Rest houses and farms in Al Mansour, 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 Mansour

Cockroaches live year round in the walls of old buildings and are not affected by surface treatments because the walls themselves are colonies. The method is set out in full on our Rest houses and farms service.

The first reason

Dense markets ship pests to rest houses daily

Food shops and popular markets on Prince Mansour Street leave daily waste, and rodents and cockroaches arrive easily at the scraps. Rest houses nearby lie on the daily migration path. We focus on external barriers, entry points and cutting paths from the markets.

The second reason

Old construction and worn footings house pests

Ageing blocks above shops have worn foundations, large voids and cracks. Cockroaches live in these cavities year round. Outside treatment alone cannot reach them. We treat inside walls, cracks and internal cavities.

The third reason

Residential and commercial mix makes pests permanent

Al Mansour is dense with homes and shops intertwined, and pests do not leave because food, water and shelter sit in every corner. The programme must be continuous and strong, not seasonal.

Al Mansour on the map

Al Mansour sits about 1.5 km from Al Hajlah and about 2 km from Ajyad.

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Before treatment

The site decides the shape of the programme

An old district along Prince Mansour Street with dense shops and popular markets, ageing apartment buildings above the shops, mid century construction with worn foundations.

A concrete boundary wall with open sandy ground behind it

The foot of the wall

The wall in Al Mansour separates the rest house from a crowded street, and the treatment band must be strong and run deep below soil to seal cavities in old foundations shared with the shop below.

Dry palm fronds and building blocks piled on the ground

Frond and block piles

Material heaps around the rest house are damp from humid air and surrounding markets and hide cockroaches and spiders. We lift and move all heaps and dry the ground.

An irrigation channel holding still water beside cultivated ground

Standing water

Standing water comes from rain, drainage and irrigation, and every low corner in the dense district pools water. Every pool needs assessment and drainage.

The feed store

The store, if present, may hold tools or grain, and pests seek it. We inspect the store, gaps around it, doors, windows and cracks.

An empty pen with straw on the floor and a metal rail

Pens and bedding

Small pens, if present, need strong protection because pests from the dense neighbourhood around will find them. Bedding must be fresh, doors tight and footings treated.

A closed metal exterior door with the gap beneath it visible

The building that stays shut

Closed rooms in old construction may shelter cockroaches and rodents. We treat cracks, cavities and footings around each sealed room inside and outside.

How we work

1
Walk the site and number the points

We walk the boundary, the feed store, the pens, the water sources and the buildings, record the species present, the burrows, the entry points and every standing water source, and number the monitoring positions on a plan.
2
Lift what things hide under

The piles, the rubble, the fallen dates, the feed sacks pushed up against the wall. On any large plot these gather simply because there is room for them, and clearing them brings the numbers down before a single product is used.
3
The perimeter band and targeted treatment

A band at the foot of the wall and the buildings, treatment into the burrows and cracks, locked rodent stations fixed along the route, and mosquito breeding sites treated in the water itself.
4
Scheduled visits and a sheet each time

We come back on an agreed schedule, read the same points, renew the band the sun and the irrigation have used up, and write down what was found, what was applied and where, and what the site needs closed.

What the rest house and farm programme includes

A site walk and a map of the points

The boundary, the buildings, the pens and the water sources, and a plan with the monitoring positions numbered before anything is installed.
Water sources treated at the source

Drinking troughs, drip lines, tank outlets and anything that stands for days, because mosquitoes come out of water and not out of the air.
A treated band at the perimeter

The foot of the wall, the building bases and the path edges, which is the line anything coming off the open ground has to cross.
Locked rodent stations

Fixed and numbered along one route, and closed so that neither a child's hand nor an animal on the site can get into them.
What the site does afterwards

What to cover, where to move animal water bowls, when irrigation can start again without washing the band off, and the ventilation time, which we give you on the call because it changes with the product and the space.
Scheduled visits and a record

A schedule agreed ahead of the seasons, the same points read every time, and a record of what was found, what was treated and what is still open.

The character of Al Mansour

Commercial area: offices, showrooms and small stores

Commercial areas mean food, water and scraps are constantly present throughout the district. Pests do not leave and live in the old construction around the rest house year round. Treatment must focus on building interiors, walls and cavities more than exterior boundaries.

Questions about this district

Ground floor shops leave food scraps. How do we protect ourselves?

Waste from the shops below attracts pests. We focus on walls, barriers, entry points and gaps around shared footings. Treatment targets environmental control, not just surface spray.

Neighbours above us. Do pests come down from them?

Pests travel through sewage pipes and gaps between storeys. We focus on treating cavities around pipes and entry points from upper floors. Protecting your boundary cuts most paths.

Old walls are damp and cockroaches live in them?

Damp old walls are permanent cockroach colonies. We treat cracks and cavities inside and outside together with mineral dust and liquid that penetrates damp.

Shared drainage with the shop below. How do we protect it?

Shared drainage becomes a pest highway. We inspect it and seal cracks or openings around your rest house, focusing on the barrier at the contact point.

The wide street has constant traffic. Does it matter?

Traffic and commerce draw pests but treatment focuses on boundaries and entry points. The street itself is not our concern, but protecting the rest house from it is everything.

In an old dense district, how often does treatment repeat?

Dense old districts need fortnightly treatment at minimum and the programme must be continuous rather than seasonal.

How much does rest houses and farms in Al Mansour 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 Mansour.