I have 450 sq ft that's on the ground floor. Like almost 0 elevation at all from street level. 100 year old building. I live a 10 minutes walk away from the Pacific Coast, SF climate
Every time I wake up and go to the bathroom, I see 2-5 insects in it. 1-2 are cockroaches, rest are some other small thing. Flies maybe? Always see some cockroach droppings on sink counter that I have to spray and wipe down
Every time I leave a room dark for a few hours and turn on the lights, I always see 1-3 insects
During the day with lights on, I notice 1-4 insects per hour in various places excluding tiny fruit flies. Those I probably see like 5 times a day
Problem has been getting worse since I've moved in but this is also the first summer I've lived through in this place
And if I need pest control, how much work is it to have them come in? Should I just move apartments if I need them?
I'd be sealing holes if cockroaches are getting in. I get the occasional stinkbug or boxelder bug, sometimes one of them thicc ants will just be randomly walking across my floor.
If there's any food waste/bins without tight lids that's most likely what's attracting the flies and such. I had a potato go bad in the back of a drawer and couldn't figure out what was attracting little gnats for a few days. You can get rid of them pretty quickly with a bowl of hot water+sugar (powdered if you have it)+dish soap left on the counter.
I honestly don't know if you can roach proof an apartment when they can crawl in through the air ducts.
lotta apartments don't have air ducts to be fair. I've actually never lived in one that did. Mostly radiator heat and window or wall AC here. And nicer places seem to have per-unit heating and cooling so the vents wouldn't be connected to other units
Yeah that's rough