Multi-apartment

Multi-family residential buildings are highly attractive to pests due to the virtually unlimited access to food and shelter. Pests such as mice, rats, cockroaches, ants, and bed bugs not only create discomfort but also cause serious structural damage and pose significant health risks to residents.

Different types of pests cause different types of problems for property managers. Not only can rodents chew through wiring and undermine building foundations, but they also spread rat-bite fever, salmonellosis, leptospirosis, and E. coli infection. Worse, some mice can transmit hantavirus, a rare respiratory disease that can be fatal in humans and has no known cure.

Meanwhile, ants can cause structural damage when building their nests and contaminate food items, while cockroaches can provoke allergic reactions and spread germs. An untreated case of bed bugs can escalate to a full-on infestation of 13,000 in just six months, which can result in property damage and emotional and psychological stress to tenants.

Do-it-yourself remedies rarely work well in multi-unit complexes, and property managers do not usually have the expertise and training to manage a pest infestation. You need professional pest control services to end your pest problem and ensure it doesn’t return.

Just as people turn to doctors for their own health and veterinarians for their pets, buildings need Orkin — the specialist in protecting properties from pest threats.

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