Water meter rooms, lift pits, refuse chute stores: these technical spaces in apartment buildings are where rat and cockroach infestations concentrate. An inspection and action guide ahead of winter 2026-2027.
Boxes, archive files and storage bins kept in cellars or attics harbour cockroaches, clothes moths, woodworm and rodents. Here is the inspection and repackaging protocol to carry out in October 2026.
Crawl spaces, electrical conduits, pipe penetrations: how rodents and cockroaches move through your home without ever using the door, and how to cut off these routes before winter 2026.
Every autumn, restarting the communal heating revives cockroach traffic inside the service ducts of apartment buildings. Understanding the phenomenon, spotting the entry points and acting before winter.
Cockroaches in a school canteen or classroom: who is responsible, what hygiene obligations apply (HACCP, DDPP), how to file an effective report and what treatment timelines to demand in 2026.
Cellars, lock-ups and shared car parks are magnets for rats, cockroaches and moths. 2026 guide: inspection, managing agent's obligations, and practical steps to clean up these spaces for good.
Bed bugs, cockroaches, rats: how to inspect a rental before the check-in inventory in 2026, what to photograph, what to write down, and what recourse you have if an infestation appears afterwards.
German cockroaches in apartment blocks: why numbers explode in autumn 2026, how to find the real nest, and why an isolated treatment almost always fails in multi-unit housing.
Cockroaches, rats, bed bugs: find out whether the tenant, the landlord or the building manager must pay for pest control in 2026, and how to enforce your rights.