For as long as I can remember I’ve had pest problems in my attic ranging from rats, possums and other species to other things, there was always a dank musky smell emanating.

I inspected all areas of the attic initially and had treated the knee wall beams with an anti mould bleach.

I then I lifted up some old aluminium floor sheeting which revealed a standard assortment of dirt and other remnants of old rat nests, nothing too concerning. Then at one point.

Now after ripping open the initial wall I was faced with a gigantic wall of roach turd. Now there was a drill into a horizontal wall stud to run a power line. Now I noticed a small pool of roach faeces in the corner of a stud wall which led me into a further discovery of

It smelt like the woods something rotting and I was always trying to track down the source, the attic is now my home.

The sense is I know something is amiss, I know I’ve missed something but not sure what it was.

My partners favourite task is to vacuum, whilst I believe that vacuuming does something small.

My partner still likes to vacuum whilst I dig into areas that are disgusting.

10 identifiable species up there.

Attics are a dark place in the home and I guess a dark place in most minds.

Now we formulate that. strictly clean or not clean we needed

It wasn’t the situation where we needed a tyvec suit but it was

Most people consider the dank corners of your mind or your attic no ones business. But in avoidance of said disgust.

So if you’re going to do something or attempt something do dot your i’s and cross your t’s and bother to dig into areas that may disgust you.