I'm Art Maybury and the house I moved into this year, especially the kitchen, is badly infested with German Cockroaches. We need money to pay for an exterminator and replace our major kitchen appliances (fridge, oven, microwave.)

This house has had a bug infestation for 3 years before I moved in. I've taken food out of the oven to find bugs on it, I can't use my coffee maker because it just fills with bugs overnight, we have to wash our dishes and pans and such before we use them because they have bugs and droppings on them, it's a waking nightmare. The last roommate before me was a hoarder who packed the basement to the ceiling with straight-up trash that we've had to haul out to clear so bugs can't hide in its nooks and crannies. We got a steam cleaner and vinegar and bleach and an exterminator and have been deep cleaning for weeks and months, but it's really deep and intractable. The exterminator thinks we still need another month or two of treatment at $500/month, and to replace our appliances where they're nesting afterwards, which we estimate at about $1600.

Anything that doesn't get spent on that is going to go towards my living expenses. I just caught a two-flat-tires situation last weekend and still haven't found a steady job yet, so I'm really, really cash-strapped at the moment. Thank you very much.