I need to get out of my lease. Cant seem to find anyone to take over my lease and to ge honest I dont even want anyone to live in my apartment because its infested with mice. What are my rights' Please someone give me some advice.
Thanks

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From: Anonymous	Date: 01/02/2009
As a landlord, Massachusetts Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation, Sanitary Code, 410.550(b) Extermination of Insects, Rodents, and Skunks states: The owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall maintain it and its premises free from all rodents, skunks, cockroaches and insect infestation and shall be responsible for exterminating them. Further more 410.550(d) states: Extermination shall be accomplished by eliminating the harborage places of insects and rodents, by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food or breeding ground, by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination method. All use of pesticides within the interior of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, or mobile home shall be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations of the Department of Food and Agriculture's Pesticide Board, including those appearing at 333 CMR 13.00, which provide, among other things, that pesticide applicators or their employers must give at least 48 hours pre-notification to occupants of all residential units prior to any routine commercial application of pesticides for the control of indoor household or structural indoor pests.
From: Anonymous	Date: 01/02/2009
I lived at Harbor Point a while back, and when we called and said we had mice, they took care of it quickly. What was the management's response to you? They usually send out an exterminator. What they need to do is plug the holes the mice come in and set traps. If mice can get in, in any apartment, you will see them I guarantee you. A quick tip: Check the plastic flap at the base of your apartment front door; if you can see light under the door at all or the flap has holes, THAT is your mouse door. Ours wore out and that was the first time mice got in, right under the front door. When maintenance replaced the flap, we had NO more mice problems- at all. And I was there for 2 years. I say this because most Harbor Point apartments are well sealed against mice sneaking in (unlike a lot of older unrenovated Boston buildings), so it may be something simple to fix the mouse issue.
From: emtmed	Date: 01/02/2009
thanks for helpfull info. I called the managment's office they sent someone over who placed traps. mice are inside the walls, inside the vents. If i knew the mice situation I would never never move here....

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