More on bedbugs

I'ved posted some photo's of bed bugs in case anyone is wondering what they look like. They can be incredibly hard to spot as they are photophobic and scarper at the first sign of movement. It took us a while before we found one to identify (we used double-sided tape stuck around our bed and any cracks in the skirting board). I don't have any of our own photo's of them yet as the camera is currently in quarrantine! I doubt the images would come out that well anyway as the adults are only 5mm.

Adult bedbugs. Image from http://www.bed-bugs.info/

Bed bugs in situ. Image from http://www.youdoitpestcontrol.com/ (Incidently, got the image from the above site, but I wouldn't recommend treating bed bugs yourself - get in the professionals! )

Bugged

Turns out the bed bug problem is a lot worse than we thought. The pest control guy sprayed half of our room where the bed is (I thought it odd that they don't do the whole room). A week later I was in the dining room where we have been storing all the things we didn't want to be riddled in bugs and couldn't treat (i.e. silk kimono's, expensive waterproofs and feather jackets, sentimental stuff including photo's and my wedding bouquet) when I espyed something suspicious dangling from a cob web (this place is seriously grotty!). On closer inspection, it was revealed to be an adult live bed bug. This then prompted me to scan the skirting boards where I found literally heaps of cast skins, dead bugs and their assciated waste. To make things worse, one of the jackets we put there for safety had one on it. We have now frozen the jackets at -4oC for 2weeks as that should kill any eggs. The silk items I will probably try freezing and see what happens - there's nothing to lose by trying.
The dining room must have been the original nest source and it confirms our suspicions that the previous tenents were sub-letting and using the living room and dining room as bedrooms. It certainly confirms that we did not bring them to the house due to the sheer number and state of decay of the dead ones.
Oh yes, the washing machine is leaking water too, and as I have to wash absolutely everything we own on as high a temperature as the garment/backpack etc. can cope with, this is not welcome news.
We also found out that our letting agent instructed pest control to do the whole house, what we got was half a ruddy room. He isn't impressed either!

Grrrr!!!!

Checking in. Again.

I haven't fallen off the planet again!
I'm just very busy with helping tidy and clean the house - there is a decent amount of mould growing in the bathroom; there are some stains I'd rather not think about cemented to the bottom of the toilet bowl (seriously, did the last tennents do any housework?)

We have also found out we have bedbugs which must have been in the curtains/carpets before we moved in as our bed and mattress is brand new, and we can't think of any other way we could have brought them in. So, the fumigators are arriving on Tuesday and we'll be recommencing the cleaning on Wednesday! Grr! I apprieciate moving house is stressful, but come on!