[Blacklabcollective] Rat situation - urgent

[Lindsay Kasting]

Just make the call, I'll address it with him when I get back. Or fill me in
on the details once youve made it. He won't be happy to get a call out the
blue for absolute certain.
On Aug 2, 2015 2:13 PM, "Anju Singh" <aanjusingh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Anju Singh
>>>>
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