Apartment Management Ignores German Roach Infestations

“A little background on the situation, I’m a single dad who works 7 days a week, I live in a 2 bedroom apartment above a Rent to Own furniture/appliance store. I’ve lived here for a decade and from time to time would see the stray roach here and there, we or atleast I thought, did a pretty good job at keeping them from infesting. But this summer idk what happened but they exploded. All the stuff I had previously done as prevention clearly is no longer helping. So I went and got some advion gel ba”

“Just looking for some advice here. I just moved into a third floor unit 2 weeks ago and I’m starting to see dead baby roaches in my bedroom. I’ve already sprinkled diatomaceous earth all around the baseboards, set out bait in the little nooks and crannies I could find and sprayed raid around my bed just bc I hate the idea of a roach in my bed. Is there anything additional I can do to keep them out entirely or is this just the price I pay to live in center city? I’m terrified of roaches and I thi”

“Hello everyone, recently my bf and I have just moved into our first apartment together back in late July. The first week we moved into our we started to notice cockroaches and with a bit of research learned they were German roaches and literally the worst kind to get rid of. Coming from two people who have never experienced bug problems in our old homes we need genuine advice on how to get rid of them. Before anyone suggests pest control, the second we saw them we immediately went into the leasi”

“I need help. I dunno if this is the right place, but I need guidance. I live in a "luxury apartment complex," so I really didn't expect to have this problem since my last apartment didn't. But recently (about 5-ish months) since moving in, I've had a horrid bug issue. Centipedes, spiders, fruit flies, moths, and yes, worst of all, roaches. Now, I do live near woods but I've always lived near woods, it's the South, there is no "not woods" here but this has”

“The security deposit is refundable but I have not been able to look at the apartment yet. I know that pest control is working on the infestation but I don’t know exactly what the infestation is. I’m thinking German roaches. The apartment manager said I can tour as soon as it is ready in a week or two. Is that long enough to actually get rid of the infestation? If not should, what should I look for when doing my tour to see if there is still an infestation? Lastly, if I see signs of an infestatio”

“I rent a split duplex and the neghibors in the other half had a exterminator come by. A week or so later I was having my morning coffee and saw a weird looking bug crawling on my kitchen door. Ignorantly. I squished it and after, I realized I should have IDed it first. Looking online, I belive it was a roach with an egg sac and i was fairly sure a german roach. We cleaned the kitchen. Saw no other bugs or signs of rosches and went about my business. About a week later. Saw another one, no egg. W”

“Over the last year and a half, I can count on one hand the amount of German roaches I've seen in my apartment. All was well. Until a few months ago, I had disgusting, methhead neighbors who would sell ice to local homeless people. They were evicted. Maintenance started deep cleaning the unit 2 days ago — since then, I've seen and killed 4 adult German roaches, all spotted on the shared wall with the vacated apartment. I have a very, very intense phobia of roaches. I've killed every r”

“I was homeless, living in a roach and bed bug infested motel for 4 years cause there was no where else to go. All the seedy motels have roaches and BBs. We moved in April to a 3 bedroom the rent isn’t bad but every time rent comes due even tho I have the money I am in a total panic. I get really bad panic attacks around rent being due. I can’t really figure out why. What’s behind this fear? I thought maybe it’s because I am terrified to be homeless again but why would I be? I know we will be fin”

“My dorm hall has roaches. Luckily, I live on the top floor, and I think I have a little bit before they migrate up to here. I have a horrible fear of roaches, enough to where pictures of them give me shivers. I cannot have them in my room. How can I keep them out? More info about my room: It is a single bed room I have a shared bathroom in my hall My floor is men only (so they will be here eventually) There is a big enough gap between my door and my floor for a roach to fit. I do eat in my room,”

“So, like the title says, we got keys this morning. Signed the lease yesterday. Immediately my girlfriend’s mom sees the bugs on the kitchen floor. She says they’re baby roaches, but I’m not sure if that’s exactly right. There were a bunch more crawling out from under the woodwork on the kitchen floor than what this video shows. We didn’t end up unpacking because of how many bugs there are. We’ve written on the check-off paper given to us about the roaches. Initially, we called maintenance becaus”

“Hi all, the complex I live in has been doing construction for months, and they’ve finally moved to our section of the building. Since they started work on the floors above us, I’ve found roach nymphs in my bedroom. Very small babies mostly but also a couple that were about the size of a finger nail. Maybe 5-6 total in the past 2 weeks. My theory is the work above us is causing bugs that were already here to start migrating. Is there any way to get ahead of this turning into a full blown problem”

“I'm moving in about three weeks to a new place and I've been dealing with roaches for a couple of months in my apartment. I would've told someone, but we have no building exterminator and my maintenance man half-asses everything. Like, we've had bed bug issues in the building that took him months to get around to solving. Not to mention, the people that have died in their apartments and it took cops showing up to investigate the smells for them to care. At first, it was rare sigh”

“EDIT: This is in Los Angeles btw. This is a 1 year lease that I signed the first week of July I'm sorry, this is venting and needing advice. I want to cry honestly. During the viewing of this apartment, and move-in inspection I saw no signs of roaches. After move-in, I went to the laundry room to wash... and saw the washers and the room was infested with roaches, this is pictured below, it shows only one little roach but when I opened the washer they were crawling all over inside. Prop manag”

“So, I understand that roaches are a common problem with apartments, and my management company includes pest control in our rent. In order to use pest control services, we make a request on the property website, and they let us know when the company is coming. I’m totally understanding of the importance of prepping properly for spraying, HOWEVER: It has been recommended to me that I have the pest control come in and spray once a month. They spray, come back two weeks later to place bait. I cannot”

“Moved into a new apartment earlier this month, and we know other tenants have had issues with roaches (so much so, a neighbor on our floor gave us roach bombs upon moving in). Tonight, I saw what I perceived as a roach crawling on our coffee table. Killed him immediately. Before tonight, though, we had not seen any signs since being here over the last three weeks. We have been very proactive though, which meant: Getting rid of (virtually) all cardboard. Spraying with RAID on all baseboards weekl”

“Just moved in to this apartment, found about 5 roaches so far, only one adult What kind of roach pls submitted by /u/immortalnoodle007 [link] [comments]”

“I've lived in the same apartment for 3 years and for 2 years had no German roaches in my apartment. Then this past year they came out of no where and management has sprayed the apartment 4-5 times but they're still coming back I can't seem to get rid of them. I don't know what to do anymore. I keep my apartment as clean and maintained as possible considering I have 3 young kids. What should I do any advice. I just hate these roaches so much☹️💔 submitted by /u/Admirab”

“Looking for advice on how to move without bringing any German roaches with me. I have barely lived at this apartment at all, and haven’t seen that many roaches, so I’m wondering how diligent I need to be and how much stuff I need to throw away or can try to salvage. Timeline: - Aug 3rd: Moved in: 1 bedroom apartment. - Aug 7th: Saw three roaches. - Aug 8th: Landlord sends pest control. Moved essential items, myself and my cat, crashed on a friend’s couch. - Aug 9th: Went back to put all clothes,”

“Hey y’all! My boyfriend and I have been living in our apartment for about a year. For the first six months we had no problems with any pests. But now we have been having the same problem with cockroaches for about 7 months now. We constantly clean, leave no trash or crumbs lying around. We also don’t leave any standing water around and dry to keep everything as try as possible. We have traps and Advion bait all around. Our apartment complex has pest control come frequently and recently they clea”

“This is a very long story, but long story short, the apartment unit below he has been abandoned for a few months, and became an absolute hellscape filled with grime and severely infested with bugs. The infestation was so severe that it spread to other units (including mine). The disgustingness is whatever, I’m sure it happens all the time and they’re tearing out everything and repainting. The infestation is what’s worrying me, as the bugs we have are notoriously hard to get rid of, and is still”

“hi i have lived in my apartment for a little over a year and i wanted to see if anyone on here has any insight on roach prevention background info: i live on the top floor of a 3 story small and old apartment building. we share the floor with one other unit (we are friends they’re cool and their apartment is clean) the only real issue we had from the jump was ants, the landlord was super chill and paid for an exterminator to come by and since then we’ve been pretty good with managing them. when”

“Will using the bait in Hoy Hoy traps call in more roaches from other condo units? Should I just stick with Alpine? submitted by /u/Same_Mycologist_9882 [link] [comments]”

“so i live in an apartment, and its absolutely infested with roaches. i deep clean my part every week, and they always come back and ruin all my stuff. none of the other tenants seem to be cleaning, as i have see piles and piles of trash on outside their door for weeks. any products i can use to help? ive sealed up corners and holes with tape to not evade my lease but so far not much has changed. im tired of living like this, and i cant afford to move out. submitted by /u/easiermarais”

“hello, i just moved into my new apartment for college and started seeing roaches a few days after i moved in. the first place that i saw one was in the toilet and then they would periodically appear and disappear from there without me flushing or anything like that. how would they have ended up there? my roommate saw a young one in our bathroom and then today there was one alive but on its back in the kitchen area. pest control is coming tomorrow morning but if this has been a known problem in t”

“Hi everyone, I’m desperate for help. I’m losing my mind dealing with roaches in my house. I’ve been living here for a year. In the beginning there was barely any. Maybe because pest control sprayed the place? But now, I sometimes see multiple a day. And I’m extremely afraid of them. I lose my appetite, I can’t cook, can’t use the bathroom comfortably, I’m always tense, I’m losing my mental health. I feel like my health is literally at risk. I’ve had panic attacks about them. I have nightmares of”

“Hello, I stay in AZ and have been here for about 3 weeks.. with that being said ever since my first day I’ve seen roaches. The apartment isn’t heavily infested but I notice 2 almost every other day and they’ve sent someone to spray but that hasn’t been sufficient. They’ve also stated the guy was coming back in two weeks and he has. I sent a follow up email stating it wasn’t sufficient and included 10 more recent photos of roaches (different areas to show they’re in my apartment) my apartment is”

“I moved into a new apartment 3 weeks ago and it’s rough to say the least. It was full of gaps and holes, it’s on the 1st floor, and the previous tenant was disgusting. Crumbs and cat food everywhere, he took no care of the apartment. His sink was full of dirty dishes each time viewed the apartment. He told me he’d seen a few roaches during his year lease but that’s it. Turns out his two cats were acting as his extermination team! I’ve seen at least a dozen German cockroaches since moving in. Bab”

“So i moved into this place about 5 months ago. I think about a week ago i noticed a roach. then another. then another. i’m a young woman living alone. this isn’t my first place but my first time having roaches. i don’t know what to do!!!! its bad for me because i’ve never went through this before but it isn’t like i turn on a light and a hundred bugs scatter. i don’t open a utensils drawer and have roaches crawl out. i set up for a exterminator to come because my rental office is some shit and i”

“For reference, I’m a tenant in RI who has been battling against roaches (and mildly irritating property managers) since moving in this past April. We got a paper under our door Wednesday night stating that the pest control company will be coming by this morning (less than 48 hours notice). Then, last night, we received another paper under our door stating that pest control will be coming by next Thursday. Both treatments require us to entirely clear out our kitchen and bathroom. I called the pes”

“My neighbor has Roaches. There is about 18 feet of yard between his house and mine. I have killed 2 Roaches in my bedroom (side of the house that faces his) so far. I am not even joking I will burn this place down. I do not do bugs. I am getting conflicting answers with Google. Either Asian or German. All I know is they are small, and tan. I know if you see 1 there are more hiding. I have 3 cats. How do I take care of this before it becomes burn the place down bad? We are in North East Texas in”

“So alittle over 2 weeks ago I moved out into an apartment. After a week of living there I saw and killed a roach. A week later, a 2nd roach which I failed to kill. 2 days later, another roach (or the same 2nd roach I dont know). The apartment company has been very understanding with the situation and has put bait and traps down today and plan on spraying the place next week. They claim the previous tenant never reported roaches but they did admit they have had roaches in the building in the past”

“I am traumatized from my last apartment that had mold. I am afraid of issues with apartments. I moved in to this place a week ago and today I found this guy dead. Is this a roach? submitted by /u/DisastrousParsnip953 [link] [comments]”

“Can anyone help me I recently moved into this condo unaware of pest issues apon moving in found a big dead cockroach told property management they deny any infestation prior but construction going on in same floor guessing that disturbs them I can’t sleep can’t eat I’ve got no food any where but the fridge all new appliances still in box in my car didn’t even get the furniture delivered untill i knew what is going on then 3 days later i see one crawling up the wall with the lights on cause I’ve”

“Well. I'll start off by saying I have a tiny roach infestation.(As in size of roach) It is my fault that it happened. I've been dealing with extreme depression for about 6 months , stopped doing dishes. Didn't clean, didn't get out of bed much. So now I have an infestation. I see them all over. At night they have started crawling by my bed even. I need advice on how to get rid of them cost effectively. I'm coming out of my depression so I've started to clean up but I know”

“Please help what kind of cockroach is this Ive spotted sporadic german roaches and have had no activity in my apartment or signs but I am having an exterminator come tomorrow to check around and spray and I am so scared I might have another possible roach species infestation 😭😭😭😭 It was dead on my carpet it wasnt alive but having come from a place that had an infestation Im kind of freaking out right now I don't have any plants or anything inside either. My apartment is behind a theme pa”

“Do I just casually leave a note for the landlord? She said a few months ago she already sprayed for bugs here. But its ridiculous. I've killed about 7 roaches (tiny ones about the size of a quarter) but im still really concerned and annoyed that they're trashing up the place and attracting all these bugs. I keep my apartment spotless/clean yet im still coming across these bastards. submitted by /u/mil0wCS [link] [comments]”

“I don't know what to do at this point. The first day I pushed through and slept. But that day flashing the light scattered two roaches. I could tell there was more but I didn't wanna see that. I asked them what to do the front desk and they said to get maintenance. So they sprayed but I know they say it doesn't work right away. I saw tons of roaches after the spray they were crawling all over my stuff. I opened my bag and found two dead roaches in it. Found some in my towels. I told”

“I live in a building where my neighbors aren’t the cleanest so I do what I can inside my apartment unit. I see a roach every now and then but this month I’ve seen way too many. Is anyone else experiencing this? submitted by /u/iDontLikePuzzlez [link] [comments]”

“hello everyone , îm dealing with a stressful situation and need some perspective or advice. I have an active German cockroach population in my bedroom, specifically stemming from a large wardrobe (placard) that acts as a heavy nesting site right on the same wall (separated only by a pillar). I've seen the absolute horror stories online of people opening their PCs to find nests of 25+ roaches or having to seal their gear in trash bags because of migrations. Knowing what these bugs can do, I&#”

“I found this cockroach outside my bathroom on the second floor of my apartment. Downstairs is the kitchen and laundry units. Upstairs is two bedrooms and bathroom. I found the cockroach on top of the stairwell. I checked and it’s only the one so I smashed it and flushed it. We were supposed to have a pest control company spray my unit today and then that happened right before I was going to bed 😭 should I be concerned at all? Or is it a simple one off thing? I keep my apartment clean. sub”

“I moved in today to a college house with some other students, one who lived here last year with people who had lived here longer. A roommate told me pest control had come at some point and upon arrival I saw 4 or 5 dead roaches. Just now, I saw a live roach in the kitchen jump off the counter and it appeared smaller in size than the dead. For context, I live in FL and understand generally how roaches can appear every now and then. Specifically, how bigger roaches are not too much concern but sma”

“I made a post earlier about how i seen a roach in my car, even though i do not eat nor do i keep trash in my car. The situation is getting worse, as when i went to my car earlier, i seen about 4-5 of them around. This has been happening for a few days now, where every night when i go to check sure enough i see another one. At first i thought they were wood roaches but now i have no clue. I only see them late at night but never during the day. Should i be concerned? do i need buy some type of tra”

“Just moved into this apartment in June and have never dealt with roaches before. Since then I have seen 5 in the past 2 months with the baby being the most recent. I assume the infestation isn’t in my unit yet since I haven’t seen them that frequently? I contacted management and an exterminator is coming on Friday but is there Any tips on what I can do to help prevent them coming into my unit on top of that? I don’t think I can get out of my lease either. I just need to figure it out quick espec”

“I’m getting mixed results on Google. First time I’ve seen a roach in my apartment. I live in downtown Chicago. submitted by /u/AgileDocument717 [link] [comments]”

“As the title says, unfortunately been stuck in an apartment with cockroaches for a month. Finally moving out into our new home and desperately do not want any to come with us… current plan is: - throw out any food, on consumables that can be easily replaced - move anything currently in cardboard boxes into plastic bags - place anything difficult to inspect into sealed clear bags for at least 14 days (e.g backpacks) Honestly in a perfect world I’d love to just chuck everything into an unventilate”

“Hi all, Live on 8th floor of an apt complex in nyc. Found one german cockroach today running around near my balcony door. I have a cat that gets into everything, so i’m very afraid of toxic chemicals around him. Do you recommend me try to treat myself or ask my mgmt company? I only found one submitted by /u/SatisfactionRight812 [link] [comments]”

“Hello, I just recently moved into a new apartment in my hometown, it’s relatively cheap, but I don’t mind it. Last night I was making a midnight snack and noticed a roach run across the counter. This is my first time ever seeing one in my apartment. Should i contact my landlord or try to deal with the problem on my own? I’m a pretty clean person besides the occasional laundry pile up, I’m only human. I don’t want them to think it’s my fault and charge me. I really don’t want this issue to progre”

“i’m 22. just signed a year lease to an apartment i fell in love with. i see ONE dead german cockroach in the closet.. which like, okay i guess. one turns into three in the closet (all dead) i invited my friend over last night and his family used to be exterminators. he pulled my fridge out and SOOO many dead german cockroaches. also there’s dead roaches IN THE CEILING stuck in the lights. good news is their all dead besides one. last night we came in after grabbing late night snacks and we walk”

“i’m 22. just signed a year lease to an apartment i fell in love with. i see ONE dead german cockroach in the closet.. which like, okay i guess. one turns into three in the closet (all dead) i invited my friend over last night and his family used to be exterminators. he pulled my fridge out and SOOO many dead german cockroaches. also there’s dead roaches IN THE CEILING stuck in the lights. good news is their all dead besides one. last night we came in after grabbing late night snacks and we walk”

“Just moved into our third apartment in four years and found roaches in the kitchen within the first week. I am done calling exterminators, they come out and it works for maybe ten days then they are back. Looking for the best roach killer or cockroach bait that has worked for you personally. What do you use? submitted by /u/Murky_Mastodon_1669 [link] [comments]”

“My fiance and I have lived in this apartment for about three years now. We have occassional issues with ants and cellar spiders but nothing we can't handle. Today, we saw our first roach. I didn't take a picture but it was brown, about the size of a house fly (long, not fat) and it was running around when I turned the lights on in the morning, before the sun had come up. We're in Delaware, United States if that helps at all. Our landlord has a pest control agency they sometimes send”

“the past few days i've noticed roaches emerging ON my car at night. mainly on the roof of my car. i've seen about 2 (on separate occasions) inside my car. my car is kept clean and i actually vacuumed and disinfected about a week before i even noticed the first roach. it's very odd because i inspected the nooks and crannies and haven't see where they're coming from or hiding. i park under a large tree and next to some foliage, and a few feet away from my car is where the dumps”

“Hey so I'm getting pissed, I moved in not but two weeks ago and I have found a roach (singular... for now), what I presume to be phorid flies, and pantry weevils. I paid thousands to get in here, roaches alone I can't do with my asthma but phorid flies and weevils? Weevils aren't a huge issue but drain flies and roaches to boot are crazy. I feel like I moved into some kind of ecological experiment. If it just happened as I was living here a few months I'd be upset but hey y'k”

“I live in an old apartment in Portugal, in a building with storage units. There are structural humidity/mould issues, old carpets that stayed damp during winter, and quite a lot of stored items that are difficult to clean or access. I had a few German cockroach sightings several months ago, then went about 2.5 months without seeing any while using supermarket bait. About 1.5 weeks ago I started seeing them again on two consecutive days, mainly around the kitchen sink, so I hired a profe”

“I want to try to be brief so I don't waste anybody's time with giving long paragraphs, but sorry if I accidentally make this post too long. Just a brief summary: I've been living in this crummy 2 bedroom apartment with my family for about 4 years now I think. The first two years we were fine with it since at least we have a roof over our heads. The only problems we ever had were lack of heating provided by our landlords, poor maintenance, and a dangerous neighborhood. However, maybe”

“https://ipropertymanagement.com/laws/warranty-of-habitability-texas https://www.hemlane.com/resources/texas-tenant-landlord-law/ Per the websites, the landlord is responsible for pest infestations unless caused by the tenant.”

“My friend moved into an apartment building yesterday. In the middle of the night last night, she saw some cockroaches running around the bathroom. She is planning to terminate the lease, and we are going in today to start taking things out. My questions are: - how much does she have to worry about cockroaches hitching a ride on her things? They will have only been in the apartment for ideally 24-48 hours before we get everything out, and the lights have been left on since she found them - what i”

“We’ve been dealing with stragglers for over a month now. Total sightings about 25. 2 people were harbouring them, both have been evicted which is when our sightings flew up from 2 in 6 months to the 25 in the month. We’ve been gel, and dusted twice, and sprayed once with in that month plus another gel and dusting in two weeks, as the pro said we don’t need a spray as we have no signs of a breading population. Which is good. We were sprayed with Tandem? I think it was called, (I’m Canadian) and a”

“so i know alot of people have probably made similar posts but i need help. around this time last year i moved out of my parents house and got my own apartment. off rip i shouldve known the place wouldnt be the best since it was so affordable but i was desperate to get out of my parents place so thats on me, whatever. anyway, the place had and has roaches. i was told this right as i was moving in which i wish i wouldve known sooner. i thought id be able to manage it but im seriously about to lose”