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.

I used many cans of the roach spray, took a long time to clear, every few days spray, even go spray the sampah collection room. After a while they stop but i still spray once every month.

yeah.. somehow pest like roaches crawl from drain piping to near unit available .. so hard to remove them.. you might need to call pest control for their professional advised

use roaches poison bait i guess

You have filthy neighbours. Or MC goyang kaki.

only had roach issue 1 time.

bought roach killer from shopee then have not had issue anymore

The cleanliness of piping, sewer, trash area.
Those that cook regulary but did not throw alway the russbish on same day.

Condo management is responsible for pest control and eradication. Report to them

New unit less issue, old unit sure will get.
high floor less problem with roaches provided the building do pest control every 6 months or you can try spray the rubbish chute area every month with some ridsect/shieldtox

Roach bomb your unit. last time my unit always got the small crockroach come in. bomb every year also will find them inside every now and then. initially thought got nest inside behind the kidchen cabinets, etc... but usually they come from outside or hide behind the walls, etc... They usually come in via the pipes or cracks in the tap/tile area

toilet drain pipe

No joking.


having Roaster as Pet in your home.





this is 1 of the worse nightmare for cockroaches.


coackroaches not bodoh. if they sense the presence of a chiken in your home. they fled to other houses.





not to mention with FELINE..

you house really PEST FREE

Can u share the product?

To TS, from my experience, adult raoches flying form neighbour unit through kitchen balcony or windows.

https://shp.ee/8wvxj6t

Ridiculous idea as most condos won't allow pets, plus they bring other issues of their own (think poop, fleas).

Seal all the gap.....then it is time to gas the house

+1 for cockroach poison bait

really helps

place a few around your condo and you will see less roaches after a while.

Roaches can enter condo easily from logistic. In example, if you buy gas tank or exchange one, the gaps in the tanks have hidden roaches that piap2 and lay eggs in the as well. If you are lucky, you get those mini roach breeds. If unlucky... those standard American roaches will suddenly spawn since they could easily hide and eat little debris to adulthood.

Even if you are clean, that doesn't repel any cockroaches to enter, since your house will have orifices and gaps everywhere. Neighbor screwed up by bringing roaches to their house, they can just run to your house to breed.

Best is to get those dry food poison and place every potential area of roach hiding spot and let the poison works its charm.

hard to stop roach infest if you stay near the garbage room. no matter how clean you are, there will be roaches.

best way is to use roach bait, once in a while. as there is no way of completely killing them, as the source is not in your house. only way is to minimize it.

I wonder. Those live high floor unit house got fly or mosquito or not

This

I've never encountered roaches until banglas moved into neighbouring unit.

Now that they are gone, so are the roaches. I hardly cook btw

I am not sure if true but people say higher floors less likely to have roaches.

My own high rise not having this issue.

cek the refuse room mesti tak letak racun lipas

They can fly & survive inside your unit sewer system, be it landed or highrise.

Stayed in my unit for 7yrs, we kept all rubbish sealed at night and so far no sign of cockroaches.

Kill one and two shall take its place...

Hail hydra....

No issue with my unit. But we don't have rubbish room on every floor. All rubbish is to be brought down to ground floor rubbish collection point.

its from your waste thing you keep at bin

i stay 36 also got because neighbours very dirty. condo management do pest killing every month. since then no more.

This post has been edited by valerie0821: Jun 2 2023, 09:54 PM

In my case, the roaches were coming up from the sewer pipes up through the sink because the pop up sink drain stopper was damaged and could not close and the outlet pipe doesn't have a water trap. After I replaced the sink drain with a normal strainer and plugged the overflow hole there were no roaches any more.
Another case was the kitchen drain grate cover which was pushed up because accumulated cooking fat and other stuff was blocking the pipe. After unclogging the pipe, roaches couldn't climb up anymore because the normal water level and the grate cover will stop them.

I've seen a roach coming out of the shower grate which could not properly close in a friend's house, so thats one way roaches can get inside, that had to be fixed by changing the shower drain to an insect proof one. Condos also have to worry about air vents and improperly sealed piping.

I don't believe most houses should have roaches if they are kept clean and well maintained.

Jus buy those pest control products n catch as many as u can..

Buy the cockroach bait the one ridset one that bring the poison back to family.

Last time I move to one condo got this issue, tot got 2-3 only, once but bait, next morning saw more than 10

Since then I just leave the poison bait there and never have cockroach issue anymore, 10 years d, and yes my unit near to trash area. Also I bought the strap that slide under door one to prevent pests entering

At my condo, for the past 5 years I have never seen a single cockroach or lizard. Only sometime which is very rare I see mosquito which I am amaze how high the mofo can climb

I’ve seen more dogs than cockroach


Credit I guess goes to the pest control that is frequently done. Even garbage room despite the smell can’t find a single cockroach or lizard

This is one reason why I choose high rise

Buy roach bait