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Wait, you were upset they wouldn't come treat the same day you told them? That's not reasonable on your part. Pest companies usually have to be booked and it can be a few days to a week to get them out.
Also, bed bugs are hard to get rid of and expensive to get rid of.
You cant just throw away your mattress and spray and call it done. They will live in books, dvds, clothes, pictures, bed frames, dressers, boxes, ANY WHERE.
I noticed that the post was dated 08-03-2016. Unfortunately if you were injured by the bed bug bites the statute of limitations have passed. Nevertheless, in California - it does not matter what your landlord puts in his lease - a landlord is responsible for ridding his/her property of a bed bug infestation unless s/he can PROVE that you caused the infestation, and even then, the landlord might not be off the hook completely.
I noticed that the post was dated 08-03-2016. Unfortunately if you were injured by the bed bug bites the statute of limitations have passed. Nevertheless, in California - it does not matter what your landlord puts in his lease - a landlord is responsible for ridding his/her property of a bed bug infestation unless s/he can PROVE that you caused the infestation, and even then, the landlord might not be off the hook completely.
Are you really a “bed bug lawyer?” If so, I HAVE OFFICIALLY HEARD IT ALL!!!
I noticed that the post was dated 08-03-2016. Unfortunately if you were injured by the bed bug bites the statute of limitations have passed. Nevertheless, in California - it does not matter what your landlord puts in his lease - a landlord is responsible for ridding his/her property of a bed bug infestation unless s/he can PROVE that you caused the infestation, and even then, the landlord might not be off the hook completely.
Seems Single family homes are your best bet when it comes to tenant caused infestation.
It's a big problem. State laws are still catching up to this as bedbug infestation spreads all over the country. My kid did NOT bring them in, but was fleeced by the complex owner for an expensive heat treatment. LL refused to inspect or treat adjacent units, from which they'd surely migrated. Kid was honest, reported them as soon as he became aware of them. Kid negotiated his way out of the lease early, treated all his stuff, and moved without them following. But there was a clause in the lease stating that ALL costs of infestation were on the tenant, and the kid didn't want to ruin his good credit and good rental record. He was lucky to get away from there - LL could have tried to keep charging him over and over forever.
I have heard of LLs bringing in a bedbug sniffing dog every time a unit turns over, to certify unit was bedbug free, and states that all costs of treatment are then on the tenant. But that would only work for a single family home. In a multi, it's very difficult to pinpoint exactly who brought it in, especially since some lucky people don't react to the bites.
I've had to deal with bed bugs in SFH and multifamily units. From what I've been told, the bed bugs wont typically migrate to adjoining units until there are sufficient numbers and there isnt anywhere else to hide. This would be a VERY bad infestation.
They can also live for several months without feeding. Statistically, you're more likely to pick them up in your day-to-day activities than have them come from a neighbor.
Our last tenant picked them up at a dialysis center and it took a few months for them to get bad enough that we were called.
An easy test to see if you have bed bugs is find the faces then, with a damp finger, smear the poop. If its red, you have bed bugs. Brown, just bugs.
As far as OP talking about companies not treating if the tenant isnt prepared, they're not going to risk poison getting on your hygiene products or anything you might ingest, and they sure arent going to wait around for you to do the prep work you were told about at least a week in advance.
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