Melamine-coated MDF are very popular cabinets in a lot of areas, and can be expensive, despite the fact that they're sawdust inside of plastic.

Light fixtures – solid, rust proof metals (especially for moist areas such as bathrooms) rather than coated or plated (or plastic) fixtures.

To be safe with anything except a fairly new house, you’d really need to excavate around the house, parge the outside of the foundation with an asphalt/tar product, install a dimpled plastic membrane over that, and then on the inside, fastidiously install rigid foam on the floor and walls, spray foam/tape all seams, etc… Then frame, then drywall.Seems ungodly expensive.

If just yours are gone and others remain, it's being done by your competition.Full disclosure, in my area if I see one of those cheap plastic signs that says "We Buy Houses" on it, it is HISTORY

The internals are mostly plastic, allowing them to easily be broken with a specialized tool, or even a screw driver, and show no external signs of forced entry.  

Hi Mike Girard and Larry Fried!

@Larry Fried believe me, I feel very welcomed!  

I got this tip from a floor re finisher, who even recommended covering the floor with plastic to keep the enzyme liquid in the floor for longer before evaporating.

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