Who Pays For Ant Control in SFR?

[Christine Swaidan]

Brand new tenant who has been there for less than two weeks in a SFR that was just rehabbed. House was tented for termites as part of the maintenance. He says he has ants everywhere, in every room. We have a heat wave going in SoCal so I imagine this could cause the ants to appear and I've also heard that the dead termites serve as a food source for the ants and I'm sure we have lots of dead termites. He wants to have a professional come out and spray. Is this a landlord expense typically?