As someone moving from a landed property to a rented unit in a high rise building in KL for work, i noticed that roaches (especially fully adult roaches ) will appear no matter how clean i keep my unit.

Is this true for all high rise buildings in KL or am i unlucky in choosing my unit? Peope living in KL, please advise.

No. My condo no roaches.

Could be your neighbors.

We are everywhere

maybe it from your neighbourhood

Lol

Occasionally la. Not as prevalent as landed. Insects, ants, spiders, cockroaches. Even mosquitoes not so many, pretty sure it hops in the lift instead of flying from G

and they can survive forever

Could be your neighbour, try put trap at entrance near to neighbour and another trap inside your house near possible entry. See the count then you can confirm dy.

Source: Pest Control

Previously i was renting a unit in Vortex (apologies for name dropping), during unit viewing everything was fine. After i moved in .

I started seeing dead baby roaches on my way to throw trash. Then it start appearing in my unit. Couldnt stop them and couldnt get rid of them. It was a nightmare.

Now i moved somewhere near G tower, though no more baby roaches. It is now replaced with full grown adults

I wonder if its the area or just my luck.

sorry I killed your offspring while they were small n no fighting power

when big adi got wings hgggghnnnn burn the house dawn babeh

Which floor do you live on? Is your unit close to garbage room?

The closer you are to the ground or garbage room, the higher chances of having roaches. If you're far from both & you cover all the drains properly, there should be no roaches, fingers crossed. Of course, neighbors do play a role. If the adjacent units have an infestation, you're SOL


You can also complain to management and have pest control on the common area such as garbage room

If you do not have small children and is not sensitive towards pest control chemicals, you can ask pest control to come. You need to do it every few months I think.

Look at 1:11 mark onwards


This post has been edited by godhpf: Jun 2 2023, 09:43 AM

Currently level 20+, i guess you could say its on of the unit thats near the garbage room.

However this current residence, i dont see roached on my way to the garbage room. That being said, i didnt really go roach hunting in the garbage room. This building has those built in AC to the unit, where there are vents on the ceiling.

I wonder if there could also come from there.

Also if you or your neighbors don't seal the garbage bag properly, that is basically inviting roaches to come. I tie up my garbage bags either with a rubber band or string. For food wastes, I use two garbage bags (smaller ones). Unless it's too little, I ensure that I clear my garbage bin everyday after dinner (I use S size garbage bags because I want to have minimal garbage at any time).

Do these & I guess you can try the pest control that I have mentioned above.

This post has been edited by godhpf: Jun 2 2023, 09:50 AM

lol no matter how clean your house is, for sure there will be cockroaches

those who say no cockroach, have not seen one yet in their house but there will be cockroaches living there. so long there’s food, you bet your ass they will be there

Use the roach kill (not mozzie kill) spray the doorstep every month, liberally

Try not to mop it up

Also the dumpster room door frame

same situation as you. just moved in and attacked few times by adult and baby cockroach. i just can't find where they came from but my guess will be from the drain hole even though it has been covered

garbage room is at the other side and no neighbour staying beside me

very frustrating

Yes if close to the garbage room or if your neighbour leaves their rubbish or garbage bins outside their doors it may attract cockroaches that leads to your unit in their search for food. What I will do is I put cockroach baits near my main door (for those from your neighbours). Cockroaches love to live in storage with lots of cardboxes as they feed on the pulp. So you may also put these baits in your store room, toilets (have you ensured they don't come up from the toilet floor trap (try changing to those anti-insect floor traps). All the best!

The condo I currently live I moved in when it's new built.

After living here for 8 years

From my observations

-First 3 years no pest
-4th year onwards cockroaches and lizards appeared
-5 years onward this condo become an ecosystem for the pests.
When lizards appears, the amount of cockroaches become lesser.
-I'm happy that my house got many lizards even though they leave shits all over my house but I don't hate them cos they eats baby cockroaches it helps reduce cockraoches
-Big cockroaches will appear once in a while. Always shut the yard window/sliding door.

Ur house got card box? E.g when u purchase stuff over shopee lazada? Usually they snuck in from there u just never realized.