Many homes, many users
Ortakent lies on the road between Bodrum centre and Turgutreis, and around it you find detached houses as well as apartment blocks and housing complexes. In places like these pests usually travel through the shared parts: the common bin area, the car park, the gardens and the pipe shafts. A cockroach in one kitchen may be the end of a long trail.
This page speaks mainly to residents and managers of complexes and blocks, and to the questions they tend to have.
Map the complaints first
When a pest complaint reaches management, the first job is to see where the complaints cluster. Is it one floor, one block, or the flats nearest the bin area? That map often says more about the source than any choice of treatment does. The guide on pest complaints in residential complexes walks managers through collecting, recording and deciding, step by step. How we work in complexes is described on our residential complex pest control page.
Cockroaches and the drains
Kitchen and bathroom drains, the gaps around pipes and the space behind a dishwasher are classic meeting points for cockroaches. Knowing the species helps, and the cockroach species identification guide sorts them by size and colour.
Rodents and the green areas
Around the gardens, lawns and bin containers of a complex you may now and then spot signs of a mouse or a rat. People often confuse the two, and rat or mouse gives a first way to name what you have found, while the rat control page covers the general picture. If you notice that traces keep coming from the same direction, tell management.
Questions to settle before you go to management
A pest problem in a complex is seldom decided by one person, so it speeds things up to prepare answers first. How many flats are complaining? Is it the same pest in each? Have the shared areas been treated before? Has anything changed at the bin room, the car park or the garden?
The answers also show what to fix before any treatment. If a bin lid is always left open, a treatment brings only short relief. Closing off the source and keeping shared areas clean is something management and residents do together, and we go over these points with you during the free inspection.
Landscaping and irrigation
In complexes with gardens, upkeep of the green areas is part of pest control. Over-watered lawns, leaves heaped under trees and pruning waste give pests places to settle. Ask the landscaping team to go over watering times and clear waste regularly; it is a simple measure that supports any treatment. It helps to have the person responsible for the garden present at the inspection.
Doors, windows and ground-floor flats
For ground-floor flats opening onto a garden, doors, insect screens and window frames are the first crossing points. Replacing torn screens and checking the brushes under doors is simple and useful.
Detached houses
If you live in a detached house, the source is usually the house itself or its garden, and the inspection works from the inside out. Our villa and home pest control page describes the sequence.
How to apply
Fill in the appointment form, call, or write on WhatsApp. In a complex, applying on behalf of management makes the visit easier. We are based in Akçaalan. For the neighbouring areas see Bitez pest control and Turgutreis pest control, or browse all the service areas.