When I contacted the property management to tell them that I didn’t want to deal with the office people they said they would send someone over to speak with me.
Surprise, surprise… It was the woman who works in the office downstairs.
I was notified 2 minutes after our meeting took place that she would not be arriving and called to complain. Shortly after she arrived, it seems her schedule suddenly opened up.
I was greeted by a rude, classless woman who informed me that, and I quote, “cockroaches don’t travel through drain pipes”. HAH, ACTUALLY THAT’S the way they enter apartment units.
I am sick and tired of living in an apartment complex run by morons.
Can I be charged with slander if I release this information to the public? It seems strange that you can’t warn future tenants of an infestation.
Oh, and do not tell me not to swear in my own DAMN apartment.—I hate you roaches, management and increased rent
This article appears in Apr 29 – May 5, 2010.
this has to be a transglobe owned building, right? most are just slums painted over to look nice.
You could always do a re-make of Joe’s Apartment.
…or “Damnation Alley”. poor Paul Winfield, a decent actor deserves better than to be et alive by 10 inch long radioactive roaches.
Damnation Alley, ha ha. good one.
Yeah, kind of a right-wing “Easy Rider” except instead of drug dealers, its military officers and instead of Harleys, they drive a tricked out RV and instead of hippies they encounter giant scorpions and mutated roaches (same thing, I know) without the benefit of an acid trip in a cemetary. But aside from all that, basically the same movie. Minus E.R.’s happy ending
That complex has so many bloody issues. I knew a few friends that broke their lease just to get out of that hellhole. Problem was, they created their own problem because they didn’t keep a clean apartment. They had mice crawling through the the walls, roaches on the floor. They invited me over for dinner once, and from that time forward, I realized that I would rather sleep in a box on the street than actually live in those places.
Moral of the story: for maybe $100 bucks more, you can find an apartment that has everything included up in Clayton Park… It’ll mean the same amount of drug dealers and overweight teenage moms on welfare, but at the very least you won’t have to worry about roaches.
“welfare mothers,make better lovers” 😉
At least it’s not a house hippo infestation. Damn things keep eating my peanut butter.
What building is it?
maybe they’re flying cockroaches yikes
…with lazer beams attached to their frickin’ heads.
Before signing a lease, ask to have it taken to a lawyer and ammended to “tenant will not be responsible to pay monthly rent in the event of infestation by insects.” See if TransGlobal will sign it. Likely they won’t…so then send it to the media. TransGlobal should change their terms of leasing “cockroaches and bedbugs included at no charge.”
That’s actually a good idea sebastien_. You rarely add nothing to the conversation, but that’s a good idea.
well it’s not a bad idea anyways. I suppose there’s something to be said about that.
Was it “Naked Lunch” that had cockroaches turning into talking typewriters? Weird ass movie.
yes it was, the book was better
“At least it’s not a house hippo infestation. Damn things keep eating my peanut butter.”
Marry. me.
house hippos are cool, i got 6 now, gonna start breeding them next year.they like chips more than peanut butter though.
suckulous are your felines getting chubby? ^^
Hah, oh it’s Transglobe. This is the 2nd bitch I’ve done since September.. or possibly the 3rd. Hard to keep up with all of the rage.
HAH @TTFN
I owned that movie before moving into here.
And we’re in the 2nd tower, but really they’re all awful.
But does anyone know if I could be charged with slander for telling prospective renters? I see people downstairs discussing leases with management and I want to lunge at them and rip up their documents!@#
bitchinlocal– Nothing wrong with poor word of mouth advertisements, but I’d steer clear of actively sabotaging prospective tenants… That’s a legal minefield you don’t want to step in. Your best bet is to get the hell out, and talk as much trash to anyone who will listen.
Kijiji ads! Selling a cockroach infested apartment at your lovely ocean tower abode.
isn’t transglobe selling off a lot of its properties in NS?
also: OP, how can you be charged with slander/libel if it’s true?
true enough PK. Op, go down and talk to the landlord about your cockroach problem when he is with potential tenants. Ask for an update on the situation or something.
I heard that too, PK… But apparently that’s par for the course for these guys. They “renovate” shit-hole apartment buildings to up the property value so they can sell the properties as a profit. Meanwhile, they keep rents low, so they draw in the student set, and make a tidy buck doing that, but they do little to nothing to keep the properties in good shape. I mean, just take a look at the properties that they have all in the downtown core, and up along Main in Fairview. But hey, that’s what happens when you corporatize rentals… It’s a despicable practice, and should be illegal.
http://bedbugregistry.com/
this is a good website to get informed about bedbugs,roaches,mice and all other types of infestations. there are a few halifax locations already on there. a perfect venue for making outright complaints and also letting the rest of the public know not to rent from infested places.
Bitchinlocal, if your landlord is responsible for the infestation, take them to the Tenancy Board. If they rule in your favour, they have the power to reduce your rent until such time as the landlord rectifies the problem. I have seen rents reduced 30%+ depending on the problem and/or the landlord having to pay for a motel, if necessary.
bestest cockroach infestation scene : creepshow 🙂
oooh yeah i remember that one martym creepy indeed