Re: Tenant wants to break lease due to ant problem

Re: Tenant wants to break lease due to ant problem by Tenant (washington) on June 9, 2015 @20:13

just to shine a little light from the other side. we moved into a duplex in august and within one week noticed ants. we informed out manager and they sent someone out to seal up some holes in the walls (which I later found out to be mouse holes). They sprayed around the outside of the area. Winter comes through and suddenly there is a mouse problem.. I started freaking out and cleaning my kitchen counters last thing before bed and first thing in the morning. called the manager and they said they'd see what they could do. I was so mad. Then the mouse start leaving mounts of droppings in an upstairs bedroom dresser drawer (I had been told by pest control that mice only poop where they eat but let me you I was raised military, food is NEVER in the bedrooms). we cleaned the problem up and called the manager again. finally ended up getting a cat to get rid of the mice because they wouldn't do anything about it and now the ants are back. I clean my kitchen every day and we do our dishes after every meal. when pest control came out he told us they knew about the problem two years ago and just wont do what they need to get rid of it. when we pressed the manager about it, they told us to be out by the end of our lease. So no, don't tell your tenant to do their dishes. Clean up after your own damned self and take care of the properties you own. Washington state requires landlords provide a safe living condition. Let me ask you, have you ever woken up freaking out because you're covered in ants? Have you ever had your children wake up screaming because they're covered in ants
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