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Several months ago, bedbugs appeared in one apartment in our building. We took immediate steps to eradicate them and prevent them from returning in that apartment and neighboring apartments, as required by NYC law. Follow up visits by the exterminator found the apartments to be clean. The company used a "bedbug sniffing" dog to check out other apartments as well, and they were clean.
Now, the same apartment has bedbugs again. We again took immediate steps to bring back the exterminator. Here's my question: the warranty on the exterminator's work has expired, so we had to pay for that visit and are in for another expensive treatment of neighboring apartments, even though the exterminating company feels only the one apartment needed treatment. (I believe NYC law requires us to go full steam ahead again.) In any case, do you think the repeat shareholder should shoulder the costs?
Thank you, peoples choice. That's how I feel also. To add to it, when they removed the bug-laden mattresses, they took them elsewhere and left them at the curb for the Sanitation Dept. to pick up. A neighbor saw it happen after dark. At least they were properly wrapped. NYSD requires all mattresses for disposal, bugs or not, to be wrapped in plastic.
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The Co Op should foot the bill the first time. The second time should be the share holders cost. If they followed the protical they should not have a repeat performance.
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