Why your real estate/strata company benefits from a pest-management plan?

Key takeaways

An important aspect of your role as a manager of a real estate company is to maintain the reputation of the brand so that you can attract more potential clients to the property. One major risk to the reputation of any property is the damage caused by pest infestation. Many strata company owners ignore pest control and the cost that they incur at the end is devastating. The damage that pests, especially the hidden or subterranean ones can cause is expensive to repair and is not covered in insurance.

Most common consequences of a pest infestation:

Rats, insects, termites and other pests cause great damage to real estate each year and the property owners incur unnecessary cost. The most common consequences of a pest infestation are:

Cost of repairing the damage done

Unwanted vacancies in the property which need the rent to be lowered to compensate

High-risk areas in your building:

Pests get attracted to places where they have an easy access to food, water and shelter. This means the pests can sneak into a multiples places in your building and cause damage. To be able to apply the right pest control measure you will need a professional service provider.

In the exteriors, holes in the roof, cracks in the foundation and leakages in pipes or air conditioning units become the breeding ground. A pest inspection maps all of these before any treatment is planned. In interiors, kitchen, laundry area and bathroom areas with moisture, cracks in the wall, cavities in floor become the most commonly infested area.