| > The recurring leak might not be the author's fault, but the... roaches in the kitchen definitely are "Definitely"? A unit can look clean after treatment while still being mid-cycle. Rent it during that window and the roaches come back through no fault of the tenant. It wouldn't even be that crazy to postulate the life-cycle of a roach could track the 2-Year Apartment Rule (minus any residual effects of the extermination). I don’t know how you get a moral judgement out of this article. That's misdirected blame. It pressures tenants into staying quiet or spraying their own units for a building-level problem. edit: From this article on the American Cockroach https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/american-cockroach > Development to adult averages about 15 months, varying between 9-1/2 to 20 months. > Buildings with multiple dwellings usually require the treatment of each unit. This pretty much contradicts blaming the tenant and the roach development aligns with the 2-Year Apartment Rule. It says apartments usually require each unit to be treated. That means no single tenant can do that. That makes it a building-level infestation by definition. |
"A unit" can, sure. But, "every apartment I've ever lived in"... come on! From TFA:
> I've noticed this myself with every apartment I've ever lived in. Things start off fine, but then mold starts growing in the bathroom, and a recurring leak springs up in the living room, and then roaches start appearing in the kitchen.
If this doesn't set off all the alarm bells, I don't know what does.