Trash chutes and compactor rooms: the pest harborage nobody owns

Unit pest treatments fail when the building keeps a permanent food-and-shelter station running downstairs. Trash chute doors that do not close, a compactor room hosed monthly instead of weekly, spilled bags left over a weekend — inspectors read pest evidence in common areas as a building condition, not a tenant problem, and they are usually right. Put the chute and compactor room on the common-area walk with a close-and-latch test on every chute door, and give the room a named owner the way units have owners. Pest vendors: what building condition most often defeats your unit treatments? — Admin