Many properties listed for sale or rent in the suburbs need regular maintenance to ensure their open house days impress clients. Often the houses stay out of the market and without a proper showcase for months. When the time is right, the agents with spruce up the place to the best of their ability and wait for clients to show up.
Some inherent problems like pest infestation can be embarrassing. On the other hand, most real estate agents have no idea of dealing with such concerns. Thus, the burden is often on the homeowner. The following tips let you know what to do to prevent such problems and ensure agents take up your property for their showcase portfolio to clients.
Know When and How Pests Breed
Pests populate with seasons as they seek food, shelter, and water. They require tiny openings to let them get the desired items or conditions. The opening will be proportionate to the size of the pest. Thus, when you are thinking of pest proofing ideas, you must also consider the different types of pests that will be seeking to visit the home and make it theirs at different times of the year.
In early spring you can be looking for rodents. Fire ants will most likely become a menace in spring and early fall. Many outdoor pests also continue being problematic throughout the summer. Finally, when fall is ending, the cold will increase demand for shelter for pests and promote their infestation.
Consider Hiring Pest Control Services
As a homeowner with a listed property, you are probably in need of money. Furthermore, you might not want to increase the expenditure on a house you are not living in now. Nonetheless, it makes sense of hiring pest control services because of long-term cost savings. Unlike your attempts to fix the problem, you might consider offloading them to another professional.
You get to pay one fee and get comprehensive services. You will also be dealing with technicians who understand pests extensively, and they will come up with lasting solutions to the menace. You save time, and you prevent yourself from having unnecessary headaches about a house that is not ready for the open day.
Use Pest Traps
A good thing with traps is they work24/7 and reduce the need for your physical presence. Lay your trap for rodents, crawling insects, bats and many other common pests in your area. Use high-quality traps and alter the designs of the traps to improve their effectiveness. You want pests to go into the trap rather than any other place in the house. Thus, make sure traps have attractive features for the target pest. Traps should have poison or trap mechanisms to ensure pests have no option for reproduction to increase numbers and become a nightmare on the property.
Remove the Attractive Features
Remove the food sources of the pest, cover the open features that let or attract the pest into the house. If you are keeping the house warm, then you might consider changing that to prevent bats and rodents from seeking to gain entry. Cover all cracks and openings that might be allowing crawling insects entry. These changes should lead to increased prevention outcomes and a pest-free house to let or for sale.