Dear Resident(s):

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As part of our commitment to maintaining a clean and comfortable living environment, your apartment is scheduled for pest control service. Please take a moment to review the following preparation instructions and ongoing prevention tips to ensure the treatment is effective and your home remains pest-free.

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PRIOR TO PEST CONTROL TREATMENT

To help ensure the treatment is successful, please complete the following steps before pest control arrives:

1. Please Remove all food, utensils, glasses, dishes and food containers from counter tops and floors. Also remove everything from inside the cabinets if you wish them to be treated.

2. Please remove all animals and animal food bowls until at least 30 minutes after the pest control treatment is complete (to give the materials time to dry and time for any odors to dissipate)

3. Because of the possibility of fumes during application, we suggest that no person or animal be in the apartment during the pest control application.

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EVERYDAY TIPS

Your apartment home can be nearly pest-free by following these commonsense procedures:

1. ​​Do not keep brown paper grocery sacks around since they often contain roach eggs. Roaches can thrive in the dark warm folds of paper sacks.

2. Do not leave food uncovered and out in the open where pests can contaminate it.

3. Do not drop food or crumbs on the floor, and if you do, promptly clean it up. Leaving food around only invites pests to come and dine with you!

4. Sweep and mop your kitchen regularly. Clean up spills immediately.

5. Vacuum the carpets frequently to remove crumbs and other food particles accidentally dropped and immediately dispose of the vacuum bag or clean the vacuum cleaner waste canister.

6. Use the garbage disposal in the sink whenever possible. Do not put wet garbage in the trash.

7. Take the trash to the dumpster daily (or at least every other day).

8. If you are allowed to have an animal, store animal food in well-sealed containers and be sure to clean water bowls and food bowls at least once a day. Remember that “wet” animal food attracts roaches and other pests much faster than dry animal food. Clean up any spilled pet food.

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BED BUG DOS AND DON’TS

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1. Do not bring used furniture from unknown sources into your dwelling. Countless bed bug infestations have stemmed directly from the introduction into a resident’s unit of second-hand and abandoned furniture. Unless the determination can be made with absolute certainty that a piece of second-hand furniture is bed bug-free, residents should assume that the reason a seemingly nice-looking leather couch, for example, is sitting curbside, waiting to be hauled off to the landfill, may very well be due to the fact that it’s teeming with bed bugs.

2. Do inspect rental furniture for bed bugs before bringing it into your dwelling. Be sure to check any rented furniture, including mattresses and couches, for the presence of bed bugs before moving it into your dwelling.

3. Do address bed bug sightings immediately. Rental housing residents who suspect the presence of bed bugs in their unit must immediately notify the owner.

4. Do not attempt to treat bed bug infestations. Under no circumstance should you attempt to eradicate bed bugs. Health hazards associated with the misapplication of traditional and non-traditional, chemical-based insecticides and pesticides poses too great a risk to you and your neighbors.

5. Do comply with eradication protocol. If the determination is made that your unit is indeed playing host to bed bugs, you must comply with the bed bug eradication protocol set forth by both your rental property owner and their designated pest management company.

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📞NEED ASSISTANCE?

If you have any questions or notice any pest activity in your apartment, please contact your property manager right away. We're here to help ensure a safe and pest-free home for you and your neighbors.

Thank you for your cooperation,

— Pearl Properties Management