Cockroaches do well in Altona because of the humidity off the bay. German cockroaches live inside, breeding behind the fridge, inside the dishwasher door, in the microwave hinge and along the kickboards, and they travel between units and townhouses through shared walls and plumbing. The big Australian and American cockroaches live in the subfloor, the drains and the garden and come inside when it is hot or wet.
Inside we place gel bait where the roaches actually hide, which they eat and carry back to the harbourage, and we treat the voids and hinges where the egg cases sit so the job does not repeat in six weeks. No spraying the benchtops, no clearing the cupboards. For the outdoor species we treat the subfloor, drains, garden edges and the base of the house. In a unit block we tell you whether the neighbours need treating too, because one unit on its own does not stay clear in a cockroach-heavy block.