refund for 1st month of cochroach infested apartment new rental?

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should a young couple coming to a new rental, get back their first month rent, because they ahvent been able to enjoy peace of settling into the apartment they organised from months befre becqause it has a severe coachroach infestation

i'm unsure why it wasnt treated befre they were due to move in or as soon as they arrived.

its now 3 weeks later

they have had to move around

couch surf

be in temporary housing

this has impacted them enormusly

shock distress

eggs in their clothing that need all to be washed

they couldnt settle immediately before starting demanding new jobs

their ability to start their new jobs

to study

and to sit exams

moving state and starting new jobs is hard enough exhausting enough without coming to a cochroach infested apartment and moving around until the prperty manager has it treated.

should they get back their first months rent as they havent been able to be settled in the housing that they had organised from months before
and the stress and damage and loss of income has been enormous.

Wesley W. · Answer

Based on the point of view from which you write (as well as your account's post history), I think you are the tenant in question, correct?

I would say your landlord has a duty to immediately treat any *existing* infestation. When you did your move-in walkthrough, were their roach feces on the walls and in the cabinets/drawers or other signs of a pest problem? The way you describe it, if the place was being overrun, there would be lots of staining and there would be an odor.

There is a product, Advion, that I bought on Amazon several years ago and it worked very well. It will take a few weeks to work its way through a complete life cycle, and you will need to be very diligent about denying food sources (food crumbs, pet food, etc.), but it will work and you do not need to vacate the apartment to treat. Just be sure to place the bait where children/pets cannot be tempted to get into it. I placed mine inside cabinets and behind major appliances. It's a gel that you place on top of pieces of painter's tape (for easy removal).

Good luck.

Henry T. · Answer

I moved into a place like that once. I bought some bug spray and started cleaning. I don't have the patience to wait for others to do a lousy job.

Jo Brown · Answer

They didn’t want a release from lease

They came from interstate wanting this location

it just needed to b cleaned fast instead of trying to convince them that in Texas u learn to live with cockroaches

surely they should at the very least b refunded the last almost 3 weeks

this caused enormormous shock upset upheaval

Inability to settle

Inability to work or find work

Inability to study aBd sit exam

It causes enormous stress they were given $200 refubd

Surely the last 2.5 or 3 weeks should b refunded

Nathan Gesner · Answer

Yes, you should have released them from the lease as soon as the problem was discovered, refunded their money, and then you can focus on cleaning out the rental.

Jo Brown · Answer

the bugs were there when new tenants entered

they did not come as part of the new tenants

the property and others in the block are infested

they came to a severely coachroach infested property

Henry T. · Answer

Were the bugs there from day 1, or did the tenants bring them in? Where is this place, Hawaii. Alabama?

Bjorn Ahlblad · Answer

Generally, cockroaches are a longer term problem...........I wonder why the previous tenant or your PM never brought this up, and why the PM did not address the problem. I don't think they came in with the new tenant although it is possible the roaches hitched a ride on suitcases, backpacks, furniture etc. I'd want to get more info. Maybe there was an increase in moisture causing a roach bloom. At the end of the day if your property and your PM are the problem I'd credit the tenant some rent-maybe a full month. @Jo Brown

refund for 1st month of cochroach infested apartment new rental?

refund for 1st month of cochroach infested apartment new rental?

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