Can I break lease because of ant infestation?

[detroitLL]

What is the name of your state? GA
I've been having a problem with ants in my apartment. I keep a clean apartment but if I miss a crumb or don't take trash out every few hours they are everywhere. Mgmt. has sent pest control out before but they are still there and today when I went to make a complaint I saw the book where they write down all the pest complaints in the aparment complex and 95% of the complaints where ants. Which to me seems like I will never get rid of them.
I would like to know if I have the right to break my lease if they can't get rid of the ants for good?

 

[seniorjudge]

What is the name of your state? GA
I've been having a problem with ants in my apartment. I keep a clean apartment but if I miss a crumb or don't take trash out every few hours they are everywhere. Mgmt. has sent pest control out before but they are still there and today when I went to make a complaint I saw the book where they write down all the pest complaints in the aparment complex and 95% of the complaints where ants. Which to me seems like I will never get rid of them.
I would like to know if I have the right to break my lease if they can't get rid of the ants for good?

Probably not. I had the same problem once. Go to a farm supply store near you and buy that stuff that the little critters eat and take back to the hill. Wipes them out dead.

 

[HomeGuru]

What is the name of your state? GA
I've been having a problem with ants in my apartment. I keep a clean apartment but if I miss a crumb or don't take trash out every few hours they are everywhere. Mgmt. has sent pest control out before but they are still there and today when I went to make a complaint I saw the book where they write down all the pest complaints in the aparment complex and 95% of the complaints where ants. Which to me seems like I will never get rid of them.
I would like to know if I have the right to break my lease if they can't get rid of the ants for good?

**A: no, you can't break your lease.

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Not even for an Adam Ant infestation.

 

[seniorjudge]

What is the name of your state? GA

You live in the deep south; you are going to have bugs in your house. It comes with the territory.

 

[HomeGuru]

You live in the deep south; you are going to have bugs in your house. It comes with the territory.

**A: but what about old singers?

 

[carofl93]

You live in the deep south; you are going to have bugs in your house. It comes with the territory.

No bugs in my house ...and I'm in Florida....although I think the cats have something to do with that....

Carol

 

[seniorjudge]

No bugs in my house ...and I'm in Florida....although I think the cats have something to do with that....

Carol

Have you seen the size of the cockroaches in New Orleans? They hook them critters up to pull floats in the Mardi Gras parades!

 

[HomeGuru]

Yes, but the ground termites there do the most damage.

 

[HomeGuru]

Cats eat ANTS? LOL Do they?

**A: no, not even Gi-ants.