[Blacklabcollective] Rat situation - urgent

[Anju Singh]

I am with Megan here, it's not healthy or safe to deal with ourselves. I
got a headache standing in the back because of the smell. I would actually
be really uncomfortable having anyone clean it who isn't a pro at this
point. We cleaned the bathrooms etc but after doing that and sweeping and
doing some Mopping we had to escape that back area. We couldn't even clean
without feeling awful.

I honesty feel like I can still smell it right now :(

The landlord is required to pay, pest control is 100% landlord
responsibility. I can call him if you'd like, I can make him understand why
it's a bad choice for his investment property to let it get any further out
of hand, they will completely nest in the walls (FYI -I believe this has
already started).

Otherwise I'm down to pitch money towards covering the cost of the pest
control work and the cleanup and get paid back after the next shows.

On Sunday, August 2, 2015, Megan Speers <speers.megan at gmail.com> wrote:

> No way I'm letting cats down there. History of poison laid is risky for
> them. Rat shit is legit toxic, if you wana clean it /deal w it properly it
> is a hazmat basically, esp cause its quite a severe infestation. Hanta
> (sp?) virus is a thing. And as Anju said it really is his responsibility as
> far as tenancy act goes. We should at least try? Maybe one of us can take
> photos and stuff to show how bad it is? I dunno
> On Aug 2, 2015 1:21 PM, "l.kasting86" <l.kasting86 at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','l.kasting86 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Yeah I also doubt that the landlord would pay. Rats they don't do a ton
>> for anyways as far as I know. Maybe we can make a work day and do a deep
>> clean and maybe even let the cats lose down there for a few hours? Look for
>> where they're getting in and try to seal it up? Behind the bar clearly
>> being the focus. I'm also in favour of getting on top of this and very
>> happy to help out, although my availability is garbage right now. :/
>>
>> Sent from my Huawei Mobile
>>
>> Megan Speers <speers.megan at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','speers.megan at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>> I am totally in favour of this. However I have my doubts that the
>> landlord will be on board because he's a negligent slumlord! I do think
>> that it is extremely urgent though and agree 100% that it requires
>> professional attention at this point. Dealing w rat shit is very unhealthy.
>> I'm on board but again the landlord may not agree that it is urgent because
>> frankly he's an idiot.
>> On Aug 2, 2015 12:29 PM, "Anju Singh" <aanjusingh at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','aanjusingh at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> hey everyone we need to deal with this rat problem.
>>>
>>>  It's super bad, like the volunteers and I had headaches and felt
>>> nauseous from being behind the bar too long. When I went in
>>> yesterday, there were big piles of rat shit that the bands found around the
>>> space. I'm actually worried there might be dead rats rotting somewhere. If
>>> no one else minds it then it's maybe just me but it would be good to know
>>> everyone's thoughts?
>>>
>>> This is certainly a landlord responsibility so if rent isn't paid maybe
>>> we can pay for pest control and cleanup ASAP and take it out of rent money?
>>> I'd be happy to call a place that coop/PHS used.. By our next shows August
>>> 9/10 I think this will be even worse.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Anju Singh
>>>
>>>
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