All Forum Posts by: Winnie C.

Thanks for all the response.

So the tenant went to see a doctor. The doctor said it was some kind of insect bites. I scheduled an inspection of the unit for the tenants.

As some of the comments mentioned, my biggest concern is that the bed bugs (if any) could have come from abutting units. We unfortunately don't have a property manager. It's a small building with five units. I only own one of them. I will bring the issue up to owners of the other four units once the inspection is done. However, if they haven't seen any bed bugs or got any bites, chances are they wouldn't want to split the inspection and treatment (if necessary) cost. The fact that everyone has to be home for the inspection and treatment makes it even more difficult.

Anyway, I'll see how the inspection goes and go from there.

I just did some research on bed bugs. It looks like Hot Tub Folliculitis, bird mites, and a few other things can cause very similar symptoms. I'm definitely willing to get an inspection. However, before contacting pest control I wanted to ask the tenant to go see a doctor in order to rule out other possible cause first.

Do you guys think this is fair?

Hi all. I'm a relatively new landlord and I need your help.

My tenants (a couple) moved into my condo in MA a month and a half ago. They just told me they wanted pest control for bedbugs in the unit because one of them kept getting bites since moving in. They said they put their mattress in a protector, cleaning throughout, etc. but the situation didn't improve. They thought it was mosquito bites or allergies initially but it kept getting worse and worse. They haven't seen any bedbugs but they ran out of options.

This is a condo I recently purchased. I had a professional cleaning company clean the entire unit before the tenants moved in.

How should I approach this?

I own one of the five units in a converted condo building. I understand that MA has laws that force landlords to delead the unit if a child under the age of six were to live there. I don't have a problem with that. I am not sure how to delead the common areas though. Common areas in my building mainly include shared washer/dryer and storage in the basement, stairs, hallways, and a yard which has been converted to a parking lot.

One source I've found requires the condo association to delead the common area (

http://www.mass.gov/dor/businesses/help-and-resour...

). I don't see how the condo association would agree to come up with a special assessment to delead the common area while none of the other four units (all childless) would benefit from it? Even if I agree to pay for deleading the common area, my understanding is no one will have access to those areas for about a week and a half during the deleading process. How would residents in the other four units do their laundry or walk in the hallway during this period?

Has anyone got this done in the past?