Comments on: Langdon Mill Apartments: now 85% bed bug-free

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:23:51 +0000

Hi Langdon Mill,
We’ll send an email.

By: Langdon Mill Campaign

Langdon Mill Campaign — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:26:28 +0000

Greetings from Manchester, NH! We are now gathering city officials, community leaders and others to look at what kinds of city ordinances or policy changes we can recommend which will help reduce and address bed bug infestations in the city. We have just gotten a copy of a bill in New Jersey that relates to these issues. Are there other city ordinances or policy recommendations that others are aware of that we can use as models for our planning in Manchester? We will be very grateful for whatever you can send us!
Mfogarty@afsc.org

By: Bed bugs in apartment complexes: bed bug “lotharios” and “Nintento Trojan horses”

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:04:01 +0000

[...] Bed bugs are difficult to treat, even for the most well-meaning and attentive building managers. I applaud Mark Sheperdigian for outlining some of the angles which are commonly missed, and I know you’ll want to read the rest of the article here: Bed Bugs in the Apartment Department at Pest Management Professional. [...]

By: Elia Levin

Elia Levin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:00:19 +0000

Depending on the size of unit, how much we are expected to help with preparing the units, the amount of furniture and other thermal mass, as well as many other factors are considered in our pricing. I would think that approximately $20,000, give or take would be a fair ballpark figure.

Since we service well over 1000 apartment communities, we try to keep our prices on the lower end since we know how difficult this issue is for multi-unit building owners.

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:08:26 +0000

Hi Elia,

Thanks for your message.

Thermal would have been preferable on many levels. However, I suspect the cost may be prohibitive to the groups involved.

The washing and drying and replacement of items cost NH Bed Bugs $20K (with an additional $20K donation of items from Walmart).

The landlord claims to have spent $30K “exterminating the building” but that appears to be since 2005! I expect the costs in 2009 were much lower.

I would be very interested to hear a ballpark estimate of how much thermal treatment of a 20-unit building might have cost in New Hampshire (or anywhere). If it is comparable to the costs spent here, then this would be good for NH Bed Bugs and other groups to hear before they attempt this again.

By: Elia Levin

Elia Levin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:04:43 +0000

The majority of prep time and the need to throw away all furniture, etc could have been avoided by simply treating with the Thermapureheat process.