We are committed to providing safe and healthy living spaces. While bed bug infestations are a concern, we take measures to prevent, identify, and eradicate them. We encourage all tenants to be vigilant when traveling, laundering clothes, and bringing furniture into the buildings. If you suspect pests in your suite contact us right away through our 24/7 Client Services team at 1-866-736-8515.
Broadstreet Properties will, from time to time, perform walk-through inspections of suites to ensure that there is no infestation of bed bugs. If an area becomes a concern, we will conduct appropriate remediation measures through professionals.
How To Identify Bed Bugs: Bed bugs are oval, flat, reddish-brown insects about 5mm in size. Before feeding, bed bugs are flat; after eating, they become engorged with blood and turn a darker reddish colour. Bed bug eggs are small and white in colour. It takes about ten days for an egg to hatch. Bed bugs are nocturnal, hiding in the daytime and travelling from 5 to 20 feet at night to feed. Bed bugs feed primarily on human blood and can go weeks even months, without feeding.
Common Signs of Bed Bug Infestation: Usually, people discover they have a bed bug infestation because they notice small, itchy welts on their skin resembling mosquito or spider bites. But as they continue to occur, people begin to investigate and usually find the other signs of a bed bug infestation which can include dark reddish-brown spots (bed bug fecal matter) on bed linens, mattress seams, other furniture, and areas within close proximity to where people sleep, rest, or sit. Other common places where bed bugs hide are headboards, bed frames, under box springs, behind baseboards, behind window and door casings, behind wall hangings, in telephones or other electronic devices, between curtain folds, in drawers and drawer rails, behind and underneath furniture, behind electrical covers, under and around floor clutter,
and in any small crack or crevice in the wall or floor.
How Infestations Happen: Bed bugs are great “hitchhikers” and can be transported from an infested area to a non-infested area by clinging onto someone’s clothing or they can crawl into luggage, furniture or bedding that is then brought into the home. Bed bugs can be picked up while spending time in a home that is infested with bed bugs, or while traveling and staying in a hotel/motel room infested with bugs. Anyone can get bed bugs. An infestation has nothing to do with how clean and tidy a person keeps their home. A bed bug infestation is not something to be ashamed of or feel embarrassed about.
If you are dealing with a bed bug infestation, it is important to let a member of Broadstreet Properties know, along with anyone who has visited your home or will visit your home, so that they can take the necessary steps to prevent taking bed bugs home with them.
How to Prevent an Infestation: While there is no way to completely prevent a bed bug infestation, there are steps that you can take to avoid an infestation or help to detect one sooner, for example:
