Roaches PLEASE help?

Question

ok heres the deal...i live in a tri plex and i have roaches... i just moved in and didnt see them till the night that i was settled in.... my neighbors say that the roaches have been here for years...my landlord wont get an exterminator.... what should i do? i cant raise a baby in an infested house.... and if i move (which he said i could) i am going to take them with me.... either way im screwed.... HELP

Answer 1

you can get an order from a judge that makes your landlord exterminate the building

Answer 2

I had this same problem last time. I cleaned the house with chlorox and dettol and made sure that some goes into the toilet bowl too when i wash the bowl. Chlorox does not only whitens the bowl, but it also cleans it sparkling white.use it with your toilet bowl cleaning soap.

Answer 3

Borax works wonders. :)

Answer 4

Report your "slum lord" -- that'll get things done.

Answer 5

call the board of health the landlord has to get an exterminator and they will make him and give him thirty day to fix the problem or they will give him a very big fine and he can't do anything to you. if he so much as tries to raise your rent or evict you . for 6 months after you call it will be view as retaliation and he could possibly go to court or worse lose his home

Answer 6

Get some boraic acid from the discount or hardware store.

It is a white powder that you put down around roach areas and they crawl on it and die.  Its better that spraying all the time which is toxic fumes and a lot of roaches are immune to sprays anyway.

Good luck!

Answer 7

If you happen to be receiving assistance you can report them to the state.   As far as your stuff and moving just make sure your new apartment is free then pack in plastic bins and set off foggers just before you move.  Also go around your new baseboard with Boric Acid.  Keep it away from pets and children, though!  Also a really good product is Bengel Roach Spray-it's sold at hardware stores and it is strong!

Answer 8

your not going to like take them with you

just move and get a exterminator at your new house.

dont stay in that one. my x bestfriend lived in a house like that and eww it was nastyyy one time she had baby cocroaches in her food and stuff and eww...

Answer 9

Talk to your neighbors about going in together on buying bait, which is slower but safer, and works very effectively if used once a month for 4 months. It kills the whole colonies and their babies eventually. Spray doesn't kill eggs.

If your neighbors are dirty and leave food laying around, you will have to move. When you move, be sure to clean everything before you pack, and spray the boxes. Use bait in your new home to be perfectly sure you don't carry them with you.

You should be able to take the price of it off your rent. Save your reciept, and hand it to your landlord with the rent money.

Answer 10

Go to any store such as Walmart and get some boric acid. It's in a plastic squeeze bottle and it is a powder. You can sprinkle it in all the dark cracks and crevices back deep inside all cupboards and under appliances, kitchen stove, dishwasher, in the drip pan under the bottom of the fridge (pull it out from the wall and locate the drip pan and empty it and clean it while you are at it because nobody does this since they don't even know it's there and the standing water becomes filthy and is a breeding ground for bacteria etc). Remove all the switch plates from wall switches and plug ins and put a generous dusting of boric acid into the void inside the walls in each of them. Boric acid will repel the roaches as there is something about it that keeps them away. I once worked for Sears Pest control and I was amazed when I was told that the powder we were using as roach repellent was simply boric acid and could be purchased at Walmart. Try it, it really works.