Businesses that run staff shuttles, tourist transfers or deliveries usually manage more than one vehicle and more than one site. By day the vehicles are on the road, but at night they stand in a garage, a car park or in front of a depot. Bodrum’s long, hot summer tends to raise pest activity around those waiting areas.
The places where staff eat, drink tea and leave belongings are part of a workplace and can come under pest pressure like any other. This page concerns the working areas of vehicle and fleet businesses. What will be included depends on your request and on what we see at the inspection.
What we usually see
- cockroaches, around the staff room, kitchen corner and drains
- ants, in car parks with food scraps and at building entrances
- mice, leaving signs around depots, garage corners and bins
- spiders, making webs in seldom-used garage and depot corners
- flies, around bin containers and open doors
Garage, car park and depot
On vehicle sites the trouble tends to show up in:
- the car park or garage where the vehicles spend the night
- the parts, tyre and materials store
- the drivers’ rest room and staff kitchen
- the corner with the bin container and recycling box
- the scrub, weeds and drainage line around the building
- the office, waiting room and registration area
Some of these may be in the company’s own building and some in rented space. Agreeing at the inspection who is responsible for which area and what will be covered makes things easier. For material stores see warehouse pest control, and if you also look after staff accommodation, hotel pest control.
What the business can do
Simple habits make it harder for pests to hold on in a work area:
- clear food and drink leftovers from the staff room at the end of the day
- use bins with lids and empty them regularly
- stack stored items off the floor and away from walls
- clear weeds and fallen leaves around the building
- note where pests are seen, with the date
None of this promises prevention; it only makes the place less appealing. If the problem goes on, requesting an inspection is the healthiest way to find the source. In businesses with several points, a pest is often seen in one place but arrives from another, so it helps to tell us how the sites are linked.
Summer and winter
Heat and damp raise fly, ant and cockroach movement in summer, while in winter seldom-used garage and depot corners can suit rodents and spiders. Walking the area at the change of season is a good way to start the year. For seasonal businesses, looking at the garage and depot surroundings before the fleet goes back into service is also a good start.
What to tell us
To speed things up when you make contact, say how many sites there are, where you have seen pests, how long it has gone on and whether anything was done before. If you have a special request involving the vehicles, mention it in the first conversation so that we can fix the scope together. The inspection then concentrates on the places you really need.
The process with us
Send your request by phone, WhatsApp or the appointment form. At the free inspection we walk the garage, car park and depot and establish the pest, its numbers and where it is nesting, agreeing the scope with you. We then choose the method for the area, with Ministry of Health approved products and a certified team. Call for a same-day appointment.
General methods are in pest extermination in Bodrum and insect control in Bodrum, and other kinds of business on the services page.
Where we work
We serve businesses in Bodrum town, Yalıkavak, Bitez, Turgutreis, Ortakent and nearby areas.
Appointments
To arrange a free inspection for your fleet or vehicle site, fill in the form or use the details on our contact page. To recognise what is building webs in a garage corner, read about the types of spiders in the house.