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How necessary is regular pest control? We just bought and moved into a 2-family brownstone. The sellers had been getting Orkin’s anti-roach gel treatment 4x/year and say they never saw bugs. We’ve also seen nothing in the weeks we’ve been there. We’d been planning to continue the quarterly treatments, but when we asked the Orkin guy how often he treats his own home, he chuckled and said, “Never.” I appreciate his honesty and am now wondering about the necessity of preventative treatments. I may scale back to 2x/year or eliminate the treatments altogether, calling an exterminator in the event I see a roach. Are preventative treatments really necessary?