Inverness, Bugs?

My family and I are returning to Palmetto Dunes this June. We stayed outside of PD for four nights last year and then did three nights at the Hilton (loved it!) We really want to stay the whole week in PD this year because we loved it so much but the Hilton is a bit out of our budget for a week%26#39;s stay. Have looked at lots of more reasonable condos like St. Andrews, Hickory Cove, Queens Grant, Turnbury, and Inverness. I am very concerned about roaches!! My mom and dad stayed in a high priced condo last spring outside of PD and brought home a HUGE roach in their luggage!! I saw it and it was several inches long. My teenaged girls and I are very concerned about having a clean and a bug free condo. Can anyone confirm that any of these more reasonable units are clean and exterminated well. I saw a scary posting about one unit (not any of the ones I mentioned above). The people found three roaches, took them to the management and were told ';so what, and too bad';. I do not want to pay $1200 a week for a buggy condo. Does anyone have advice or assurances?

Inverness, Bugs?

Bugs are a fact of life in a sub-tropical climate. The Palmetto Bugs (a.k.a. giant flying cockroaches) live outside, and they do get into homes. They move very quickly. They can sneak in wherever there is a crack, and whenever you go in or out. You can help to limit the problem by not leaving unscreened doors and windows open. Also, do not store paper grocery bags or cardboard boxes inside the house, since the bugs seem to hitch rides in these containers.

If you see a lot of active bugs inside the house, you should complain; however, even regular pest control cannot keep the bugs from coming inside. Pest control can only insure that the bugs die before they have time to take up residence. Finding a dead or dying bug is normal, and it is a good indicator that pest control is doing its job.

The good news is that the Palmetto Bugs are harmless, and they are in no way associated with filth - unlike their northern, city cousins.

Inverness, Bugs?

There is one thing to know about palmeto bugs that they are resistant to roach spray worse than the bugs you find around the nonclostal areas.Our sister-in-law who lived in Charleston had them and moved to uper SC where she infested two apartments in her complex and we had a bad time killing them, Orkin gave a refund back to the apartment complex because they could not get rid of them.This is why it is important to watch where you stay, bugs become resistant to spray when exposed to it a lot as in costal areas. They have to spray a lot to keep the bug problems down.

I did forget to say that we have not found it to be a big problem when we have traveled in the areas of the coast because we check out the places on trip advisor and then call the rental agency to ask questions.You will find that most places are required to keep infestations down by the health department. And in 20 years we have only had one problem with a buggy rental and that was in Myrtle Beach.

Ask your questions, do your reasearch and then go and have fun!

Our Palmetto Bugs are a fact of life here. They are however a version of beetle and not a cockroach.

Every Condo association has a contract with an exterminating company, and just about every contract stipulates 30 days. However, if a tenant refuses to admit the exterminator ( and many do). He can do nothing but skip treatment for that 30 days.

When you check in look for the exterminators schedule sheet. You can usually find it just inside a kitchen cabinet door. It will tell you the date of the last treatment. If it%26#39;s more than a month, pick up a can of Raid ';flying Bug'; spray and spray around the windows, doors and if the unit is carpeted, also where the carpet meets the wall. that will usually take care of any potential problem.

Stan (hhiguy)