Bed Bugs - Landlord Forum thread 352740

Bed Bugs by Jo (New Hampshire) on June 7, 2017 @09:23

I am sure this subject has been beat to death. In NH a landlord is responsible for treatment. My tenant thinks they came in with some used baby clothes but it appears they have had them for a bit (they are very messy with clothes littered all over the place). I have 4 units but 2 different exterminators said it has only effected this one unit so we are paying for a heat treatment. What is the best way to handle trying to get thru to present tenant about clutter and be careful moving forward? (I know this is a loaded question but just want to see how other landlords do this)

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Re: Bed Bugs by Anonymous on June 8, 2017 @08:22	[ Reply ]

The lease available on this site have wording about keeping the inside clean and uncluttered. If I had a T that was that messy I would end the lease when that time came around. Some people can't be trained.

Re: Bed Bugs by Petra (PA) on June 12, 2017 @14:43	[ Reply ]

Just one unit huh? Problem is that those little buggers can be carried througout your building very easily. Just one heat treatment can cost more than $2500.00. I'm sure your exterminator(s) have already told you what the Tenant(s) need to do.....YOU just have to make sure they DO IT....otherwise you have flushed the $cost of the heat treatment. It has been my experience that unless you walk them through the entire scenario...they will try to skip a few steps. Good Luck