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Originally Posted by Go-Bucks!
1) I keep reading that many people have "pest control" services. I know about the termite service, so what pests is this service trying to prevent/treat? If I wouldn't choose to get this service, what bugs can I expect to get overrun with?? How much does the service cost?
2) I've read that "TV is a community with gates, but is not a gated community." I'm not sure what this means - I was recently in TV and visited many open houses. When I got to the entrance of a village, I had to either tell the attendant why I needed to enter and then they put the gate up or if there was no attendant, then I needed to wave our gate card in front of the scanner to get the gate to go up. Doesn't this mean it's a "gated" community?? And how do the solicitors get by the gate guard or scanner?
Thanks for you help in understanding these things!  |
I love talking to Ohio folks.
Remember when your mom told you that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" ? That is true of bugs in the hot wet areas of Florida. In the yards we have fire ants. If they get on you they call for their friends and then the leader says "BITE" and boy when they do...it is NOT fun for a week or so. We have "pith anth" too just like in Ohio and we have Palmetto bugs that look like giant roaches and just like anyplace else we have the possibility to get the plain old trashy roaches.. So most of us Use Masseys or Deans to come and spray the outside of our homes to prevent them or the inside if we see them there.
We are a community with gates. Anyone can get im by driving up and pushing the button. But the golf carts cross at the gates so that pauses the traffic enough to make them safe. AND we are getting camera's at the gates so that will help with seeing what any nasties look like. The roads belong to the county so maintaining them is part of taxes rather than amenity fees. We are REALLY gated when it comes to keeping most foreign golf carts OUT. But cars and cylists can travel anywhere in TV...and walkers too.