Bed bug control in Al Hajlah Al Jadid, Makkah

Targeted, not broadcast

Product goes into cracks and runways, never sprayed across open surfaces.
Told before we start

What we will use, where it goes, and what to cover or move before we arrive.
A follow-up visit

We return after the first treatment, because what survives it does not show on the day.
Homes and businesses

Apartments and villas, and kitchens and stores that need a record of each visit.

Why they keep coming back in Al Hajlah Al Jadid

We have noticed that the units nearest the neighbourhood pitches take in extra bedding during youth tournament weekends, more than the units set further back from the sports ground. The method is set out in full on the full Bed bug control page.

The first reason

Hotel style units with no fixed residents

The scheme's hotel style units take in a different guest most weeks, so a single inspection at handover is not enough. Each change of guest needs its own check of the seams before bed bugs travel from one bag to the next.

The second reason

The wadi's course keeps ground floors damp

Wadi Uranah crosses the lower part of the scheme, and the ground floor units nearest it hold dampness after every rain. That slows how quickly wood and mattresses dry out, and lets bed bugs stay inside the seam longer than they would in a drier unit further up the slope.

The third reason

New furniture passes through temporary stores

Between the vacant plots and the scattered buildings, new furniture for the units and villas is often held in temporary stores near the building work before it is delivered. That means a piece needs checking on arrival, not only once someone complains.

The character of Al Hajlah Al Jadid

New development: ongoing construction and vacant plots between the homes

In practice, furniture moves straight from a building site store into a finished unit here, so it gets checked on the way in rather than after the first bite marks appear.

Before treatment

The places that decide the treatment

New hotel style units sit between bare granted plots and open building sites, so furniture and fittings often arrive at the flats straight from temporary storage near the construction work rather than from a shop.

The stitched piping along the edge of a mattress

The mattress seam

In the hotel style units, the mattress seam is the first line of defence each time a new guest takes the room.

A wooden bed frame and its slats seen from below

Frame joints and screw holes

Furniture assembled fresh for the villas and units in the scheme hides its condition inside the joints and screw holes, not on the visible surface.

An upholstered headboard fixed to a bedroom wall

The headboard and the wall behind it

Behind the headboard in units close to the wadi's course, dampness collects, which makes that check more exacting than elsewhere in the scheme.

What the bedding shows

With linen changed weekly in the hotel style units, the marks bed bugs leave can be washed away before anyone notices them.

A fabric sofa and the seam of its cushion

Sofas and armchairs

The reception sofas in the hotel style units seat a different guest almost every day before that guest ever reaches the bedroom.

An open suitcase on a luggage rack in a room

Luggage and second hand furniture

Both the bags of crews working on the Ibrahim Al Khalil extension and furniture held in temporary storage deserve a look before either enters a home.

How we work

1
Inspect and map the spread

We strip the bed and work through the mattress and base seams, the frame joints, the headboard and the skirting, then check the upholstered furniture and the neighbouring rooms to see how far it has gone.
2
Laundry, heat and steam

Bedding is bagged and sealed inside the room, then washed and dried hot. Steam runs along the seams and edges, because heat reaches the cemented eggs that a liquid never will.
3
Targeted, non-repellent application

A non-repellent product goes onto the harbourage itself, with a dust into voids and screw holes. We do not use a repellent aerosol, because it drives the insect deeper into the wall and into the next room.
4
Monitoring and the follow-up visit

A sealed encasement goes onto the mattress and the base, with monitors under the bed legs, then we return once the remaining eggs have hatched and re-treat anything still active.

What bed bug control includes

A recorded inspection

Mattress and base seams, frame joints, the headboard, the skirting and every upholstered piece in the room.
Steam and targeted application

Steam along the seams and edges, and a non-repellent product on the harbourage itself, not on the surfaces you sleep on.
Voids and pipe entries

Behind the skirting, around pipe entries and under socket plates, which is the route from one unit to the next.
Monitors under the bed legs

Checked at every visit, they show remaining activity before the bites do.
Laundry, encasement and aftercare

The hot wash and dryer routine, a sealed encasement on the mattress and base, and what must not be carried out of the room.
A follow-up timed to the hatch

A date set on the hatch, and re-treatment of anything still active.

What is different about South Makkah Sub-Municipality

South Makkah sub municipality is the belt of Crown Prince schemes south of Al Ukayshiyah, along the Al Laith road and the extension of Ibrahim Al Khalil Road to the Fifth Ring Road and the Non Muslims bypass. Most of it is still bare: granted plots awaiting houses, new villas standing alone, open building sites and unfinished paving and drainage. Wadi Uranah and its tributaries cross the low ground and hold water after rain, hills close it in, and rodents, reptiles and scorpions shelter in stacked materials and foundation pits before the neighbourhoods fill up.

Questions about this district

We let a furnished hotel style unit to a different guest almost every week, does it need checking between guests?

Yes. A quick check of the bed and soft furnishings between each guest is worth doing, because bed bugs travel in luggage and can settle in before any mark shows on the walls or the furniture itself.

Neighbourhood youths camp overnight on our local pitch during tournament weeks, does their bedding need checking afterwards?

Bedding used for a temporary sports camp is worth checking after each tournament, since a number of young people sleep on it for consecutive nights before it goes back into storage.

We had to move temporarily to another unit in the building after the wadi rose, does that bedding need checking?

Yes. Any bed the family moves to, even for a short stay, needs its own check, because the new unit may have been used before, or furniture may have been stored in it that was never inspected.

Crews on the Ibrahim Al Khalil extension rent nearby hotel style units overnight, does that need regular checking?

Yes, units that take in project crews are worth checking on a regular basis, because their guests change faster than in a permanently occupied home, and work bags go in and out every day.

We store our new hotel unit's mattresses in an unfinished building before opening, do they need checking first?

Yes. A mattress left for a while in an unfinished building picks up dust and sometimes insects from nearby building materials, so it is worth checking before it goes into the finished unit rather than after a complaint.

Our building lift carries building materials as well as furniture for newly furnished flats, does that raise the risk?

A lift shared with building crews does not usually carry bed bugs on its own, but it does expose new furniture to dust and knocks, which is reason enough to check a piece before it is set up in the room.

How much does bed bug control in Al Hajlah Al Jadid cost?

It is set after the inspection, because the price follows the type of infestation, the size of the space, how far it has spread and the number of visits it needs. Send a photo and a description on WhatsApp and we will give you an estimate before we reach Al Hajlah Al Jadid.