

Hi! I’m in a bit of a strange situation and would love some advice. I moved into my first apartment in January. The apartment is fully carpeted except the kitchen and bathroom. There are gaps in multiple areas between the wall and carpet. This normally wouldn’t be an issue except that my apartment is the only one in the complex that has a basement underneath. It’s where the maintenance guys work and they often smoke down there. So there’s smoke coming up between my wall and carpet!! We’re also having a cave cricket(spider cricket) problem which are also coming up through those cracks. I’d prefer not to complain about it to maintenance and maybe find a renter friendly solution myself? I tried to take pictures to show what I mean. In the first picture, there’s a hole that goes straight down but I couldn’t get an angle to show it. I could actually feel an airflow coming up from the basement on the second picture. My apartment smells like cigarettes now. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!! Thanks!