it's worse than i thought.

so, i've been spending a lot of time on bedbugger.com. like, a LOT of time. i want to know what i'm up against. i want to know how other people deal with it. i want to know who has to pay for all this bullshit, if i have to wash ALL my laundry at once. i want to know everything -- including the things i don't want to know.

i was reading up on the "who has to pay" section for new york city, and i saw this link to the city's housing violations page. i thought, "hm, i'll go check that out for fun." whoa, did that ever backfire.

i entered my building's address, and found my way to the complaint history. i was a bit alarmed at how many results came back. i mean, i guess it is a fairly large building. 6 floors, apartments A-O so that's like...15 or so per floor? a good 90 units or more, i guess. but still, too many results to leave me unconcerned.

i scanned the list and saw it -- BEDBUGS. it was a vermin problem for apartment 4B. 4B! I'm in 6A, and A is next door to B, so all those little fuckers had to do was climb the walls and let themselves in. That complaint was filed in July 2008, and eventually closed because access could not be gained to verify resolution.

but then...something worse appeared. I saw 6A in one of the columns. i followed the line across, and there it was: 6A -- Vermin -- Cockroaches -- Entire Apartment. I seriously almost threw up.

The complaint was lodged in Feb 2008 - almost exactly a year ago. And like the 4B bedbug complaint, it was eventually closed because no one could gain access to verify resolution. So...basically, to summarize, I moved into an apartment with a known roach infestation, AND MY REALTOR NEGLECTED TO TELL ME THIS when i EXPLICITLY asked him if there were any problems with bugs. Any lawyers out there? Do i have a case here?? Did you read about the one crawling on my arm??

I'm not one to deny responsibility when I do things wrong. I know now that I should have and will henceforth and evermore check that website before I move into a building in this city. But shit. SHIT! At least I know I'm not imagining the overabundance of fucking roaches in this place -- but add bedbugs to it and I'm sure apartment 6A will be back on that list in no time. NO TIME.

ugggggggh. Fuck.