A pest control technician checking stockroom racking before opening

Retail and malls in Kudai Makkah

Kudai is an old district south east of the Grand Mosque chosen for its vast coach and car parks that keep seasonal traffic out of the central zone. Building density is low and land is open, but giant hotel towers have risen on Ajyad Street, alongside the Zamzam water bottling plant, fuel stations and support services. The sandy slopes of Jabal Khandamah mean low moisture but friable ground, the huge parks provide shelter for rodents, and an ancient flood channel descends from the hill. Pressure from external sources is constant and very high.

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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 Kudai

The Kudai hotel towers are massive and seasonal occupancy reaches thousands daily, with enormous car parks holding hundreds of vehicles every day. The method is set out in full on our Retail and malls service.

The first reason

Massive hotel towers and enormous seasonal occupancy

Kudai towers are relatively modern five star hotels but seasonal occupancy is enormous: thousands of visitors and pilgrims arrive and leave daily. Restaurants, cafes and services provide food, and insects and rodents use the towers as permanent shelter.

The second reason

Vast parking areas with hundreds of vehicles daily and food waste

Kudai's vast parks hold hundreds of cars and coaches daily, and passenger waste and dropped food provide food for insects and rodents. Park floors are friable with deep gaps, and rodents tunnel beneath them.

The third reason

Jabal Khandamah slopes, sandy friable ground and an ancient flood channel

An ancient flood channel descends from Jabal Khandamah toward Kudai, and the sandy friable ground provides shelter for insects and rodents. Water in wet season flows downhill from the hill and collects in hollows.

Landmarks of Kudai

Work in Kudai is organised by where the hotel sits relative to Kudai car parks and service stations. Access is from Ajyad Street or Ibrahim Al Khalil Street, and the massive hotel connects to the parks through the Kudai Ajyad tunnel. Visit scheduling accounts for seasonal traffic peaks and troughs.

Kudai Car Parks
Zamzam Water Project
Kudai Towers
Kudai Ajyad Tunnel
Jabal Khandamah

Before treatment

What decides the treatment in a shop

An old commercial district south east of the Grand Mosque with massive coach parks, giant hotel towers and service facilities on the slopes of Jabal Khandamah.

Cardboard in the stockroom

Supplies and provisions for a massive hotel arrive in huge quantities, and large storage rooms may lack adequate ventilation.

A shop entrance with sliding glass doors

The frontage and the sliding door

The hotel's main entrance is vast and automatic door gaps vary with traffic flow.

What the shop sells

The massive hotel contains restaurants, cafes, small shops, storage areas, each a potential source.

The shared back corridor

Internal corridors are numerous and facilities are spread: bathrooms, change rooms, kitchens.

Suspended ceiling tiles with a cable tray above

The ceiling void and the services

Suspended ceilings in restaurants and bathrooms may be old with many services running through.

Flattened cardboard collected in a waste area

Waste and board behind the shop

Waste from restaurants and kitchens accumulates rapidly and needs daily cleaning.

How we work

1
An out-of-hours walk

We walk the floor, the stockroom, the fitting area, the back corridor and the waste route, and record what the shop sells, the delivery cycle and the boundary points with the neighbouring units before anything is applied.
2
Treat the stockroom and the goods route

Placed bait into racking uprights, junctions and cracks, dust into the dry voids, and nothing on merchandise or display faces.
3
Close the boundary of the unit

A sweep under the stockroom door, mesh on the vents and sealing at the service penetrations on the party wall, because exclusion does more to stop a return than repeating the spray.
4
Numbered points and a report each visit

Fixed positions on one route, read every visit and logged even when the reading is nil, with a report of what was found, what was treated and what the building needs closed, plus a copy for centre management when they ask for it.

What retail pest control includes

An out-of-hours inspection

A walk covering the floor, the stockroom, the back corridor and the delivery route, ending with the pest list this particular shop actually carries.
Bait and points on the goods route

In the stockroom, behind racking and along the goods-in route, out of any customer's reach and away from anything on sale.
Targeted crack and crevice work

On junctions, racking feet and the unit perimeter, never on stock, display surfaces or the open sales floor.
Drains and the waste area

The floor gullies in the back corridor, the ground around the containers and where the board is collected, because that is the source that renews daily.
Getting the shop back to trading

What gets covered before we start, what is wiped afterwards, and the ventilation time we set with you on the call, because it changes with the product and the space.
A follow-up visit and a written record

A set date after the first treatment, and a record carrying the date of each visit, the readings, and what was applied and where.

What is different about Al Misfalah Sub-Municipality

Al Misfalah sub municipality runs downhill from the south of the Grand Mosque through Al Misfalah, Kudai and Al Rawabi to Al Taqwa, Al Hindawiyah, Al Khalidiyah and Al Rusayfah at the third ring road. The northern end is old apartment blocks and pilgrim hotels with restaurants along Ibrahim Al Khalil Street and the huge coach parks at Kudai. The south and west are dense popular districts with countless small shops and unplanned hillside housing, some of it already cleared for redevelopment, giving way to orderly land grant schemes in Al Rusayfah beside the railway station.

Questions about this district

The vast parks hold hundreds of vehicles daily and rodents burrow beneath them. What can we do?

The parks are managed by the authority. We focus on the hotel and its boundaries: floors, basement, storage and corridors. We seal rodent entry points from the parks to the hotel.

The hotel is enormous with thousands of rooms and guests change daily. Can we control insects?

Yes, but it needs a focused strategy. We focus on corridors, bathrooms, restaurants and storage. Individual rooms are inspected only if complaints come in.

The Zamzam water bottling plant is beside us. Does it bring insects?

The plant may be a source but its size usually means reasonable control. Insects may spread but rarely in large numbers.

Coaches arrive from very distant places. Do insects in them enter the parks and hotel?

Yes. Coaches from different regions may carry insects. A coach parked all season provides shelter. We seal entry points from the parks to the hotel.

The hotel is relatively new but insects are present. Is the problem from outside?

Yes. Location near the parks, the plant and the hill means constant external pressure. The modern hotel may be well sealed, but entry points are numerous: main entrance, restaurants, storage areas.

During rainy season water flows down the hill. Does that cause infestation?

Descending water provides moisture for insects and rodents. We focus on drainage around the hotel and parks.

How much does retail and malls in Kudai 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 Kudai.