It's not bad luck — it's your zip code. Saluda sits in a coastal-influenced climate with real hurricane season exposure and generally milder winters than inland Virginia. Older, established communities sit alongside newer development drawn by the region's military and shipping industries. That's exactly what carpenter ants, mosquitoes, German cockroaches, fire ants, ticks, 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 mix of historic colonial-era homes along the James River and newer suburban and coastal development, many on crawl spaces given the high water table. 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.