It's not bad luck — it's your zip code. Bellingham sits in a humid continental climate moderated somewhat by the coast, with cold, snowy winters and warm, humid summers. This is one of the older housing markets in the country, with newer suburban growth continuing on the metro's edges. That's exactly what carpenter ants, Norway rats, house mice, bed bugs, German cockroaches, and subterranean termites need to get inside. Waiting won't fix it. It just gives them more time to spread.
A one-size-fits-all spray doesn't cut it here. A blend of dense urban multi-family buildings and single-family suburban homes, nearly all with basements given the cold winters. So before we write a treatment plan, we inspect first. Water, tree cover, open land, building age — it all factors in. You get a real diagnosis, not a guess.