Need legal help / advice as an apartment renter

[tecknojoe]

Edit: I've had some good responses on Facebook. Got a printout of the colorado law associated with pest control. excellent

My new apartment is infested with wolf spiders. I have killed about 70 since early June.

Terminex has come the last 3 out of 4 weeks, and the number of spiders has stayed the same, an average of 1-2 per day are caught or killed.

They will not break my lease without a fee, and they are willing to move apartments, but only if they increase rent by $150/month.

What are my rights? Please, someone has to know of a person I could have a consult with that could tell me what my rights are and how to best handle this. I literally can't even sleep anymore, and I wake up at night swatting my legs when I feel my hairs move.

[big_sur]

Send them a certified letter stating they're breaching the warranty of habitability pursuant to 38-12-505(1)(f). They have some time to remedy. Assuming the spiders don't go away, send them another letter. They get a little more time to fix it. Assuming it's still not fixed, they need to pay you to move to a comparable place or break the lease.

http://www.ncsl.org/research/environ...nt-duties.aspx

The problem with spiders from a pest control perspective is that you don't treat for predators, you treat for prey and then the predators eventually go away but it can take time.

[madvlad]

Dang bro, that sucks man

[asp_125]

*shudder* Kill it! kill it with fire!!

[salsashark]

How's your renter's insurance policy?

Cause you gotta lose some stuff to make it look like an accident...





I feel your pain man... Living in SC I've never wanted a solid freeze so bad in my life. SO MANY multi-legged and winged things that need to die!

[tecknojoe]

Send them a certified letter stating they're breaching the warranty of habitability pursuant to 38-12-505(1)(f). They have some time to remedy. Assuming the spiders don't go away, send them another letter. They get a little more time to fix it. Assuming it's still not fixed, they need to pay you to move to a comparable place or break the lease.

http://www.ncsl.org/research/environ...nt-duties.aspx

The problem with spiders from a pest control perspective is that you don't treat for predators, you treat for prey and then the predators eventually go away but it can take time.

I did exactly this today. Certified letter documenting everything, how long they've been trying to fix it, pictures of spiders from the last week, quoting that law you mention. I expect resolve soon.

How's your renter's insurance policy?

Cause you gotta lose some stuff to make it look like an accident...





I feel your pain man... Living in SC I've never wanted a solid freeze so bad in my life. SO MANY multi-legged and winged things that need to die!

Ooo yea east coast, there's definitely a lotta lively insects out there.

[Sully]

You could shave your legs

[Slo]

No input on legal aspect here but damn..... Glad I am not in that situation, my slight dislike *ahem* of spiders would have me sleeping in my car.