Ornamental water is rarely the problem. Mosquitoes breed in plant saucers, blocked drainage channels and the tray under an outdoor air-conditioning unit — small volumes that nobod…
Older buildings share more than new ones do: wall cavities, ceiling voids and drainage runs that connect units the plans no longer show. That is why treating one apartment rarely …
In a serviced apartment the operator normally carries responsibility, because they control access, cleaning and the building relationship. The problem is that short-stay agreement…
Insects do not climb twenty floors of exterior wall. They travel inside the building — up service risers and drain stacks, in the lift, and in the boxes residents carry home.
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…
