A pest control technician inspecting the edge of a mattress with a torch

Bed bug control in Harat Al Bab Al Jadid Makkah

Harat Al Bab Al Jadid sits inside the second Crown Prince scheme south of the city, where new villas stand finished and occupied while neighbouring plots along Al Laith Road, between Al Shamiyah Al Jadid and Al Ghazzah Al Jadid, are still bare. With few streets fully settled yet, bed bugs here usually travel in with a household's own move in furniture rather than spreading from a long established neighbourhood.

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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 Harat Al Bab Al Jadid

Most homes we visit here still stand beside absent neighbours, so a new mattress is often unwrapped and opened for the first time straight after arriving from the family's previous house. The method is set out in full on the full Bed bug control page.

The first reason

The first villas among still empty plots

Because the first households here move in while the plots meant to be their neighbours are still open ground, bed bugs mostly arrive with the move itself, not from an infestation passed between homes standing wall to wall as in older districts.

The second reason

Al Laith Road as a furniture corridor between two schemes

The district sits on Al Laith Road between Al Shamiyah Al Jadid to the west and Al Ghazzah Al Jadid to the east, so removal trucks and second hand furniture pass through on their way between the two schemes before settling into a house that is not yet finished, rather than coming from an established local market.

The third reason

New mosques, scattered residents

With so few residents settled around Al Sajideen Mosque and Security Course 44 Mosque amid the open plots, there is little shared wall or communal space for bed bugs to travel through, so the check here concentrates on whatever each new household carries in on the day it moves.

Harat Al Bab Al Jadid on the map

Harat Al Bab Al Jadid sits about 3 km from Al Shubaikah Al Jadid and about 3.5 km from Al Ghazzah Al Jadid.

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Before treatment

The places that decide the treatment

The district sits at the south western Haram boundary marker on Al Laith Road, where travellers' and workers' vehicles pause near granted plots before villas are finished.

The stitched piping along the edge of a mattress

The mattress seam

In the district's new villas the mattress often arrives straight from a previous house, so its seam is checked as soon as it is unwrapped, before it reaches the room.

A wooden bed frame and its slats seen from below

Frame joints and screw holes

Most bedroom furniture here is freshly assembled, so its joints and screw holes are checked before first use rather than after a problem appears.

An upholstered headboard fixed to a bedroom wall

The headboard and the wall behind it

Many walls are newly plastered and sit close to active building sites next door, so the space behind the headboard is checked where construction dust settles.

What the bedding shows

On the pale, recently moved furniture, signs of bed bugs show up early and clearly, especially in the first weeks after a family settles in.

A fabric sofa and the seam of its cushion

Sofas and armchairs

Sofas that arrive along Al Laith Road from showrooms outside the district are checked before they enter the new majlis.

An open suitcase on a luggage rack in a room

Luggage and second hand furniture

Bags belonging to travellers who pause near the Haram boundary marker, and second hand furniture bought from Al Shamiyah Al Jadid, are both checked before they come into the house.

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 live in a site caravan on our granted plot while the villa is built, does our bedding need checking?

Yes, bedding moved from a previous house into the caravan can carry bed bugs with it, so it should be checked before it is later moved again into a room in the finished villa.

We rent a room to a trainee from the nearby security course, does it need checking after he leaves?

A short stay by one trainee is enough to move bed bugs into the bedding and furniture, so the whole room is checked once he leaves and before it is used again.

We buy majlis furniture from trucks parked along Al Laith Road, does it need checking first?

Furniture bought straight from the road, without passing through a fixed showroom, can carry insects from several different sources, so it is checked before it goes into the majlis.

Our house is nearest to Al Sajideen Mosque, does our sofa need checking after worshippers rest?

Yes, several worshippers who have walked some distance resting on the same sofa after every prayer adds up, and that calls for checking it from time to time.

We keep spare bedding for travellers who pause near the Haram boundary marker, does it need regular checking?

Bedding kept for a constantly changing set of guests is one of the things that most needs following up, because each new visitor could leave bed bugs behind without anyone noticing.

We buy second hand furniture from Al Shamiyah Al Jadid, does it need checking?

Yes. Our district has no furniture shops of its own yet, and furniture arriving from an older, more populated area carries a higher chance of infestation than something new, so each piece is checked before it comes into the house.

How much does bed bug control in Harat Al Bab 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 Harat Al Bab Al Jadid.