Inspectional

My rights as a renter in Boston regarding bedbugs? I live in a 3 story place in Dorchester, I rent one of the 12 rooms. Recently, we've noticed the presence of bedbugs. We spoke to the landlord and he sprayed several rooms with some sort of spray that he bought from the Home Depot. It's not working. I looked up stuff on google and the Boston Inspectional Services flyer I found says that proper extermination should include inspection by a qualified inspector. Can I make my landlord hire a qualified inspector? Who would pay?

Bad Tenant Woes in Boston, MA? Boston Apr -Nov 2009. Tenants move in April. In July the tenants call inspectional services (never tell me, the landlord, of any issues with the unit). I received inspection report saying -the dryer vent disconnected and there is now mold in same area. The 1st day I receive the inspection report, I had the dryer repaired. 2 days after I get the Environmental Health (EHO) report, I try to expedite the remediation plan approval so that the work could be done ASAP (Start of Sept ). The Tenant delays EHO approval of plan, requests time to do environmental test, Starts withholding rent and says to expect a call from her lawyer. End September, I get a demand letter claim: $5.5k prop. damage + $500 medical + return of security and last + forgive rent withheld. Justification: constructive eviction. At Beginning of Oct , EHO approves original plan, I get to work on arrangements - tenant notified of 2nd attempt for remediation. She denies access and threatens to file an injunction. She provides a very questionable medical report for her 6-yr old son and says it’d be worse to do the work than to let the mold sit and now her lawyer threatens with lengthy eviction process or pay to settle. The tenant is responsible for conditions of unit, she’s trying to commit fraud, she provides selective pieces of info to lawyer, Section 8, Medical Clinic. Now a neighbor is offering to lie and say I knew (or should have known about) a mold –a 100% lie. I want to re-gain possession of my property; I want to minimize my financial loss and try to get back whatever I can. I’ve read Massachusetts case law, books on land lording, read horror stories on the internet….. It seems like there is a case her for breach of contract, fraud, liable/slander… I’m looking for even creative uses of the law to find some legal remedy! Any suggestions?

Who do i contact if I need someone to come inspect my apartment? My apartment building property manager doesn't seem to know what she is doing, and contacting corporate is not an option as they do not return my phone. I can't even begin to tell you all the problems that I have been having with getting things fixed around our apartments. My property manager always just yes even when she says no just to get people to shut up. I have called her and maitnence about the issues i am having with the apartment and no one is helping me at all. I just need to know who to contact from the city to come and inspect my apartment so they can give the property manager a warning/violation so they have to fix it. Do i call the city's Inspectional Services or the health service?

Is our electricity rigged? Is there a way to tell if someone has tapped into our electricity? Or if the landlord has rigged it somehow so that we are paying for something else? I live in a 3 bedroom apartment in Boston. We don't pay for heat and have gas heat anyway, but our electric bill mysteriously goes up from $30 in the summer to $190 in the winter. I suspect that someone has tapped into our electricity. I've already had the City Inspectional Service come and he couldn't find anything wrong and said we needed to hire an electrician. The landlord is refusing to send one, because he claims that there is nothing wrong with the wiring. The inspector already tried turning the power off and observing the meter and supposedly it stopped running. And he claims it's not connected to our furnace.

Is someone stealing electricity from me? Is there a way to tell if someone has tapped into our electricity? Or if the landlord has rigged it somehow so that we are paying for something else? I live in a 3 bedroom apartment in Boston. We don't pay for heat and have gas heat anyway, but our electric bill mysteriously goes up from $30 in the summer to $190 in the winter. I suspect that someone has tapped into our electricity. I've already had the City Inspectional Service come and he couldn't find anything wrong and said we needed to hire an electrician. The landlord is refusing to send one, because he claims that there is nothing wrong with the wiring. The inspector already tried turning the power off and observing the meter and supposedly it stopped running. And he claims it's not connected to our furnace.

How can I tell if there is cross wiring in my building? I live in a 3 bedroom apartment in Boston. We don't pay for heat and have gas heat anyway, but our electric bill mysteriously goes up from $30 in the summer to $190 in the winter. I suspect that someone has tapped into our electricity. I've already had the City Inspectional Service come and he couldn't find anything wrong and said we needed to hire an electrician. The landlord is refusing to send one, because he claims that there is nothing wrong with the wiring. Is there a way to tell if someone has tapped into our electricity? Or if the landlord has rigged it somehow so that we are paying for something else? The inspector already tried turning the power off and observing the meter and supposedly it stopped running. And he claims it's not connected to our furnace.

My rights as a renter in Boston regarding bedbugs? I live in a 3 story place in Dorchester, I rent one of the 12 rooms. Recently, we've noticed the presence of bedbugs. We spoke to the landlord and he sprayed several rooms with some sort of spray that he bought from the Home Depot. It's not working. I looked up stuff on google and the Boston Inspectional Services flyer I found says that proper extermination should include inspection by a qualified inspector. Can I make my landlord hire a qualified inspector? Who would pay?