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The C word - cockroaches

Has anyone else had problems with these night visitors?
We live not too far from Green Lanes - close enough to the bins behind anyway - and seem to have a problem with coackroaches every summer. They are really disgusting and despite being told by nice pest control people that they do not think they are living in our house, we are constantly in fear of them reappearing.
I got up for work this morning and found one scuttling around. I managed to kill it but I am sure it is a hollow victory.
Has anyone else found a long-term solution to this problem, or do you just have to hope that the mice eat them in the end?

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Permalink Reply by Anette on May 26, 2008 at 17:40
Hi Marc,
You can report the other people in the house to the pest control people at the council if they refuse to / don't understand the issue. They then contact the landlord, and they have x amount of days to get this sorted. If they don't, the council will spray anyway, and send the bill to the landlord. I've done this in the past, it works. When there's an infestation, neighours has to get their properties sprayed. I am sure there's more information on the council's web-site, or your can call pres-control and ask them. Hope this helps.
Permalink Reply by marc garrett on May 26, 2008 at 17:56
Hi Anette,

Thanks for the info and I will take action, much help :-)
Permalink Reply by Nico on May 27, 2008 at 0:00
Our entire block off Hermitage Road (120 flats, very similar design to Chettle Court) is infested to high hell with the little darlings. Unfortunately structural problems with the building mean that any prevention/eradication within one (or some) flats won't get rid of the problem in its own right - they will just find their way through the cracks! Best approach has been offensive damage limitation: seal up all the holes you can find and lay down some ant power or equivalent poison, and accept that occasionally one will make a rogue appearance. I suspect that unless pest control do a blitz of all the flats they will just keep on coming back! That said, their rise has coincided with the dwindling of the red ants.. well, you win some, you lose some. :D
Permalink Reply by Tony on August 5, 2008 at 10:06
Found one in stuck my bathroom sink last night - a big one (oriental).
Seen no other signs yet, but will look carefully tonight. Given that the big ones can't climb up smooth surfaces, not sure how it got there unless through the window (or up the pipe?)

After getting rid of mice, and hopefully winning the battle against the moths, a break would have been nice. (And why not something else beginning with 'm' - mosquitoes, meerkats, monkeys...)
Permalink Reply by Anette on August 5, 2008 at 13:02
Ourgh! Tony, I found a big fat oriental one half way up my smooth kitchen wall, and I've seen them sometimes in my upstairs loo as well, so they must be able to climb. Sorry to disappoint..
Permalink Reply by Stuart on August 5, 2008 at 15:52
Count yourself lucky. We just had an infestation of maggots and flies crawling out of the carpet and from behind the fireplace in our little boy's bedroom. Turned out there was a dead pigeon stuck in the chimney right behind the fireplace (time to get that chimney swept and capped - see my post elsewhere for a decent chimney sweep).
Permalink Reply by John McMullan on August 5, 2008 at 23:49
In a terraced house... the "immigrant beetles" tend to treat the terrace as one big house. Same goes for mice. The moths are actually worse than the roaches in my opinion.

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