I live in an apartment that has bedbugs.  It’s not a severe case but I have them nonetheless.  I’ve tried bombing the place with a bedbug bomber, but that didn’t work.  So I notified by landlord about them.  Now they’re making me pay $250 to have an exterminator come.  I have to basically bag up and move my whole apartment to prepare for the exterminator.  I’ve told the landlord it’s not a severe case, but she said that when I was inspected by the exterminator, they told her it was almost catastrophic.  I feel they’re just doing this to get money out of me… money I don’t have. We don’t have bites on us.. we occasionally see one on the wall but it’s nothing major. I’ve told the landlord I don’t want to do their treatment, since I don’t feel it’s bad and I really just don’t have the money, but now they’re forcing me to do it saying it’s a health risk.  I have a very basic lease agreement, there’s nothing in there about bedbugs. And we’ve been treating them on our own but the landlord told me to stop treating myself and let the exterminator handle it.    I guess I just want to know what my rights are.  I live in Virginia and have been unable to find any information on renters rights regarding bedbugs.  Do I have to do their treatment now?  Or can I refuse?  Is it my responsibility to pay for this?  If I break the lease agreement and just move, can they still expect me to pay for their bedbug treatment?  Any help would be much appreciated.

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