how do you get out of a lease in michigan if your building has bed bugs?

Question

ok i have been living in this apartment for 7 months and i have a 12 month lease. I recently found bed bugs in my matress. when i moved in i signed a addendum stating that i did not bring any into the apartment and that i did not notice anything wrong before i moved in. I contacted my landlord and he told me that he would have the exterminator come in. when the exterminator came he did nothing but move my bed and spray around it. I am currently waiting for my landlord to call me back and explain to me what he is goin to do about the problem. I also talked to one of the neighbors about it and she told me this is not the first time this happened the building also had bed bug reports right before i moved in. I just want to know if i can break my lease and move somewhere else and how do i go about breaking it? Basically i was tricked by the landlord when he knew that they had bed bug. Please and thank you in advance for your help.

Answer 1

You were not tricked. You lived there at least six months and did not notice bedbugs ? That means that YOU introduced the creatures into your premises. Your "building" does not have bedbugs. YOU have them. No, you cannot break your lease over this situation. You need to find a way to get rid of the bedbugs. It is not overly costly.

Answer 2

Sorry, but you have 5 more months there. Bed bugs are an act of nature and as long as the landlord makes attempts to eradicate the problem (by hiring an exterminator for example), he has fulfilled his end of the deal.

Answer 3

Your LL does not have to do anything about the problem, but if he does, you are responsible for the cost of eradication.



Bed bugs are not transitory like roaches. Bed bugs are hitchhikers, meaning you or a guest introduced them into your apartment,



If the bed bugs had been there when you moved in, you would have been bitten & noticed them long before now.

Answer 4

You can take the landlord to court and have a judge decide if you can break the lease. You will have to prove that the bedbugs were there the day you took possession. You will have to prove that it was impossible for you to have introduced the bedbugs yourself. You will also have to prove that the landlord has not tried to remedy the infestation. In other words...you will lose in court.

Answer 5

You don't. You ask for pest control, LL provides, he has done his duty.