Cockroaches need three things to establish a colony: food, water, and warmth. Savoy's housing stock gives them exactly that. Older wood-frame homes dominate this hill country, many with basements given the region's colder winters. Combined with Savoy's climate — a humid climate with real seasonal swings, colder in winter than the Boston metro and coastal areas. — indoor cockroach pressure rarely lets up on its own.
Treatment starts with locating the harborage points — the tight, warm, food-adjacent spaces roaches actually live in — and applying gel bait directly there rather than spraying open floor space. This targets the colony at its source and avoids the resistance issues that plague over-the-counter sprays. We follow up to verify the population has collapsed, not just scattered.