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My new apartment has them and it's gross. I've been lucky so far I guess and never lived in a place with them before. That they're here comes as a surprise given that my place has been recently rehabbed and I'm the first tenant to live here after the remodel. To look at it, like I did, you wouldn't think it was a place that has roaches. The building is old though and I don't know about the condition of neighboring units. There could be squalid hoarders living in them for all I know.

So how do I get rid of these bastards? I don't think it's at the level where an exterminator can come into my apartment and do much. There doesn't appear to be an infestation and I don't see congregations of them. So far I see them at the rate of maybe 1 every 3-4 hours. I kill it on sight. They don't seem to be very fast or smart. I'd much rather have centipedes. Most of my previous places have had centipedes and I'm used to them. Maybe that's why they didn't have roaches. Centipedes are predatory.

Did you notify your landlord?

You should make the landlord exterminate the building. One every 3-4 hours is a lot.

Michael wrote:Did you notify your landlord?

Not yet. I will.

slide_into_first wrote:You should make the landlord exterminate the building. One every 3-4 hours is a lot.

Really? I was afraid of that.

Yeah, I hate to say it, but you're infested.

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This sucks.

There is also a squirrel nest in my kitchen window, however I find this sort of entertaining. They chewed through the screen and built a nest between the window pane and the fire escape. I can watch them through the glass.

I think I'll let them stay there until warm weather comes and then evict them so I can open the window. Right now they're not doing any harm.

Oh man, I was thinking Creepshow and Michael delivered. The roaches might be hitching rides on the backs of squirrels and entering through that window.

I wouldn't worry too much until you wake up with one CRAWLING ACROSS YOUR FACE.

You live in the city, right? Chicago has a very tenant friendly landlord/tenant ordinance. If your landlord doesn't do anything, you should check that out.