Tenants find dead rodents and unsanitary conditions in their apartments

“A couple years ago my class had a horrible, rotting smell. We have old-style radiators with wooden cabinets with mesh openings around them so kids don't get burned. It turns out a mouse or rat got stuck in there and died. It was pretty horrible. Thankfully my maintenance team was able to get it out once we figured out what it was. It did smell a bit like a dirty locker room/bathroom so this is something I'd check out. Even if you don't have radiator cages/cabinets, I'd check any”

“I want to start off with saying that I am NOT a plumber nor an astronaut. I moved to this apartment about a year ago, and after a couple of months the sink in the bathroom started to seem semi-clogged. Shining a light down the drain, I saw what I thought was some sort of inner pipe lining coming loose, lol. I took the pipes apart and cleaned it out, ripping out the skin-like lining, assuming that that was that. That was not that. Lately, the beast slowly returned, and today, I finally took the p”

“This is appearing in my bathroom, I don't know if it's from the sink drain or what, it's humid and appears out of nowhere randomly submitted by /u/Miatinhast [link] [comments]”

“I’m a pretty clueless woman who isn’t very knowledgable about plumbing and my apartment complex maintenance is refusing to come out. I’m playing detective because I’m pregnant, have a small kid, and this smell is in my master bathroom which is inside the master bedroom we sleep in. So, I’m afraid to go to bed (yay me). Anyway. Yesterday (Saturday) I had slight sediment and slightest discoloration in water. It occured around 7am, I ran water in the bathroom and used my kitchen sink (unaffected)…”

Ok thanks a lot for this !! [re: Smell under sink]

“So I've been having a continuous war with the black gunk building up in my bathroom sink. Usually I take the drain and trap out, clean it out with a hose, and put it all back together. This is time consuming and a pain. I'm wondering is there any harm in taking a super soaker, or some other sufficiently pressured water delivery device, and just spray it down the sink drain in place? submitted by /u/thatturkishguy [link] [comments]”

“i am renting out a very old house in upstate NY. no vent in the bathroom, just a fan. the wood is clearly falling apart around the bathtub and sink. it is SO ugly to look at and makes me feel dirty. how does one even clean this?? i know i cant replace this wood. its just so ugly. submitted by /u/Own-Representative30 [link] [comments]”

Yea. Just fluffy white pieces of leg, ear, etc etc. And there was a huge bloodstain behind the stove. Flea infested. So my question is~is this normal?? For context i am entering…

“for a few days now my kitchen has smelled like the smell that you encounter when you go to the bathroom after your father and it bothers me really bad so i have checked the fridge, trash and rotting food submitted by /u/miipo_akael [link] [comments]”

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“I have to clean rat droppings off a new vinyl floor that can't be cleaned with bleach. Any suggestions? submitted by /u/DockingEngaged [link] [comments]”

“Just moved in here. Don’t know what any of this is, how to clean it, or if it can be cleaned. EDIT: I’m scared the white powdery stuff on the bottom is drugs submitted by /u/Present-Message8740 [link] [comments]”

“I’m trying to help my mom clean under her fridge because there’s this foul smell under it. My mother has been dealing with a mouse so she called her apartment manager and he placed some traps I think it’s one of those glue ones. The mouse got caught in it and the mouse ran under the fridge with the trap on so I’m not sure if the mouse died under the fridge or just left the apartment but there’s this musky smell like urine so I pulled out the fridge and the trap is stuck under the fridge and I’m”

“NSFW tag, because I don't know whats going on there A lot of it looks like staining (or damage, but it's porcelain, so I assume not?), but there's probably some other gunk in there too I'm looking to pick up all the cleaning supplies I need tomorrow to clean it, but don't know what I need besides the basics, I've never lived in a place where more than just like a toilet brush and basic chemicals were needed Also, what even causes this? submitted by /u/chino_ca”

“This is an apartment that I fear received a little bit of the landlord special. Any way to get these off? They’re all over the apartment and I keep thinking the floor is dirty 🫠 I haven’t been able to just wipe them off but I haven’t tried anything harsher than an all purpose cleaner to avoid damaging the floors submitted by /u/fizgigs [link] [comments]”

“Found rat droppings and dander underneath vanity that shares a wall with a tub. Seems to have gone after toothpaste. Put hardware cloth up under tub drain yesterday, heard it scratching last night. Went to check under house and saw it wedged in there on the tub side, an hour after we heard scratching. Did not move when I hit the floor. My wife sprayed the droppings from last night with Lysol, expecting to clean them up. Told her there wasn’t much use as the rat will be back in there. My plan is”

“Hello everyone, I need some help/tips: the bathroom of the house I live in had some clogged plumbing issues a while ago and since then I don’t put toilet paper down the toilet when I flush, instead I put it in the trash can. The thing is, I don’t like to use toilet paper because it irritates my skin so I use wet wipes. I also bought a new trash can, it’s made of aluminum. I usually change the plastic bag from the trash can weekly or whenever it’s full. I think the mix of dirty wet wipes + alumin”

“Dear Experts, I reside in an apartment featuring three bathrooms. Recently, I discovered black mold growth on one of the bathroom floors. Could you please provide guidance on effective cleaning methods for this issue? submitted by /u/Various_Will8847 [link] [comments]”

“This whole house is covered in bugs, trash, and reeks of animal piss, mold, and sewage. I ran the washer there so I could have some clean rags to wipe down counters for this person, and when I turned on the washer, the worst smell came out of it. Strangely, the smell was not coming from the washer itself, the smell was coming from the sink. I’m assuming it’s the pipes that stink but I can’t find any advice on how to clean them. What can I do to make it not stink? I also would appreciate if anyon”

“Moved into new house and inside the toilet owl has a strong urine smell and I cannot figure out where it’s coming from. And how to get rid of it. Sometimes the smell is so bad, it makes the entire bathroom smell bad. I can confirm the smell as I have literally stuck my face inside the bowl and can say that is where the smell is coming from. A few things I’ve already ruled out: - No one stands to pee, everyone sits. - I have cleaned the toilet thoroughly, including around/under the rim and all th”

“I just moved into an apartment and was cleaning the place when I discovered mouse droppings in the fridge. I have texted the landlord since it’s late at night and intend to call him in the morning but I’m really scared and don’t want mice droppings on my food obviously. I didn’t even know mice could get into fridges. What are they required to do and what can be done about this? I live in Wisconsin. I can’t live in a place that has active health code violations like this… this has to be illegal r”

“I moved into a furnished flat two weeks ago, and have been putting off doing a load of washing as there has been issues with the flat I had to sort out. I opened the detergent drawer, and it was filthy so I took it out and cleaned it. When I was attaching it back to the washing machine, I noticed the inside, and it was shocking. How do I clean this? Is this safe??? submitted by /u/Ancient-Explorer-547 [link] [comments]”

“There is roach poop and dead bodies all over my kitchen cabinets and drawers. There are pieces of them embedded in the drawer track and in the crevices of the drawers and cabinets. This is a new apartment and it was given to us this way. We recently found out about the bad infestation and are forcing the landlord to be hard on the deterrent of them. I don’t even know how to get to all the poop and body parts without disassembling them completely and even then the top cabinets are hard to reach a”

“I rent a basement apartment in Brampton , and the area I live in is very clean but it is downtown Brampton so it most likely has dirtier parts hence the rats , I’ve lived here my whole life and all different parts of Brampton and I’ve never seen anything like this , it doesn’t help that my neighbours have huge vegetable/ fruit gardens for them to go crazy in. My house has no exterior holes that I know of and is in good shape but I’m TERRIFIED for these to get in. There horrible like as big as a”

“EDIT: Sounds like enzyme cleaners are the way to go. Thanks! We have two bathrooms that are, unfortunately, inundated with pee. The grout, the baseboards, the cabinet sides, and every nook and cranny of the toilet. The smell is very unpleasant. Now that the boy is better about aiming and not dousing the entire bathroom, I'm looking to do a full, level 5 decontamination. So far, nothing seems to really get it. I've tried a steam cleaner for all the nooks and crannys and grout, ammonia, et”

“Recently moved into a 3 family house. I love the layout, rooms, neighborhood etc. I do NOT love that the first floor landlord’s dogs use weewee pads (or maybe misses) while she’s not home and the stench comes into my apt! I’m pretty sure that it’s traveling through the door that isn’t 100% sealed, has some gaps. I placed a towel down rolled up and hung a curtain but it still smells. I had to sleep w my bedroom closed and it still came through just not as strong. The bottom of my bedroom door has”

“Just what the title says. We’ve tried leaving the windows open, running an air purifier, and using those scent absorber things. We’re going to try steam mopping (all hardwood) and then maybe burning some candles to chase the smell away. Does anyone else have any other suggestions? Any advice is absolutely appreciated. Edit: Not hardwood!!! Laminate flooring I should say. submitted by /u/Mammoth-Phase2148 [link] [comments]”

They fina roast you

“Hi everyone, I’ve been dealing with a persistent sewer/drain smell coming from the cabinet under my kitchen sink and I can’t figure out where it’s coming from. A plumber has already been here and cleaned the trap/siphon and the accessible drain parts , but the smell is still there. There are no obvious leaks and everything seems to drain normally. We also suspected that the smell might be coming from the opening where the large grey corrugated drain pipe enters the wall, so that area has already”

“I’ve been living in a pretty old building for the past year sandwiched between two very sloppy neighbors and my lease is finally ending in 2 weeks. There have been all kinds of problems including roaches and nasty smells coming through the walls, but nothing was severe enough to break the lease over. Last night, I found a dead mouse just outside my closet. I keep the place clean and am generally a tidy person, so I’m pretty confident I’m not the problem here. There was an incident earlier this s”

“I removed the kick pan from my dishwasher and found rat/mice feces under there…i believe the person living here before may have had a problem but currently there is no signs of any mice/rat right now. So who’s responsible to clean up the feces? The apartment complex or the tenant? submitted by /u/Ok-Replacement6266 [link] [comments]”

“I rent and none of the toilets have a seal around the base. One bathroom in particular has a smell that I cannot get rid of, it has been there since I moved in. I’m assuming the smell is coming from underneath the toilet. But I’m not sure how I can effectively clean underneath it without lifting the toilet. Any advice would be great, thanks! submitted by /u/Reasonable_Lemon2832 [link] [comments]”

“You need to rip out & replace all the sub flooring & flooring. Once urine & fecal matter have penetrated the flooring, it’s also permeated the sub flooring.”

“To make a long story short, I had some hoarded tenants I inherited who were incredibly unclean. Think fecal matter covering much of the apartment. I’ve had the whole unit renovated, walls painted with multiple coats of Kilz, new vinyl flooring and subflooring replaced in one of the rooms where the smell was the worst, however there is still a persistent odor I can pinpoint. Any ideas on what I could do as prospects are still noticing a smell. Edit: I’ve used enzymatic cleaners, ozone machines, o”

Your trap is 3-5 business days long bro

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“I just noticed this in the drain and am kinda grossed out. We are about to move from this rental house and have had endless issues here (water heater caught on fire before we moved in and landlord didn’t notice, AC was broken and had to be fixed, mice infestation in the attic when we moved in, sump pump had failed and backed up into the room before we moved in and new flooring was put in), but I just wanted to make this isn’t something I should be worried about affecting the furnace or water hea”

“Moved into an apartment a few months ago and I keep finding another similar looking “poop” to this in the exact same place on my kitchen counter by the stove. Just one of them, maybe once a week/2weeks. I found one today, then looked around for others and I couldn’t find any, but found this one (pictured) in the cabinet on the other side of the stove. We also have a lot of geckos around the complex, more than I’ve ever seen and was wondering if this could be left by them? I thought it could be a”

“Our tub was flooded with water that came from drain, the kitchen sink, and laundry water. We couldn’t get someone to come out due to it being Labor Day weekend (also we’re renting) and now that it’s drained, it left a stain. Specifically the yellow/greenish color and the blurry black spots on the tub. It already had scratching in it so now I’m worried it’s stained permanently. Is there anything to do to get rid of the stains? Also to neutralize the odor? It still stinks even after being used and”

“Hi guys I need some advice on dealing with this. I’m pretty positive it’s from a bad bag of rice I tossed awhile back, but now I’m finding them throughout my apartment. This photo here was in the bathroom. I unfortunately couldn’t get the back of the pest since it’s so small, I just ended up crushing it. Do I need to throw everything out in my pantry and deep clean my apartment a certain way? I’m hoping I can deal with this mess myself rather than calling an exterminator, I’m not sure if this is”

“Hey everyone, I live in a pretty old apartment and my kitchen sink does not have a garbage disposal. It’s been really slow to drain so I’m worried there’s food or something stuck inside. My landlord sucks and wants to incur charges for everything so before telling him I wanted to see if I can fix myself but not sure where to start. Also, my bathroom sink is very slow to drain. I got a snake and was able to remove a clog of hair but it’s still not draining, if anything I feel like it’s even slowe”

“I found this upstairs in the bathroom tonight, and I noticed something similar but a bit smaller on my kitchen floor a few nights ago, but I crushed it before taking a photo of it, but this was is alive in this photo. It was near the dehumidifier in my bathroom, so that is what you will see in some of the photos. Also found a smaller one of these bugs about a week ago on the carpet. What is it? submitted by /u/MM150inDallas [link] [comments]”

“Guys, I need some help because this will be used as a baby room. The smell is impossible and I felt it since we came to see the place. It smells like...pet pee? Wet dog? It can be masked by candles. Worth noting: the room was and is completely empty. There is a built in wardrobe but the smell doesn't come from there. Flooring: real wood. It's so weird because it is just THAT room. EDIT: to add, no pet has ever lived within the unit. Also, this is in Singapore, but the house is very sunny”

“We have an awful rat smell coming from somewhere near the floor/wall of our reach-in closet on the 2nd floor. I've had three pest companies come so far but none could help. Is there a kind of company that can solve this problem for me? At the moment I'm opening up drywall myself, cutting up my closet, but I'm neither a pest expert nor a construction expert so I'm sure I'm the wrong person doing the wrong work myself... I'd much rather hire professionals. But which? (Seatt”

“Just like to know if I could disinfect this or if I should just toss it! submitted by /u/ConcernFrosty8146 [link] [comments]”

“I’d just like to know if I could disinfect since I don’t have anywhere else to put my clothes but if not I’ll gladly throw it away! submitted by /u/ConcernFrosty8146 [link] [comments]”

“Our neighbour has had rat problems for years. They live in their loft and seem to come and go. Now mind you we do live at the edge of town close to the rail tracks, woods and a field. However none of the other neighbours seem to have issues except when this person does. Well over the summer they've had rats again, and I'm positive that a few of them travelled down our rafters and have fallen under the house. Myself and our animals could hear them at the early hours of the morning, even h”

“been feeling sick ever since I moved into this apartment a few months ago. I went downstairs in my apartment basement and saw this. also not included in the pictures but the p trap lid wasnt on and a slimy black substance was inside of it. Also does anyone know what that blue substance was that was placed inside of it? to top it all off the Merv air filter is a #1 submitted by /u/Ill-Feed2105 [link] [comments]”

“I mopped and swept last night & can confirm nothing was on the floor. This morning I see this. Please tell me this is not mice poop. We live on the first floor apartment and constantly have had so many random bugs inside but rats or mice I would draw the line. submitted by /u/Lazy_Animator2627 [link] [comments]”

“Hi! When I arrived at my new rental I found the cabinet under the sink had clear water damage and a musty odor. I asked the property management company to fix it, and of course they covered it up with new plywood rather than taking out the damaged particle board. It still has a musty odor that gets worse with use of the sink. I do not see any visible water leak when using the sink, but I'm going to keep looking for one. In the meantime, the odor when I open the doors drives me crazy. I cover”

“My friend is renting this apartment in a building that was constructed in 2018. The washing machine closet smells musty. It’s exactly how you’d expect a shower drain without a p trap to smell. The obvious culprit is this open pvc pipe coming up the back corner of the floor of the closet. I’m really curious why would this would ever be constructed that way. More importantly looking for insight on what should be done to fix this. I understand it’s impossible to know exactly whats going on without”

“I just moved in about a month ago and gave the whole place a good deep clean. I cleaned exactly like I normally would at my last place where I did NOT have this issue. I noticed that the toilet smelled badly of urine. Weird, so I go in even more thoroughly, scrubbing every centimeter of the interior and exterior of the bowl with bathroom disinfectant cleaner. Worked for maybe a day or two. I go in again with bleach then another kind of disinfectant. Same thing. I’ve put one of those freshener th”

“Hi! As the title says I have a rat living in my washing machine since last Friday. I don't know where, I already took off the back panel, but can't see it. First I tried to trap it into a bucket, by building a ramp, but it ate all the food and climbed out. Then I bought traps (both mouse and rat) but it ignored them. Then I placed down cardboard with glue around the machine. Tonight I heard screeching, went inside the bathroom and there it was, a brown rat, with the gluey cardboard all a”

“we have tried everything vinegar baking soda bleach two plumbers have and our drains still smell like something is rotting old in the drain. Can somebody please help suggest something before I lose my mind, please. vinegar and baking soda did nothing. submitted by /u/Conscious_List9132 [link] [comments]”

“We’ve replaced the garbage disposal which has helped with the smell. It still smells musty under here and I don’t want to put anything there until I can clean it and hopefully get rid of the smell. Please help!! 🙏 submitted by /u/mrnalgitas [link] [comments]”

“i’ve just moved into a rental and this is the state of the bathroom (landlord said it had been cleaned twice)… i have no idea how to clean this or if it is safe to do so without a mask as it looks like mould? these are photos of the shower and near the window. sorry i’ve never had anyone teach me how to deal with this and im scared to make the mould airborne or something. does anyone have a product to recommend (im in the UK) thank you so much in advance submitted by /u/iamtrying23 [”

“My moms fridge has a leak or something so water builds up at the bottom if she doesnt clean it. When it does these dead flies start appearing at the bottom. Im confused how theyre getting there, whenever it gets bad they fly around the kitchen and its gross. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?? My mom is putting up vinegar and other stuff to kill flies but that isnt stopping wherever theyre coming from submitted by /u/nnotareddituser [link] [comments]”

“Hello everyone Can you please assure me what type of stains is this in the bathroom(for both toilet and bathing ) ? I am living in a PG and i Am a OCD patient so this stains haunts me as i have fear of human waste(poop) I have a doubt that maybe it is a potty marks 😭😭please advice me submitted by /u/No-Vast4891 [link] [comments]”

“The past few days I've noticed a bad smell coming from my kitchen sink, like something died in there, and it's getting worse. I ran the garbage disposal several times with baking soda, lemon slices, and vinegar, which seemed to help a little at the time, but didn't get rid of it. The sink isn't clogged at all, it drains fine after running the disposal, so I can’t imagine where the smell is coming from. Any ideas? submitted by /u/sylphofbreath12 [link] [comments]”