A pest deduction at handover is easy to dispute if you have a dated report and photographs, and almost impossible to dispute if you do not. Book the treatment before the final ins…
A sea container is a sealed, dark, humid box that sits for weeks. Whatever went in alive usually arrives alive. The three risks worth checking are wood-boring insects in furniture…
Cockroaches travel in the boxes, not on the furniture. Used cardboard, the backs of kitchen appliances and the inside of electronics are the three routes that turn a clean new apa…
Fifteen minutes during a viewing tells you more than any question to the agent. Open the cabinet under the sink, look at the floor drains, and check the gap under the entrance doo…
Two things happen while a kitchen sits closed for a week: nobody disturbs the insects, and the floor drains dry out. That combination is why kitchens reopen after Tet with a probl…
Winged termites appear for a few evenings after the first heavy rains. The insects are harmless and die within hours. What matters is where you find the discarded wings, because t…
The rains change three things at once: standing water multiplies mosquito breeding sites, humidity raises cockroach activity, and outdoor treatments wash off far faster than in th…
Ho Chi Minh City has two seasons, not four, and the pests follow them closely. Termites swarm with the first rains in April and May, mosquito numbers climb from June, and rodents …
Cockroaches reach apartments through drains, shafts and deliveries, even on high floors. Where they hide in a flat, what you can do yourself, and when it is time to call.
Not all small ants are the same. Six ants you are likely to find in a Ho Chi Minh City apartment, how to recognise each one, and why the species changes what works.
