u/IcyEvidence8227

Hello,

Recently I have been dealing with property management overlooking/being dismissive of small maintenance issues in my apartment, mostly appliances having nuisance issues but still being functional. While I shouldn’t necessarily have to overlook those, there is an issue that has appeared in the last few weeks that I am legitimately concerned about as a habitability issue.

Near an entryway door, I have noticed increased wasp traffic in and out of the siding. I reported it the end of last month and they said “we’ll take care of it”

Fast forward about a week, and they said “well we’re not sure how invasive we want to get here”

Another few days later, it still was an issue and I followed up again asking for remediation and they said they’d check again over the weekend. As I had no update after today (Monday) I reached out with a video I sent from Sunday of more wasp traffic. The most recent response was “we think these are bees, and will get a volunteer group to move the hive”

I responded with a zoomed photo from the video as it was clearly a yellow jacket, and am awaiting response.

I looked into the state laws and apparently it does not matter what type of insect it is given the location. If I do not receive a response in 24 hours I want to take the next course of action, but I’m trying to tread carefully with my options.

Technically, my apartment violates a (dumb, but still in effect) occupancy ordinance of more than 3 unrelated in a unit so I don’t want to involve the city board, but i do have the landlord’s contact information.

Should I start with an email message direct to landlord including evidence of the issue and property management correspondence if they don’t send an exterminator? (I swear, it seems like the manager is allergic to getting one for this)? Repair+deduct and city board are last resort for me so I hope to be able to resolve this generally privately.

Hello,

Recently I have been dealing with property management overlooking/being dismissive of small maintenance issues in my apartment, mostly appliances having nuisance issues but still being functional. While I shouldn’t necessarily have to overlook those, there is an issue that has appeared in the last few weeks that I am legitimately concerned about as a habitability issue.

Near an entryway door, I have noticed increased wasp traffic in and out of the siding. I reported it the end of last month and they said “we’ll take care of it”

Fast forward about a week, and they said “well we’re not sure how invasive we want to get here”

Another few days later, it still was an issue and I followed up again asking for remediation and they said they’d check again over the weekend. As I had no update after today (Monday) I reached out with a video I sent from Sunday of more wasp traffic. The most recent response was “we think these are bees, and will get a volunteer group to move the hive”

I responded with a zoomed photo from the video as it was clearly a yellow jacket, and am awaiting response.

I looked into the state laws and apparently it does not matter what type of insect it is given the location. If I do not receive a response in 24 hours I want to take the next course of action, but I’m trying to tread carefully with my options.

Technically, my apartment violates a (dumb, but still in effect) occupancy ordinance of more than 3 unrelated in a unit so I don’t want to involve the city board, but i do have the landlord’s contact information.

Should I start with an email message direct to landlord including evidence of the issue and property management correspondence if they don’t send an exterminator? (I swear, it seems like the manager is allergic to getting one for this)? Repair+deduct and city board are last resort for me so I hope to be able to resolve this generally privately.