How to get rid of neighbor's cockroaches and where to file complaints

Where do cockroaches come from in an apartment?

Cockroaches may end up in your home for various reasons:

• accidentally arrive along with a parcel or an order from an online store;
• move from a cafe or store on the ground floor;
• come from neighbors who poison insects;
• move out of an apartment in which they have become cramped

If insects are coming from a neighboring apartment, they may appear from:

• kitchen hood duct;
• ventilation shaft;
• window;
• gaps between the window sill and the window;
• cracks in the wall, ceiling;
• gap between panels;
• sockets;
• sewer

The pest is able to penetrate through any opening. In a cluttered apartment, he feeds on garbage, food scraps and crumbs. Anything his paws touch can potentially become a source of infection. Plying between the dinner table and the garbage can, a cockroach endangers the health of all family members, no matter how thoroughly they wash their hands.

But even in a tidy apartment, cockroaches can settle if they have free access to food: dried fruits in a vase, crumbs on the floor, a trash can without a lid - an offer that insects cannot refuse.

Prevention

To avoid having to painfully fight cockroaches in the future, it is advisable to adhere to the following preventive measures:

1. Clean the house regularly. Food must be stored in airtight containers. Always remove crumbs from the table and wash bowls from which animals eat. It is useful to regularly inspect kitchen drawers to identify spilled cereals. After each meal, dishes should be washed immediately and not stored with leftover food in the sink.
2. Take out the trash regularly. You need to have a good habit of walking to the trash cans or garbage disposal every day, and have a container with an airtight lid in the kitchen.
3. Fix plumbing problems in a timely manner. In addition to food, cockroaches also need water, without which they cannot live for a long time. If the joints of pipes, sinks are leaking, or the toilet tank is faulty, then this is very attractive to parasites. In addition, they like the humidity in the bathroom after bathing procedures. All plumbing faults must be corrected in a timely manner, and all bathroom items must be wiped dry.
4. Repair all kinds of cracks. It is important to inspect the walls, ceiling or corners of the room for cracks. If they are identified, you should definitely resort to using putty. And mosquito nets must be installed on all ventilation openings to prevent insects from entering.

But when living in an apartment building, it is important to coordinate your actions with your neighbors to combat cockroaches.

If a problem arises, it is important that all residents are prepared for large-scale pest control , including basements.

If only one apartment attempts to fight, then after a while new unwanted guests will begin to enter it from untreated premises.

Where can I complain if my neighbors have cockroaches?

You have seen with your own eyes how cockroaches are crawling towards you from a neighboring apartment, but your neighbors categorically refuse to poison the insects at home. What should I do?

Contact:

• the prosecutor's office, having prepared a collective statement from several residents;
• city ​​administration and ask them to protect your interests;
• SES and wait for an on-site inspection at your address. Based on the results of the inspection, a conclusion on the examination will be drawn up.

An SES employee will inspect the neighbor’s apartment, document the presence of insects and issue a conclusion on the diagnostics carried out.

Before inviting a specialist, make sure that he has the right to issue an inspection report. This document will be required in court. It is possible to oblige neighbors to carry out pest control only through legal proceedings.

You can complain about your neighbors to the HOA, housing office or management company. It is important that your home is in order, there are no pipes leaking, and it is clean. Otherwise, the SES may bring claims against you in the form of a lawsuit.

When neighbors poison insects, they are obliged to warn you. Otherwise, the surviving individuals will enter your apartment and take up residence in it. When carrying out disinfestation, it is necessary to notify neighbors so that they take appropriate measures:

• cracks and cracks were filled with putty;
• repaired faulty plumbing;
• food and water were removed;
• set traps;
• they applied “protective” markings using “Mashenka” chalk;
• washed the floor with ammonia

What about in practice?

Almost often the following everyday situation arises: the owners discover cockroaches in their apartment and begin persecuting them. They may or may not inform their neighbors of their intentions. In this case, cockroaches will begin to look for more favorable places and migrate to their neighbors. Everyone suffers from this development of events, including the initiators of bullying.

Whiskered insects have developed active resistance to many pesticides. They may return to your apartment after some time. This probability is especially high if the destruction was not thought out and brought to its logical conclusion.

There are residents who are not bothered by cockroaches in their neighborhood. They live in unsanitary conditions, do not clean, do not want to poison cockroaches, and sometimes do not recognize the fact of infection. In such cases, who should complain to and what can be done?

“The case is being heard” about cockroaches

When it was not possible to reach an agreement with the neighbors and the matter went to court, forced disinfestation had to be demanded. The statements of the SES and other authorities to which the requests were sent are attached to the statement of claim against the neighbors.

Claims for forced cleaning of an apartment are considered without much difficulty. But this requires at least a month. The court decision is transferred to the SES and the Bailiff Service. It becomes the basis for forced disinfestation of the neighbor’s apartment. The execution of the court decision will also take some time.

Comprehensive methods of getting rid of pests

Getting rid of nimble longhorned beetles on your own is quite problematic, but still possible.

The first step is to find the places where insects have laid larvae. A proven remedy – boiling water – will help you get rid of both adult cockroaches and their future offspring. Pour it directly into the nests of annoying pests. After this, remove all water and disinfect the room with bleach. This will protect you from unwanted neighbors appearing again.

The next step is treatment with store-bought chemicals. There is a wide selection of products: crayons like “Mashenka” - cheap and effective; Gel syringes like “Dohlox” are a little more expensive.

Who should poison cockroaches?

The management company is responsible for the sanitary condition of the house and surrounding area. If cockroaches enter an apartment from the basement, entrance or garbage chute, according to Article 161 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, the management company is obliged to urgently carry out disinfestation.

Planned extermination of insects is carried out once a year. Unscheduled - at the request of residents. The management company must pay for calling an exterminator on its own. Pest control costs are already included in the rent.

If the management company refuses to fight insects, residents have the right to complain to the prosecutor's office. To do this, it is necessary to collect signatures from at least 80% of the residents of the house or entrance.

In the case where children live in an apartment with unfavorable sanitary conditions, neighbors can write a collective appeal to the guardianship authorities. Guardianship will sort out the situation as quickly as possible.

Legislation

• Art. 17 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation obliges homeowners to use the premises for their intended purpose and comply with the requirements of sanitary and epidemiological standards;
• Art. 67 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation obliges tenants to comply with established sanitary standards in their living space;
• Art. 10 Federal Law-52 prohibits apartment owners from violating sanitary standards;
• Art. 23 Federal Law-52 obliges citizens to maintain housing in satisfactory condition.

On the one hand, the legislation contains enough norms that set out the rules for the operation of residential premises, on the other hand, liability for violating them is minimal, so many citizens neglect them. However, this does not mean that you need to refuse to take measures in cases where your neighbors have unsanitary conditions, cockroaches and other harmful insects crawl from them.

What do cockroaches do while the trial is going on?

During its life, one insect lays from 20 to 90 clutches, each of which contains from 15 to 60 eggs. Cockroaches lay eggs in a special protective capsule called an ooteca. The durable pouch protects the larvae for several weeks from poisons, moisture and temperature changes.

The female lays eggs in a dark, inaccessible place. And when they hatch, everything starts again. For this reason alone, the fight against insects should not be left to chance and should not be given time to settle down. The longer cockroaches live in a house, the more of them there are.

Courts are good for cockroaches. Therefore, if you were unable to reach an agreement with your neighbors, do not hesitate and contact an exterminator. Our specialists will destroy cockroaches at any time and on any day.

If you need a guaranteed result, call us or fill out the feedback form. A company employee will advise you on the exact cost of the service and book an exterminator visit on a date and time convenient for you.

???? Drawing up a complaint

Mandatory requirements that should be taken into account when contacting government agencies are indicated in. According to them, the complaint must comply with the following rules:

1. Be non-anonymous.
2. Do not contain threats or obscene language.
3. Include a detailed description of the incident and a list of other authorities to which complaints were sent.
4. Contain the signature of the person who made the complaint. If we are talking about a collective appeal, all citizens present must sign the document.

You can send a complaint by mail, through the State Services portal, take the document to the regional office of the authorized body in person or by filling out a special form on the official website of the organization.

An appeal to any of the authorized bodies in connection with unsanitary conditions in neighbors should consist of three parts:

1. In the first part, you should indicate the name of the body to which the application will be sent, the full name of the applicant and the violator, registration and contact information.
2. The main part should describe the current situation and list the available evidence - photo and video recordings, acts drawn up by the district police officer and the Criminal Code, etc.
3. The final part must contain the applicant's requirements, as well as his signature.

Joint fight against insects

If you are lucky with your neighbors and they are ready to eliminate the infection through joint efforts, it is better to immediately contact professional exterminators. This is both more efficient and economical. Specialists have at their disposal the best remedies against annoying domestic insects, against which they have not yet developed immunity.

Ultrasonic traps also show good efficiency.

If you install them simultaneously and to the maximum, hordes of arthropods will rush away. You should not expect an immediate effect, since the females have already laid eggs in any case, and new pests will inevitably hatch from them, after which you will either have to repeat the sanitation or wait until the first one takes effect, depending on the means used.