York. He got a lawyer to help him break the lease, because the building had bed bugs that the management couldn’t get rid of. If you can’t convince your landlord to pay for the treatment, you should let them know you plan on breaking the lease with the help of a lawyer.
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