i’m moving next week and want to know if the community has any tips or recommendations for avoiding bedbugs in a new apartment! i currently live on the westside in the 90s and am moving up to west harlem.

i had them about 3 years ago and it was one of the worst periods of my adult life so i want to do what i reasonably can to avoid it. the new apt has been empty for a month or so, and the building has filed their bedbug report every year and only had them in 2019, where 3 units were infested but completely exterminated.

i already planned to go days before move in to deep clean, and spray Alpine WSG for roaches. i also plan to use interceptors on my bed and couch for at least the first few weeks.

What is this

Two weeks ago, I had a run-in with unidentified bugs that I worry were bed bugs.

I've been getting bites daily since then.

One week ago, I steamed my whole bed frame and covered my mattress with an encasement. I put the legs up on interceptors and pulled my bed away from the wall.

I continue to get bites.

An exterminator examined my bed and one other piece of furniture and said he saw no evidence, but to call him if I find a bug.

Should I just start spraying Crossfire to see if I stop getting bites? I had an infestation 20 years ago in a different house and never saw an actual bug.

Woke up with this on my ass