A pest control technician checking an air-conditioner pipe opening in an outside wall

Gecko control in Al Nuzhah Makkah

Al Nuzhah is a mixed district where apartment blocks stand shoulder to shoulder, flats stack above each other, and ground-floor shops open directly onto the street. Geckos climb from the shop below into the flat above it, and from one flat to a neighbour's. Treatment needs a plan that reaches the gaps between floors and cuts off the insect supply from the street before it enters the building.

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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 Al Nuzhah

Geckos enter flats through shared air-conditioner sleeves and pipe openings between floors, and a single treatment will not stop them if the shop below remains untreated. The method is set out in full on the full Gecko control page.

The first reason

Shared openings between shop and flat above

In Al Nuzhah, air-conditioner sleeves and pipes cut through the wall between the shop and the flat above it. Geckos bore straight through from the shop into the living space with ease. Treatment seals the opening itself and drives them out of the shop first.

The second reason

Shop lighting draws insects all night

Shops stay lit well past midnight, and their refrigeration and heating equipment raise the internal temperature. Small insects gather at windows and doors. Geckos arrive to hunt them, then climb the external wall straight up to the residential flats above.

The third reason

Shared stairs and corridors provide safe routes

Common passages and shared staircases lit by weak bulbs offer geckos secure paths between units. Walls go untreated and paint cracks provide both shelter and entry to neighbouring homes.

Landmarks of Al Nuzhah

In Al Nuzhah, treatment begins at Umm Al Qura Road where the shops and their external lighting attract insects in bulk, then follows the circuit up into the residential flats and across to the Third Ring Road on the opposite edge, where the problem multiplies.

Old Makkah Road
Umm Al Qura Road
Third Ring Road
Al Hijaz Mall
An Nuzhah Park
Al Hawas Mosque

Before treatment

The food, the opening and the crevice decide the method

Close-packed apartment buildings with many street-level shops provide geckos numerous entry points and abundant insects gathering around the external lighting of shops and residential units.

A small house gecko resting on a pale wall

The house gecko

The house gecko in Al Nuzhah arrives in numbers because insects gather around the external lighting of shops and residential units, so treatment starts from the street and the shop itself.

Outdoor lighting

Twenty-four-hour lighting in ground-floor shops draws small insects, and this pull brings geckos up from the surrounding buildings and into the residential flats above.

An insect screen on a window, seen close up

Window mesh

Window mesh and screens are weak in Al Nuzhah because gaps between floors never get sealed, and a gecko slips through tiny breaks in worn mesh as if it were not there.

Air-conditioner pipes passing through an outside wall

The air-conditioner sleeve

The shared air-conditioner sleeve between shop and flat is the main entry point, and the pipework below it supplies extra gecko pathways into the living space.

An electrical distribution board mounted on a wall

Meter boxes and electrical panels

Electrical panels in the shop and flat often sit back-to-back, and geckos use the gaps around wires and pipes as safe entry routes into the home.

A garden wall with watered planting beside it

The garden and the irrigation

The small gardens in Al Nuzhah receive regular watering, but insects gather far more around shop lighting and trade waste than they do around planted areas.

How we work

1
Inspect at night and find the source

We come at the hour it is actually moving, and establish which wall face it is living on, which lights are gathering its food, the entry points and the crevices it wedges into by day.
2
Treat the food source

We treat the flying and crawling insects on the wall faces, around the perimeter and around the lighting. Once the food goes, the wall stops being worth staying on.
3
Close the openings and clear the crevices

We seal the air-conditioner sleeve, screen the vents and drain outlets, deal with the underside of doors, and place a repellent in the crevices and behind panels so they move out before anything is closed.
4
The follow-up visit

We come back once the glued eggs have hatched, check the seals held, and re-treat any wall face where activity has returned.

What gecko control includes

A recorded night inspection

Wall faces, lighting, entry points and egg sites, all established before anything is applied.
Treating the insects on the walls

Targeted treatment around lighting, windows and the building perimeter, because the food is what keeps it there.
Placed repellent in the crevices

Behind panels, in wall joints and at the ceiling-void entries, where it sits out the day.
Screening vents and drain openings

Shafts, vents and the condensate outlet, which are entry points nobody looks at.
Aftercare instructions

Ventilation, what to cover, and the change to the outside lighting that stops the insects gathering again.
A scheduled follow-up

A set date after the first treatment, a check on the seals and re-treatment of anything still active.

What is different about Al Utaybiyah Sub-Municipality

Al Utaybiyah sub municipality covers the old districts north of the Grand Mosque: the hillside quarters of Al Hajun, Al Utaybiyah and Al Bayban, Al Zahir and Al Shuhada at the northern entrance, and the newer Al Zahra, Al Diyafah and An Nuzhah westward. Its building stock is among the oldest in Makkah, stone houses on the hills, packed apartment blocks and sewers decades old, threaded with crowded markets like the Utaybiyah souq and furnished flats that fill in the pilgrim seasons. Wadi Al Zahir and Wadi Al Tanim carry storm water through it, and industrial workshops line Hajj Street.

Questions about this district

What if we treat the flat but not the shop below?

Geckos return easily from the ground-floor shop into the flat through the same opening. The shop must be treated first, or both must be treated together, or the problem simply returns.

Are upper storeys less exposed than the first-floor flat?

The first and second floors face equal risk, because geckos climb both the external façade and the internal stairwell. The difference is that the first floor catches geckos moving straight out of the shop.

Will treating our neighbour's flat stop geckos entering ours?

In a close-packed district like Al Nuzhah, geckos move between units through walls and shared passages. Treating the neighbour helps but treating both flats together solves the problem faster.

Does watering and a garden space below cause more geckos?

A nearby garden supplies water and insects, but in Al Nuzhah the street-level shop is the main source. Open food and unsealed cooking areas attract insects and geckos far more than any garden plot.

How many visits does the flat need when the shop is also treated?

Treating both together stops entry from the shop, then a second visit after one week clears the glued eggs. After that, maintenance means sealing new gaps and cracks that form.

Do fresh cracks in walls open new routes for geckos to enter?

Yes, fresh paint cracks easily in the heat and cold. Even hairline cracks are wide enough for a gecko to slip through. Sealing larger openings and treating visible cracks is part of the plan.

How much does gecko control in Al Nuzhah 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 Nuzhah.