I have lived here for a month. Within the first couple days I woke up in the middle of the night and stepped on a giant roach. I am from the north so at first I had no idea what it was except that it was beetle like with long ass antennas. Anywho, I researched it on the net and found out it was a roach. I told the manager about it and she almost choked. She was as disgusted as I was. Within the first week I had seen about 5 roaches. but the other 4 were much smaller and seemed to be only found in my bathroom. The large one was smack dab in the middle of my bedroom. I talked to the owner about it as well and he said to take care of it at his expense and told me to go to home depot to buy this stuff that he has been using in California on his rental properties there. (we are in Texas). So i did, it worked for awhile it seemed. The only roaches I would see were dead so I just cleaned them up and it was no big deal…now however, I am seein them everywhere!! my kitchen, my bathroom, and now in my 2 year old’s bedroom which is alarming as they carry up to 30 different disease and can cause asthma and respiratory issues in small children. I found the one in her room when we were playing on the floor. I am also starting to see them during the day…I have been told that that is because the infestation is out of control and they are kicking the lowest on the totem pole out of the walls. So I told my landlord I was going to call an exterminator today and asked if he already had one for the property. He said no but to call around and he would give them his CC number if need be. So I called 3 different places and got quotes. I sent them to him and then he said he called one of the places and said the roach I explained was common in this area and was extra bad this yr cuz of the drought. Then said he would only put forth 100 as a courtesy which wont even cover the 1st visit!! I was told the 30 day treatment wouldn’t work cuz of the intensity of the infestation and his 100 doesn’t even cover half of that.
What do I do?? Is this normal landlord practice in TX? I could see if the infestation happened after I moved in but it was clearly here before and there is no way I would have known until now. Therefore who is required to spend the money on it? I am really worried about my daughters health, can anyone help me??
Does this change from state to state? And how should I approach my landlord without being demanding?