🦇 Domo on Nostr: nprofile1q…targs well, I live in the basement level apartment of a row house built ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqzdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dqftargs (nprofile…args) well, I live in the basement level apartment of a row house built in 1880 in Amsterdam, NL. My apartment sits about half underground, such that my only window in the living room, is at my eye level, which is the street level outside. You have to go down a few steps to get in, so we always deal with moisture issues. Amsterdam has swamp like conditions during the non-winter months, and it's only gotten worse as climate change has worsened. The silverfish and ants have been here from day 1 since I moved in 5 years ago. I've alerted the landlord from day one and they have sent exterminators, which have put poison everywhere and it typically results in the visible ones no longer being visible for a few months before both come back stronger than ever.

We mostly see them around the bathroom, and the vent broke about a year ago and the landlord still hasn't fixed it, so maybe that's been worsening the problem? Last year was the first year we finally broke down and bought a heat pump that can also do dehumidification, but that only works in the living room, and doesn't reach the back of the apartment where the ant problem is the worst. Next to the bathroom is also where the little laundry nook is where we have one of the combined washer dryer units where it's a single machine that has two settings for wash/dry. Maybe the whole area is just too damp? The ants and silverfish are both only really a problem during the warm months, so for the past 4 or 5 months, I have only seen a couple of very baby silverfish, and otherwise not found any ants, but just yesterday, our bathroom sink had 6 ants and I tracked them down to a little hole outside of the bathroom door.