Newly built house -roaches

[Anonymous]

We moved into a newly built house 4 months ago and found roaches in the bathroom. Never had a roach problem before in the old house. What is the builder’s liability? Did they do a shoddy job sealing the plumbing entry points from outside?

[Anonymous]

Haha no, you hire an exterminator company and get on a plan. Welcome to home ownership.

[Anonymous]

Are you in the south and are they the giant flying kind?

Not uncommon, even in nice, new, clean houses.

[Anonymous]

If they're the big, American roaches, it's totally normal and not a big deal. I got rid of ours with a couple of bait stations in the basement.

If they're the small German ones, yikes. I'd get an exterminator in ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Where is the home? I lived in a very urban area and had roaches. The property next door was under construction and all of the bugs / nice that had found a home there - needed to find a new home.

[Anonymous]

likely the roaches are from food stuff left behind by the workers when they built the house.

not a big deal. buy some roach bait and spend a couple hours baiting the house.

builder has no obligation....

[Anonymous]

Roaches often come in via cardboard boxes. Do you still have unpacking to do? Do you have clutter in boxes? Carry stuff in from Costco and leaves the boxes sitting?

[Anonymous]

Advion Cockroach Gel bait. Here is a link for 4 tubes but that's enough for 10 years. Look for a two pack so you can share one.

https://www.amazon.com/Advion-Evolution-Cockroach-...vtargid=pla-364122630619&psc=1

[Anonymous]

Exterminator. Repeat treatments. Immediately. Don't wait!

[Anonymous]

Is it the big ginormous kind? They just come in after a rain.

Is it an attached rowhouse? If so, your neighbors may be the culprit.

[Anonymous]

Get an exterminator.
Don't blame the seller. It really could be on you because you are the one with boxes, alot of moving boxes and roaches love to hide in there and lay their eggs in there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they're the big, American roaches, it's totally normal and not a big deal. I got rid of ours with a couple of bait stations in the basement.

If they're the small German ones, yikes. I'd get an exterminator in ASAP.

Yep. Everyone says "if you see one, you have a thousand" but I don't think many people realize there are two different kinds.

I've lived in my house for six years and seen the occasional BIG roach and it's never meant we had a bigger problem. They are disgusting but in my experience they are solo.

Now, the tinier little ones that scatter when you turn on the kitchen lights.... THAT'S what you need to be afraid of.

Either way, I'd get an exterminator. And probably just sign up for the regular check ups. Ours comes to spray every 6 months or so and it seems to keep bugs at bay, when we do see them they are already dead.

[Anonymous]

I found huge gaps around every pipe coming into the house. Nothing was sealed so OF COURSE the gigantic roaches moved in.
Construction today sucks big time. Builders don't care who they hire. Beautiful model but what you get? Not even close.

[Anonymous]

Oh, and get this... My f-d up Realtor let the builder select his bubba buddy as the home inspector without telling us. Bunch of know nothing, money grubbing, lying crooks

[Anonymous]

Avidon roach bait stations. They’ll take the poison back to the nest. Replace every few months until they’re gone and put out new baits if they come back.