A Healthy Home

I really wanted to wait until I’m sure I’m bedbug free (total neuroses here) but I don’t think I’ll ever be 100% certain, so I might as well just do it now and update if anything changes.
The long and short of it is that David and Greg have (I think) completely solved my problem in three treatments. My story: I live in a four bedroom apartment with three roommates in a big building in a huge complex. I’d heard nothing about bedbugs but a little under 6 weeks ago I began waking up with my arms covered in bites. After getting past the denial, I acknowledged I definitely had bedbugs and called A Healthy Home. They quoted me at a slightly lower cost than another place I called, and I felt good about their green method since I have a cat. Greg came in the morning after I called and did my first treatment, thoroughly answering all my panicked questions — no the cat didn’t bring them in or transfer them from room to room (I’m still the only roommate who’s had them), yes I only have a few but they’re definitely there, no none of this is toxic. I still don’t know how I got them but I have learned a lot about them in the process.
The bites declined but didn’t stop, so I called a second time, praying that I would only need two treatments. Unfortunately, I was still getting bitten once or twice a night, so I called a third time. David did my third treatment and I’m pretty sure that time was the charm. I’m terribly sensitive to these suckers, developing giant itchy welts all over, and I haven’t seen a bite or a bug in a week. The diatomaceous earth they put down is still everywhere and it dries the room out in a way I didn’t think was possible, and I cannot WAIT to vacuum it up, but I’m leaving it down for at least the two weeks (will probably do three or four to be certain) and then I’ll give the room a thorough cleaning.
Here’s what I know — I’ve done a TON of reading about bedbugs and where one person says one treatment is 100% effective, another will say it hasn’t worked for them. I was going to do a heat treatment if this didn’t work, since most of the reviews I’ve seen say it works well, but those treatments can run in the thousands, which I really can’t afford. Overall this took a few weeks, but I can deal with that, and it required minimal effort and funding on my part. It was relatively inexpensive, simple, and truly «healthy,» so I’m glad I chose this method. You CAN get rid of them, I promise, and it can be relatively painless.

Okay so I wanted to wait to write my review so that I could see the progress. David and Greg are wonderful, I called around to several different companies and heard crazy quotes of up to 2000 dollars and how I would need to bag everything, move furniture etc. Then I called a healthy home, David was so patient with me, I think I may have had some PTSD going on. I started noticing bites about 2 months ago. My family had been traveling, had a family member move in to get established in the area, so they could have been from anywhere. We are not hoarders or dirty, bed bugs are travelers, so know that people are not necessarily dirty when they have bed bugs. I thought they were mosquitos until one night I saw something move on my decorative pillow, I picked it up and smashed it in my hand and it had an aweful odor, then I looked it up on line and saw it was a bed bug, then I looked around the room in the dark with a flash light and saw more. David or Greg will come in and focus on the area where they are living… we don’t sleep on the sofa so there were none there, there where none in the extra bed room or on the bed. They were in our master bedroom with 2 small nests, they took about 3 hours the first day to exterminate, they focused on the bed. They like to live close to the food source, which in this case was me… they like a woman better, the fair is finer easier to get blood. Then they bomb, then they come back within 5 – 7 days and bomb again for 3 weeks total. I am now happy to say I am bite free, and it worked… there is powder all along the baseboards and under the furniture, but you need it so that they can walk thru the powder. We decided to leave ours down for another month before we have our carpets cleaned. We did empty all of our dressers, washed and bagged all the clothing, linen etc and left it in bags for 3 weeks just to be safe. We made sure that we don’t have anything down on our floors or clutter in our home, just to be cautious. You DONT have to pay 2000

My itching started almost ten months ago. I visited several doctors and finally did an allergy test that showed I was slightly allergic to dogs ??(I have been around dogs my entire life). So, I thought that was it and I was ready to do the shots or whatever I needed for my skin to be clear again and, of course, I didn’t want to get rid of my dog. Then I discovered bedbugs in
my bedroom, only two months ago. I went online and found Healthy Home website. David came to my home two days later after I called and started the treatment. I had a really bad infestation but he managed to get rid off those nasty bugs in less than one month.
I chose this company because it was safe for my dog (no pesticide) and also inexpensive. It is a little messy because you have a powder all over your room but it is easy to clean it after the treatment is over. The cedar smell is still present but it is not too bad. The most important thing is that I am free of bedbugs! Just remember, you must sleep in your bed during all the time, they need to come out and die in the powder. I know it sounds freaky, but I did it as well as my dog did. We are both not itchy anymore. And I can pet him as much as I want because I know it wasn’t a dog allergy but bedbugs that caused me so much trouble.
Thank you David for helping me to go through this. My life is back to normal again!

Thanks to Dave and Greg for helping get rid of these bugs (or at least helping stop the bites)! We tried using the DE ourselves and failed miserably. The key to getting rid of the bugs is consistency in treatment and that’s what Healthy Home offers. Everything about the treatment and costs were explained upfront. They checked in weekly after the initial dusting and oil fogging treatment to see if we were still getting bit and made follow-​up visits as necessary. The fogging smell isn’t bad but the dust from the DE does make your skin very dry. The prices are very reasonable and you can’t beat the warranty. This was the best option for us considering we have pets and a newborn. Hopefully we won’t have to use them again but after learning from Dave how easily there transferred, we’ll keep Healthy Homes number handy.

Thank god for A Healthy Home! I had a nasty case of bed bugs in my home a couple of months ago and they totally solved it. Anyone who has experienced bed bugs knows how traumatizing it is. To add insult to injury, the prices that most places subject you to are astronomical! A healthy home was inexpensive, effective and attentive. Dave was a fantastic resource, teaching me more about bed bugs than I could have ever imagined. I feel grateful to have found them.

First I will say that after having several treatments (all covered under the same payment) we appear to be bedbug free in the house. When we first discovered the bugs we panicked like everyone else and wondered if we could get rid of them, but with diligence, the treatments, and following directions it seems to have worked and we’re about 3 months out from the first sign and still going good.
Healthy Home does two different types of treatments, both included in the same package. 1) Cedar oil fogging, 2) Diatomaceous Earth (DE).
1) Regarding the cedar oil fogging, I’m not entirely sure how effective it is, though there is at least one study which found the oil could kill bugs and even eggs on contact. At the very least it doesn’t smell bad and isn’t as toxic as pesticides.
2) The DE definitely works, though it isn’t a contact killer which means you have to spread it around and wait for the bugs to walk through it. Yes, that means you have to sleep in your bed and wait for the bugs to bite you at night. A little creepy, but necessary and has been proven to work if applied correctly and diligently.
Honestly I wonder whether I could have saved myself some money by simply trying the DE myself, but there is no way to know and since the treatments worked I would say it was money well-​spent. If you are hard up for cash you might try to self-​treat with just the DE, but if you have the money then AHH is actually cheaper than many other options and at least in my experience was effective and had a guarantee.
Finally just a note to other folks that if you do discover bed bugs just remember that everyone else on here had the same problem and eventually got rid of them. It can be a painful, long, and expensive process, but you can get through it!

DO NOT PATRONIZE THIS COMPANY. I cannot stress that enough. I have no earthly idea where/​how all of these 5 star reviews came from and find them very curious given my experience.
I spent well over $ 1,000 on the «services» provided by this sham of a company. In the end? I ended up throwing away three couches, a bed, and having my life upended because of the persistence of bedbugs.
When you’re ordering a ribeye steak, organic is great. When you’re trying to eradicate Next Level parasites? It is an exercise in futility.
The treatments went on for over a month and little to no changes occurred. «Diatomaceous earth» is the substance they cover your floors in and will dry your skin beyond belief. I’ve read that it’s sometimes effective, but I have literally been watching bed bugs crawl through the powder unfettered for months now. However, if you MUST go organic save yourself $ 1,500 and buy diatomaceous earth from an online retailer for less than $ 20 (shipped to your door) and spread yourself. ps — Good luck, you’ll need it.
The ineffectiveness of A Healthy Home’s tactics is rivaled only by it’s lack of customer service. The instructions were confusing and contradictory at best. When questioned, they were unprofessional and uninformed. Based on their repeated inconsistencies, I seriously doubt their working knowledge of bed bugs.
As for advice, I’m not sure there is much I can say about other approaches as I don’t know that many pesticides (if any) are effective, only that organic did not work for me. I have heard the heat treatment is pricey but effective, but who believes what they read on the internet anyway???
In closing, I genuinely hope you don’t get bedbugs as I can assure you there is NO easy fix. What I can ALSO assure you of is that if you employ a Healthy Home to assist you in these dark times, you will likely regret your decision.
Still fighting,
ICR

A Healthy Home is one of those companies that has capitalized on the culture of fear surrounding bed bugs with no actual expertise. After the horrible discovery of bed bugs, and an original quote by a big name company of 2k, we went with «A Healthy Home» due to their online reviews and $ 1200 price tag (seems like a bargain in the bedbug world). Additionally, the website promises that there is «No Drastic Prep Required» as with other companies (such as packing all your belongings in boxes) and that they warranty their «Dual Action Non Hazardous Insecticides» because they work. Combined, this was a very appealing method. The owner was very assuring on the phone, and I was convinced we would be bed bug free within a month.
The first problem was that the prep sheet we were given was not nearly detailed enough. We had to call with questions and David, the owner, instructed us to follow steps that were not actually on the prep sheet itself.
Then the treatments started. The two ways «A Healthy Home» (AHH) treats your house are with cedar oil «bombing» and Diatomaceous Earth. Cedar Oil is supposed to kill on contact, but if it is not sprayed directly onto already hatched bugs, it is virtually useless. Does the exact same thing as bleach, and will not kill eggs. It was just a placebo to make you think something has happened. Diatomaceous Earth (DE) IS proven effective for bed bugs, but should be applied lightly surrounding all furniture, walls, etc. to create a barrier that must be passed. The idea is that the bugs have no choice but to get into this powder while crossing to and from your bed to their hiding space. AHH’s application was sloppy and arbitrary, we had piles of it some places, and none in others. Additionally, the instructional sheet said to leave it down as long as possible. My house is all hardwood with no curtains (no carpet or drapes for bugs to hide in), and we never swept up the powder (leaving it there for AHH to dump more on top off), and yet still, we had bugs.
The prep sheet promises «A Healthy Home» will come back every week (or twice a week) as they deem necessary to exterminate your home. The real problem started occurring when we needed to make use of this promise. We received pushback and a «what are you doing wrong» call from David. He said that normally his clients are free of bugs by the end of the month. This was very offensive; as we had called after each new bug found to make sure we were doing everything right and he assured us it just takes time.
Additionally, once I found out I had the bugs, I took the proper precautions (heated the few belongings I would be taking with me) and got out of dodge and stayed with my parents. David found this out, and had to explain to me the process before coming back. Apparently, you are live bait. The bugs often live far away from the bed, and they need you there to entice them to come out. Then they feed on you before crossing through the powder (DE) and going back to their homes to lay more eggs. They will typically die within 24 hours of getting into the powder. Then you only have to wait out the hatching of all the remaining eggs for them to get in the DE and die as well, and then, only then, are you (theoretically) cured of this nightmare. This is a fairly important piece of information to leave out; as I had no idea my absence was hurting the process. The instructional sheet said to sleep on each surface/​room in your home at least once (sofas, beds, etc.), which I did, before again retreating to my parents. Nevertheless, after I learned of the process, I returned home to sleep on my powdery mattress and get eaten by the bugs. Each week without a bedbug we’d think we were cured, and then we would randomly find one on a wall, on a shirt in the laundry, etc.
David still didn’t know why his DE/​Cedar Oil combo wasn’t working in our house, so he refused to come back until we paid extra for a dog to tell him where we still had bugs. He even refused to return our calls, and had his technicians (who were actually very pleasant people to deal with themselves) call us and tell us it’s his stance that we need a dog and wouldn’t return until we paid for one. It wasn’t until my roommate (who happens to be a lawyer) wrote him a letter letting him know this was a breach of contract that he agreed to come back. We let him come back on more time and haven’t heard from him since.
After this debacle, we saw a review on Unilocal outlining the same experience, which is now mysteriously gone. Save your money, do your research and get a heat treatment (you can find them for a $ 1,800 for a smaller house; this is the only way to be sure and in the end, this will save you a ton of money). If you aren’t ready to make that jump, use someone with actual pesticides, not cedar oil and DE which you can buy yourself for $ 10 for 5lb. Do not use A Healthy Home at any cost; this place is truly a scam.

I had healthy home do the treatment for my home.
I was a bit skeptical about the use of non-​toxic chemicals but, after this treatment i changed my mind. It was very simple n easy process… you might need 2 – 3 treatments but its very effective way to treat bed bugs without using toxic chemicals
Thanks guys

Bedbugs make me paranoid so I’m surprised I am giving five stars… I thought I would punish whatever company I had to give money to for this terrible experience but A Healthy Home turned a terrible experience into a bearable experience. I called a different pest control company and was left in tears after how unprofessional the «consultant» was. I was also worried about their lack of guarantee, despite the 2k they quoted me (for one treatment) for an extremely inconvenient experience. At that point I decided to attempt to eliminate the problem on my own until I ran across A Healthy Home on Unilocal.
David was so helpful; he informed me that his treatment was non-​toxic and I didn’t have to essentially move out of my apartment for treatments. Ben came to perform the treatments and was just wonderful. So kind and knowledgeable about bed bugs. The treatments itself weren’t inconvenient. I have a cat; I just put her in the bathroom for about 6 hours. The place smelled like cedar but the only thing that was required of me was taking my sheets off the bed. Now, two treatments later, I haven’t had a bite in about 3 weeks. If that changes, I’ll update my review but right now I am extremely happy with the company and it is well priced in comparison to other companies. Highly recommend!!!

David was one of two consultations I had arranged to get rid of my bb problem and I was sold by the idea that I didn’t have to empty my guest room of all that was in the drawers and closets! I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical about the use of non-​toxic chemicals but hey– I swear by them now! After only 2 treatments my bed bugs are gone! It was a very painless and easy process that has me feeling relieved and not-​itchy finally!
I should mention that our first treatment was done the week before I was having a baby and the second treatment was done with a newborn and my other two kids home and it was still a seamless operation! I would highly recommend David and a Healthy Home! (I didn’t even mention this but the cost was considerably lower than the other company I was going to use!)

I had to have A Healthy Home come to my house three times but thankfully the third time was a charm.

David and I talked for about 15 minutes and he made me feel better right away. He talked me off the ledge so to speak, and convinced me that I don’t have bed bugs! But that he would come out if I felt like I really need the assurance, or send a guy with a sniffer dog. I stayed in a hotel that I later found out was infested and now I am paranoid the bugs came back with me — it is good to know there is someone knowledgeable out there that is not going to rip you off, but be there in case you do need a professional — I would send any one to David!

I have tried EVERYTHING to get rid of bed bugs — sprays, covering my mattress, even other exterminators (3 to be exact), but no one except A Healthy Home was about to get rid of them. David was very understanding and listened well to my specific problem, came in 2 days later to do the inspection, and explained the entire process of how he would rid of the bugs for me. I came back to my apartment 8 hours later — not only was the place just the way I left it, but the bugs were GONE! I have been fighting these bugs for 3 years now and just like that, David got rid of them! He was also the least expensive out of all the exterminators I’ve hired AND the most effective. Want to get rid of your bugs for good? HIRE A HEALTHY HOME! Thanks David :)

For our recent, traumatic bed bug problem at home, we selected a Healthy Home and were very pleased. Dave the owner gave terrific service and best of all, the technique he uses does not require the homeowners to pack everything away, or get rid of possessions. It takes a series of four or five weekly visits, but this was much easier than a whole-​house packing job. We would highly recommend both A Healthy Home, and the less traumatic, and less toxic process used. It does involve sleeping in your beds while the bed bugs crawl around the floor and die (although we never saw one, only the initial bites), but after only one treatment, once the powder was applied to floor and bed frames, they disappeared quite rapidly. The remaining weekly treatments were insurance to catch the complete life cycle.

I got bed bugs after staying at a Marriott Hotel. They infested my bedroom trim and bed. I tried bed bug sprays and covering my mattress in «bed bug resistant» mattress cover, but they kept on coming back. I found A Healthy Home’s phone number and David Hersh was very flexible about when he could come and came the next day. After the first treatment, I definitely noticed a difference. I stopped getting bitten by 90%. The second and third treatments eradicated the bed bugs completely and the whole process took under 3 weeks. I would definitely recommend him. Home remedies and over the counter solutions just don’t cut it. I also paid much less than going with regular pest control company.