atreides85
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My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California
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Question:
Should I insist that the management company help cover the cost to replace any furniture that needs to be disposed of because of bed bugs? Would I also be entitled(not sure if that's the right word) to seeing the tenant history for that apartment, and history of what was done in terms of upkeep/maintenance/pest control?
Story:
So I just recently moved into a 3-bdrm apartment with 2 of my friends. Previous to moving into this apartment, we had rented a house together for a year. And when we moved, all of our furniture and belongings were packed together in the same truck.
A week or so after moving in, I noticed a couple bugs crawling on the walls in my bedroom (master bdrm). I thought nothing of it, and just killed and disposed of them. Days after I started waking up with bug bites up my arms and feet. From my last count, I had close to 40 bites just on my right arm.
I explained the situation to the Management, and was asked the usual questions. "Have you traveled recently?"; "Have you had anyone come over?"; etc. I haven't traveled anywhere for the past couple of years, and the only people I've had come over were my parents. And even then they were there for only 5-10min max. As far as I know, they haven't had any pest issues at their house.
Even after telling her this, she insinuated that I was the cause for the critters. Since my room is the only one affected by them. She also gave me some paperwork to read up on about the procedures and such when instances of bed bugs do occur. The thing that caught my eye was that the paperwork did state was that "ALL" mattresses were to be disposed of, and any furniture with padding/bedding(i.e. couches, chairs, etc) be treated and/or disposed of as well.
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Question:
Should I insist that the management company help cover the cost to replace any furniture that needs to be disposed of because of bed bugs? Would I also be entitled(not sure if that's the right word) to seeing the tenant history for that apartment, and history of what was done in terms of upkeep/maintenance/pest control?
Story:
So I just recently moved into a 3-bdrm apartment with 2 of my friends. Previous to moving into this apartment, we had rented a house together for a year. And when we moved, all of our furniture and belongings were packed together in the same truck.
A week or so after moving in, I noticed a couple bugs crawling on the walls in my bedroom (master bdrm). I thought nothing of it, and just killed and disposed of them. Days after I started waking up with bug bites up my arms and feet. From my last count, I had close to 40 bites just on my right arm.
I explained the situation to the Management, and was asked the usual questions. "Have you traveled recently?"; "Have you had anyone come over?"; etc. I haven't traveled anywhere for the past couple of years, and the only people I've had come over were my parents. And even then they were there for only 5-10min max. As far as I know, they haven't had any pest issues at their house.
Even after telling her this, she insinuated that I was the cause for the critters. Since my room is the only one affected by them. She also gave me some paperwork to read up on about the procedures and such when instances of bed bugs do occur. The thing that caught my eye was that the paperwork did state was that "ALL" mattresses were to be disposed of, and any furniture with padding/bedding(i.e. couches, chairs, etc) be treated and/or disposed of as well.