This is a link about bedbugs in Chicago: [link] The grey bar in the middle of the pages has "what to do if you have bedbugs" info, and several of them seem salient:
Landlords must contract with an experienced, licensed, trained pest management professional.
Tenants must receive and follow an integrated pest management plan designed by their pest management professional.
DO NOT throw out your furniture unless instructed to do so by your pest management professional.
And the city of Chicago has a bedbug FAQ: [link]
Landlords must contract with an experienced, licensed, trained pest management professional.
afaik, they've been doing that for a few months.
Tenants must receive and follow an integrated pest management plan designed by their pest management professional.
They gave me this. They say I didn't follow the instructions, which was true to some extent at first because I had so much stuff in my small 1-bedroom apartment.
I'm just dreading going to court, mainly.
I do not know Rich or what fourfour is, but that twitter sounds awesome. I wish I had a cell phone acct that made twitter a possibility.
Speaking of asshole landlords, my former apartment is trying to charge me $25 for the hole in the wall. WHICH THEIR MAINTENANCE GUY MADE.
Um, NO. There will be words. It's only $25, but I will do one last battle with them. And they will refund the remainder of the laundry card, damnit.
They say I didn't follow the instructions, which was true to some extent at first because I had so much stuff in my small 1-bedroom apartment.
Did the instructions have a time frame for you to get rid of your stuff? I just really feel like the burden of proof is on your landlords.
You must know fourfour!! [link] It's a blog with Top Model recaps, cats, pop music, and misc. Good times.
Just watched a whole cavalcade of police and fire trucks race down Ellerslie (try saying that. I can't) and then the sirens cut out. So nearby. Better not be the playground again....
I hung up another picture! (OK, fine, the screw was already in the wall, probably not its final location, but for now? I hung up another picture, OKAY?!)
Oh, tommyrot, that's sucktastic.
Here's another link to throw in: [link]
It and Teppy's link both have numbers I think you should call.
And as for the cat issue... do you know for sure that both cats are territorial? How old are they? There's a way to do it where you slowly expose them to each other so that they don't see the new animal as an invader. This is a good summary; I know there are some cats that would never go for it, but a friend of mine used to introduce cats & kittens & dogs into her house with that method, and all of her pets have gotten along fine.
Also, figured out they did hang new wallboard over the lathe in 2 of the bedrooms (master and balcony.) Wonder how bad the walls were?! I found this out because they didn't behind one of the radiators and the lathe is exposed there. So they must've stripped the plaster off. Iiiinteresting. I'm guessing in the last year because the unpainted area on the wallboard that is behind the radiator is only a first or second coat.
Bedroom that has plaster has old water damage/patching due to the downspout having leaked. Seems to be remedied now.
t /carrots
