‘I am an owner experiencing a bedbug issue.  I have had exterminators treat my unit but the problem keeps recurring.  I have tried to get our board to have the entire building treated but they refuse to do so.  What would you recommend?”

Whether in a landlord-tenant or condominium situation, eliminating bed bug infestation in a building is not the same as exterminating for cockroaches.  Has that unit owner taken appropriate steps to eliminate the bed bugs in their own unit? If the bed bugs are still residing in furniture, carpeting, etc. spraying alone won’t work.  The individual owner must exhaust all steps to kill the critters in bedding, furniture, linens, toys, etc. An exterminator can advise exactly what those steps are.

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Contributed by Denise DeBelle from The Law Office of Denise M. DeBelle