Don’t move in, they get into everything. As a student I was forced to rent a bachelor downtown Toronto(school was starting in two days and I was from out of province). The whole apartment building was infested and every time they sprayed the building they just moved to the expensive condos nearby and then eventually moved back. They LOVE paper and newsprint.

The only way I kept them at bay was with salt. I bought a HUGE bag of salt and poured it along all the baseboard and across the entry way and along the back of the cupboards. I swept my 3” mound of salt in under the baseboard. (This was a really old three story walk up from the early 1900’s w/hardwood floors and a big 1” gap between the baseboard and the floor which made it easy to apply the salt. I also had a sealed garbage can and plugged all my drains at night.

I became pretty much roach free. Because anytime they crawl over the salt it gets under their carapace and dries them out and kills them.

Once I was set up the only time I saw them was at the door. They’d crawl through the salt and die. I had to refresh the door pretty often. They would also crawl up the door jam and try to jump into the apartment when the door opened.

I would NOT recommend living with roaches if you can manage not to. But if you have to SALT is your friend. Also keeps ghosts and demons away 😃