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Oh yeah, I use to work at a pest control company making their appointments.
Most apartment complexes just signed up for the year packages to keep the places free of stuff like ants cause that's the big issue where I live. Roaches are rare but bed bugs are also common. Bed bug treatments are crazy expensive too, even for just a single unit of an apartment building, their prices were into the $1000's.
And then for house calls where they got bed bugs, even more money. In fact, most people who had houses who called in for bed bug rates would back out half way through the treatment because they couldn't afford to continue.
absolutely terrible to get caught with bed bugs. If you don't already, get the plastic bed coverings to keep them out.
People attach a stigma to bugs without realizing - you don't need to be dirty or live out in the woods, bugs are just out there and can and will get into your house. The only way to stop that is to be preventative.
Fortunately I’ve found a solution. I’ve been slapped on Reddit for misinformation, but anecdotally I can say with 100% certainty that what I’ve done worked in multiple apartments in separate buildings.
4 of those blower kerosene heaters. Blast those bastards until it’s just hot enough that it don’t melt your records and bam, problem solved.
Bedbugs are worse, but roaches are harder to beat when you’ve gotta get everyone on board.
Some people just consider living with them a part of normal life and they don’t even care.
I fucking hate apartments.
Makes sense because that's how some places treat for bed bugs. The pest control place I worked at would partner with another company who did heat treatments on bed bugs for more intense invasions - think homeless shelters that are infested with them.
The issue with heat treatments is that in order to get it hot enough to kill them completely, you end up taking a lot of stuff out of the apartment/room.
I hated going over the lists with people on how to prep for bed bug treatments cause I had to basically ask them about everything in their home in case it would catch fire or just melt.