Roach infestation cost me over $8000 to fix. What can I do to avoid this again
I saw about 3 to 4 German cockroaches in kitchen and washer dryer area.
I crushed them by foot. But they played dead and fooled me.
In morning none of the 4 were there. I tried to search but could not locate any of them
I went on with my life and about 3 weeks later it was such a big infestation I had to move out to a hotel for a month. I paid hotel over $5k alone.
Pest control company said the infestation is so bad it will take multiple visits and can take 3 to 4 weeks minimum. They said at that stage spraying alone isn't even enough.
They put baits too. They also did fumigation using tent.
And then pest control billed me $3k.
There were loads and loads of roach corpses that they also took out.
Now I don't see any roach but all the furniture was also thrown out because it was infested. Pest control said it all has to be disposed.
Now new furniture costs $5k.
I have completely been bankrupted
by 
Easygoing98
ANSWERS: 4
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1) Get renter's insurance (or homeowner's insurance) to pay for most of the damages. 2) Before shelling out thousands of $$$ for a pest control company, go to Walmart and buy some bug bombs to set off in your house. They work quite well - they took care of a spider and centipede infestation I had. 3) Get a pest control company to spray around the outside of your home - stopping them before they get in is the first step.
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Don't leave food and dirty dishes laying around.
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have a pest man yearly
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Make as certain as you can you don't leave food in your place.
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