Management sprayed once for roaches and called it handled, what actually worked for you?

Housing & Rent
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Management sprayed once for roaches and called it handled. I still see them at night around the sink, and I am not moving, I am trying to get this unit livable. What actually worked for you. Traps, a second treatment, a written complaint, something else.

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I baited the kitchen, sealed the gap under the sink, and the nightly parade stopped in about a week. Spray alone never did it for me.

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Gel bait stations behind the stove, not another fogger. The spray show is for their file. The bait is what the roaches actually eat there.

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From the owner side, one spray is not a treatment plan. Put it in writing, dates, where you are seeing them, and ask for a licensed follow up, not a hallway spray. Keep photos. A manager will call it handled after one visit because that is the cheapest box to check. A paper trail makes it a maintenance item they have to finish. Ask for a date, not a promise.

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I looked at our lease when we had the same thing. If the building is supposed to do pest control, one visit does not close it. Email the manager, attach a photo, and ask for the next scheduled treatment in writing. We got a second visit once it was on email instead of a text.

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Let me be honest. Management will drag this. I bought bait stations at Target, ran them along the sink line, and it was better that week. I still sent the email so they could not say I never reported it.

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If they stall after the second written request, LA Housing is 866-557-7368. Roaches in the unit is a habitability issue, not a personality clash with the neighbor. An inspector looking at the kitchen gets a deadline on the landlord. One spray in the hallway does not survive that conversation.

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I agree. Gel bait worked way better for me than spraying. I put tiny dots behind the fridge, under the sink and around the cabinets. Took maybe 10 days, but the difference was huge.

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I had that once and filed a report. The building manager called a company from the Valley (Earth First, I believe). They fixed the problem. I never had issues afterward.

I would keep reporting it to management until they handled it.

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This! Don't let them play you. You are the one with the law on your side.