[blankall]

Originally Posted by pylon

So some filthy pig in our building has bed bugs. The company is coming out on Friday to spray their unit. The condo board is insisiting on inspecting all other units in the building, and spraying them if they find evidence.

Firstly, I don't have them in my unit. No bites, no blood on sheets, etc. I am also at the farthest point in the building from the affected unit. I have a few issues though.

They have stated, that any unit not occupied on a weekday, will be locksmithed to be inspected. And the inspection includes rifling through my drawers, looking through my things etc. There was 4 days given for the inspection, and I am working. I have a massive issue, allowing anyone in my place unnattended, with or without the supervision of a neighbours. However, I cannot get out of work Friday, so I have no choice there as they have met the 48 hour notice requirement.

That being said, with or without bedbugs in my unit, I absolutely will not consent to spraying of chemicals in my place, period. My problem is, this company has a blank cheque to spray, and of course they are going to want to spray all units, regardless, to maximaize their profits. Unfortunately, the board is too stupid to realize this.

What recourse do I have? I am planning on leaving a key, I can accept that, but I am planning on also posting a notice on my front door, and on the door in every room in my condo. "The spraying of any chemicals, or any treatments unauthorized by the owner of this unit will result in a lawsuit filed agaimst XXXX spraying company, and the Condo Board of XXXX building."

And I am dead serious, this is not an idle threat.

There is serious health risks with bed bug treatments chemicals, in fact there have been numerous deaths as a result in NY state. I am not prepared to allow a third party, arbitrarily spray carcinogens in my home, and endanger me, an my dogs health.

Anyone with knowledge on this type of matter, thanks in advance.

Are you serious?

Do you know what bed bugs are? Do you have any idea how tough they are to get rid of and how disruptive they can be to your life? If you're worried about health concerns, try seeing what the inability to sleep does to your health.

You're trying to obstruct your condo board from doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing?

The simple truth of the matter is chemicals are the only effective way of dealing with an infestion like this. Even then, you'll probably need to use other methods such as heat, plastic wrapping of matresses/furniture, etc.. to deal with them on top of the chemicals. Can you imagine how choked you'd be if your unit got infected, because someone didn't like the idea of chemicals? They aren't indiscriminately spraying every unit, only the units with bed bugs in them.

If I were you I'd write a thankyou letter to your condo board for properly dealing with this problem. You have no idea how lucky you are. Most crooked renters will try and cheap out as much as possible in these situations.