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• Health of your residents. Many pests
and the droppings they leave behind
carry disease and contaminate food.
Insect bites can trigger allergic reac-
tions or transfer diseases.
• Property reputation. There is noth-
ing quite like unsightly bugs to ruin
the reputation of an apartment
or other residential community.
Good tenants won’t put up with it.
Vacancy rates go up, and in order
to rent the units, good tenants may
be replaced by problem tenants.
• Lawsuits. With serious infestations,
affected residents could mean law-
suits. The building owner and prop-
erty managers could be named
defendants in suits to recover dam-
ages to property and personal injury.
• Maintenance and Repair Issues. Pest
infestations can cause maintenance
and repair problems. And not just ter-
mites. Infestations of carpenter ants,
carpenter bees, mice, squirrels, and
other wildlife can all lead to signifi-
cant property damage.
Condominiums, apartment complex-
es, and other multi-family environments
pose a number of unique pest con-
trol challenges. To do it right takes
concerted effort and planning. The
best way to handle pest infestations
in community properties is through
prevention – by working with a pest
control professional to stop bugs from
entering your buildings in the first
place. Prevention requires periodic
thorough inspections to ensure that
there are no conditions conducive to
insects like standing water, open gar-
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