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A subscriber asked us, "What’s your take on bedbugs? This pest has become a plague in Seattle buildings that cost thousands to deal with, and the methods are still being tested. Think of it as a time bomb that’s now going off."
Since bedbugs (cimex lectularius) aren’t part of our normal research, we contacted some professional property managers active in our region’s apartment market to find out what their solutions are.
Before sharing the information we collected, recall that the old nursery rhyme, "Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite," actually includes a proposed solution to the bedbug problem. The rhyme goes on to say, "And if they do, then take your shoe, and knock ‘em ‘til they’re black and blue." Besides upsetting P.E.T.A., about all this solution will do is annoy residents on the floor below.
Now let’s get back to the question, and answers provided by a professional property manager who has recently dealt with this problem.
