catsownme7,
Apparently the Oprah guest was not reading very carefully. Bed bugs don't eat your dead skin cells. They suck your blood. And your memory foam won't protect you, alas...
I think most of the retailers do that Mrs. S.
Moxie is right--the city needs to take bed bugs seriously, and they might if they were to stop counting only people who call 311 when they...
aesargent,
You should be concerned. It all hinges on how very cautious he was, and how very infested he was, but he can definitely spread them.
RuthyE,
I don't know about...
Leslie, how long has she been bed bug free? (If she reacted to bites, and has had none for a while, say 6 months, I would feel safe-ish).
Now, I'm wary of street stuff, but like k2 sa...
Hi Jessica--
Yes--what I meant was "the process cannot be done legally in NYC" was regarding the fuel. And I do hope that is legalized soon, or alternatives found. Good luck with that!
Harley, Lynn, and others: in the first of the "Amanda" series of posts, Maxwell expressed apparent surprise that bed bugs were found in an apartment that was "chic, beautiful and CLEAN." That, and...
As per MrGreen's comments, she needs to tell the landlord and get him/her to take action. Not only should the landlord pay, but getting the landlord to have all adjacent units (top, bottom, on eve...
Amanda has a landlord: she's renting. She lives in NYC. Her landlord is obliged to pay for the bed bugs to be removed. From all afflicted units. Period. It does not matter who brought them in....
Deborah,
It's a house problem too. It's just that they're so much more of a nightmare when your neighbors are attached to you and may be sending the things over. Also, most homeowner...
Oh, and even if it is just one bed bug, I'd still say, go all out.
An adult female can lay eggs each time she bites. Multiple bites in one week signal the presence of multiple bed bugs.
Amanda does need to launder everything, and she did find bed bugs (plural) and she does need a PCO that knows how to get rid of them. And she needs them to come every two weeks until there are no ...
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catsownme7, Apparently the Oprah guest was not reading very carefully. Bed bugs don't eat your dead skin cells. They suck your blood. And your memory foam won't protect you, alas...
will we ever find out what happened to Amanda???
Is there any update, now a month more has passed, on Amanda's bed bug status?
I think most of the retailers do that Mrs. S. Moxie is right--the city needs to take bed bugs seriously, and they might if they were to stop counting only people who call 311 when they...
Sorry--I wasn't clear about Richard Cooper's statement. He says here http://www.nj.com/living/le...
aesargent, You should be concerned. It all hinges on how very cautious he was, and how very infested he was, but he can definitely spread them. RuthyE, I don't know about...
Leslie, how long has she been bed bug free? (If she reacted to bites, and has had none for a while, say 6 months, I would feel safe-ish). Now, I'm wary of street stuff, but like k2 sa...
One of those apartments in About Last Night was filmed inside and outside my highschool classmate's apartment. Ahh, the 80s.
Just to be clear, there are some situations where tenants are liable to pay for treatment. See: htt...
This article, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/realestate/15cov.html?ex=118265760...
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Hi Jessica-- Yes--what I meant was "the process cannot be done legally in NYC" was regarding the fuel. And I do hope that is legalized soon, or alternatives found. Good luck with that!
Bedbugger doesn't just say your landlord has to pay. We post extracts of the relevant law. http://b...
Harley, Lynn, and others: in the first of the "Amanda" series of posts, Maxwell expressed apparent surprise that bed bugs were found in an apartment that was "chic, beautiful and CLEAN." That, and...
As per MrGreen's comments, she needs to tell the landlord and get him/her to take action. Not only should the landlord pay, but getting the landlord to have all adjacent units (top, bottom, on eve...
Is Amanda reading our comments on previous threads? Did she get that the landlord is liable to pay for the PCO?
Amanda has a landlord: she's renting. She lives in NYC. Her landlord is obliged to pay for the bed bugs to be removed. From all afflicted units. Period. It does not matter who brought them in....
Deborah, It's a house problem too. It's just that they're so much more of a nightmare when your neighbors are attached to you and may be sending the things over. Also, most homeowner...
Oh, and even if it is just one bed bug, I'd still say, go all out. An adult female can lay eggs each time she bites. Multiple bites in one week signal the presence of multiple bed bugs.
Amanda does need to launder everything, and she did find bed bugs (plural) and she does need a PCO that knows how to get rid of them. And she needs them to come every two weeks until there are no ...