(由 Google 翻译)优越的地理位置、优美的景色、优秀的员工、便宜的租金和严重的蟑螂问题。我在六楼住了一年,受不了蟑螂,搬到了公寓经理隔壁的十二楼,受到他“这里更好”的小暗示的鼓励。蟑螂出现的频率从每天三次(严格来说,夏天每天五次以上,冬天几乎每天一次)减少到平均每周三次,所以我想情况有所好转。我尽了一切努力来彻底摆脱它们,但后来意识到这是不可能的,因为以下原因。
预定的害虫防治巡视每两周一次,每周二进行一次,需要向每个单元喷洒愚蠢无用的喷雾剂。从周二晚上到周三早上,遇到蟑螂的次数(通常是在厨房区域)总是显着增加。然后周四就会看到一两只蟑螂,从周五开始就比较平静了。我得出的结论是,这只能意味着一件事:害虫防治扰乱了它们的栖息地,导致它们通过厨房和浴室之间的任何通道从一个单元移动到另一个单元。
我总是把我的地方保持得很干净,吃完饭后就立即洗碗并扔掉剩下的食物,但这就是我必须经历的蟑螂遭遇的程度。依我的印象,这在公寓社区里已经不是什么秘密了;办公室里随时都有蟑螂诱饵,“最近你的蟑螂问题怎么样了?”这是我认识的房客中常用的打招呼方式,有点像“你的家人怎么样?”我想,在某种程度上,蟑螂在某种程度上已经成为了我们的家人。
我从一位维修人员那里听说,自从大流行以来,蟑螂问题变得更加严重。在大流行之前,这可能是一个居住的好地方。但现在它只是一间蟑螂泛滥的老公寓,尽管其工作人员是善意但无助的。
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尊敬的公寓经理,
在我搬家之前,我们就蟑螂问题沟通过很多次。当我住在六楼时,您亲自递给我三个蟑螂诱饵,并说“我的单位也有蟑螂问题,但这些解决了问题。”我最终告诉你我“可能会搬出去”。这发生在 2021 年 7 月至 8 月之间的某个时间。2021 年 8 月下旬(我可以确认,因为我在纽约呆了一个星期时接到了你的电话,我可以给你看我的机票),是你打电话给我说“隔壁有一个空单元,‘租金更便宜,蟑螂问题也没那么严重’”我最初的计划是搬到另一套公寓,不是因为租金,而是因为蟑螂问题。我对你关于你的单位没有蟑螂问题的说法提出异议。除非我记得我从未听说过的事情,否则我别无选择,只能认为你要么 1) 不记得你的单位里有蟑螂,不得不使用诱饵来“解决问题”;或 2) 回忆起您的蟑螂问题,但谎称您的单位从未出现过蟑螂。
如果您没有意识到问题的严重性,请注意,除了佐治亚州外,在每个州,房东都必须提供“可居住性的默示保证”,并且这要求“没有老鼠和臭虫等害虫”。判例法明确指出害虫包括蟑螂,如果您愿意,我可以引用案例。因此,根据法律,您有义务披露公寓存在蟑螂问题的事实。你刚刚在这里写道,公寓依赖于两家消灭公司。您有义务让新租客知道公寓并非没有害虫问题。我可以以更严肃的方式解决蟑螂问题,但选择对此采取随意的态度(感谢我的“开玩笑”)。我不会写你隐瞒蟑螂问题违反了法律。是的,我的评论至少会帮助一些人避免因你的失职而遭遇蟑螂。
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Great location, great view, great staff, cheap rent, and SEVERE COCKROACH ISSUES. I lived on the sixth floor for one year, couldn't stand the roaches, and moved to the twelveth floor next door to the apartment manager, encouraged by his little hint that "it's better up here." The frequency of roach appearace diminished from three times a day (five+ times a day in summer and barely once a day in winter, to be technical) to three times a week on average, so I guess it got better. I did everything I could to completely get rid of them but later realized it was impossible because of the following reason.
The scheduled pest control visits, occurring bi-weekly on Tuesdays, entailed the application of stupid useless sprays to every unit. And the number of roach encounters (usually in the kitchen area) always significantly increased on Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. Then, I would see one or two roaches on Thursday, and I was relatively at peace from Friday on. I came to a conclusion that this could only mean one thing: pest control stirred up their habitat, causing them to move around from one unit to another through whatever pathways they seemed to have between kitchens and bathrooms.
I always kept my place very clean, did dishes and threw away leftover food as soon as I was done with my meal, yet this was the level of roach encounters I had to go through. Based on my impression, it is no secret within the apartment community; roach baits are readily available at the office, and "how are your roach problems these days?" was a common way of saying hi among fellow tenants I befriended, kind of like "how's your family doing?" I suppose, in a way, roaches had become our family to a certain degree.
I've heard from one maintenance guy that the roach problem has become much worse since the pandemic. It might have been a nice place to live pre-pandemic. But now it is just an aged apartment overrun by cockroaches, despite the best intentions of its well-meaning but helpless staff.
EDIT:
Dear apartment manager,
Before I relocated, we had communicated about the roach problem many times. You personally handed me three roach baits while I lived on the 6th floor, saying that "I've had roach problems in my unit too but these took care of the problem." I eventually told you that I "might move out." This happened sometime between July and August of 2021. In late August of 2021 (I can confirm because I received your phonecall while I was in NY for a week, I can show you my plane tickets), it was you who called me and said "there's an empty unit next door, and 'the rent is cheaper and the roach problems are not as bad'" My original plan was to move to another apartment, not because of rent but because of the ROACH PROBLEM. And I respectully dispute your allegation that you had no roach problems in your unit. Unless I am remembering stuff that I never heard, I have no choice but to think that you're either 1) failing to recall the fact that you had roaches in your unit and had to use baits to "take care of the problem"; or 2) recalling your roach problems but lying that you never had roaches in your unit.
In case you're unaware of the seriousness of the problem, please note that in every state but Georgia, a landlord is required to offer an "implied warranty of habitability," and this requires "no pests like rats and bedbugs." Caselaws clearly indicate that pests include roaches, I can cite cases if you would like me to. So you, by law, had the obligation to disclose the fact that the apartment has roach problems. You just wrote here that the apartment is relying on two extermination companies. You had the obligation to let your incoming tenants know that the apartment isn't free from pest issues. I could address the roach issues in a more solemn way, but chose to be casual about it instead (thank me for "joking"). I wasn't going to write that you broke the law by hiding the roach problem. And yes, my review will help at least some people avoid roach encounters resulting from your breach of duty.