Submitted by "KA" on 07/23/2008

In June of this year I put the mysterious black spots and blood spots on my sheets together with the itchy bites on my body and clued in that my third floor apartment could have bedbugs. A bit of research online and I was able to catch a bug in my bed. I called my building manager, who arranged for a pest control agent to inspect my suite within a week-and-a-half of my first email. The agent confirmed bedbugs, and arranged to begin treatment the following week. Thankfully, my building manager has been responsive to the problem and the pest control agent has been helpful in directing me to useful resources. My suite is being treated over four visits, scheduled every two weeks. Hopefully the treatments, following the various recommendations for ridding an infestation, and future precautions will take care of the problem and prevent this from happening again. That said, this is the second time bedbugs have been found in the building. In February of 2007 I received a noticed from the company that owns the building stating bedbugs had been found in suites in the building and they would be conducting an inspection. I suspect bedbugs will be a recurring problem in this building from now on.