Consolidated Property Management    |    Pat Chapman    |    Lafayette    ,    Indiana 47904    Landlord Complaint 23-0575

Dear CPM representative, I intend to vacate my apartment on December 15th, 2012. I am doing so because of: • Existing parasite (bedbug) infestations in the building that have been a preexisting issue with the 1030 Tippecanoe Street premises. • The failure of the landlord to warn, and hence prevent, the spread of bedbugs from other apartments. On the 18th of October 2012, both Apt. 4 and Apt. 5 received bedbug treatment, but no information about this was provided to the other residents at 1030 Tippecanoe St., nor was any preventive measures taken in adjacent apartments to mitigate/contain the spread of bedbugs. As a direct consequence of this negligence my apartment (#2) was infected with bedbugs, an event that has resulted in: o Physical and psychological distress for my fiancé and I. o Physical marks on body due to bedbug bites. o Real costs: • Furniture/bedding: Bedframe and bedding had to be disposed of due to obvious signs of infestation (direct siting of bugs). Furthermore, having to wait 4 days for the exterminators made it necessary to throw out additional infested belongings. • Clothing replacement and washing/dry cleaning costs. • Purchase of bedbug sprays and preventives. o Opportunity costs: • Time spent dealing with cleaning, bedbug extermination, and washing all clothing. • Time missed at work due to bedbug prevention/treatment. • Need to vacate property for exterminator treatment twice due to landlord’s failure to provide exterminator with keys. On the first occasion (14th November 2012) I prepared the premise and vacated it for cleaning between 3pm – 9pm. It had via email been confirmed that ‘Reliable exterminators’ would have keys, and I left my phone/email details in case there would be any problems with the landlord. Upon return to the apartment it had not been treated due to both keys not having been provided by the landlord, and during all of this time the landlord made no attempt to contact me regarding this. As a result, rescheduling was necessary, and the whole preparation process needed to be duplicated. Please note that all of these harms/expenses have been throughly documented, and that it is in everybody's best interest to settle this now.