Submitted by "Anonymous" on 11/17/2008

I lived at 18 Tichester from February 2006 to January 2008, on the 3rd floor. The bedbugs started to show up in my unit in December of 2006, and continued to return over the course of the next year despite repeated spraying. I made several complaints to the superintendent, who sent in the pest control each time I complained. The bugs would disappear for about 3 to 6 weeks, and then would come back. One time when the pest control came, I left the apartment as soon as he got there, but quickly returned to get my metropass, and he was already gone. He had spent a total of 3 minutes in my apartment, supposedly spraying. I couldn't smell any chemicals at all, and the bugs were back within a few weeks. I have to wonder if the pest control even sprayed at all.

During the time that I lived there, I was constantly covered in bites and scars. I repeatedly washed all of my clothes and bedding and vaccumed out the baseboards, but the bugs always came back. I finally moved out and had to get rid of most of my furniture - a brand new $1000 bed, and a $700 futon.

The superintendent of this building is well aware of the problem, but is not very helpful. After the first time the bugs came back, he advised me to get rid of my bed and futon and just buy new ones, that would get rid of the bugs. That is a ridiculous solution, in my opinion.

That building needs to be closed down and treated from top to bottom, not just unit by unit, depending on who makes a complaint.

If you know anyone who is thinking of renting in this building, please tell them not to. I wish that someone had told me.

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 09/17/2008

I left 18 Tichester Road last summer after 6 months of bedbug hell. Even worse than the bedbugs was the fact that the management knew about the infestation and kept it a secret. I found out from the pest control guy that he had sprayed all the apartments surrounding mine in weeks before and was just waiting for my call.

Submitted by "llnbt" on 06/27/2008

we lived at 18 Tichester for two years and we had a serious bed bug problem nearly the whole time. we were on the main floor.

Submitted by "Anonymous" on 04/13/2008

They seem to be travelling from suite to suite. Management is treating apartments in blocks. Fingers crossed...