I've experienced all of this and more.  As an Arizona Native, I grew up in the East Valley and didn't know we had scorpions in the city, let alone they got in our homes.  That was until I purchased my first house.

I averaged 5-10 scorpions per year inside.  I was so afraid of them, I developed a phobia.  Five years after living in the home I got stung in bed and didn't find it until 10 minutes later - still on me.  I left the home at 2 a.m. and never stayed another night there.  After two years in my second home, I moved out.  Again because of scorpions.

I moved to my third home in the area I grew up, which I felt to be "scorpion free".  I lived there 3 years and never saw one.  I then moved two streets over to my fourth home - which I still live in.  The night I moved in I had 22 dead ones around the baseboards and 6 live ones in the basement.  Over the course of two months I had an additional 32 sightings in the house and was finding up to 60 a night outside doing black light searches (I kept a detailed log as I was going after my seller for not disclosing the scorpion problem). 

I began working with several exterminating and sealing companies.  I wasn't too to optimistic because they hadn't helped me much in the past.  Again, I got poor results.  Out of fear and desperation I decided some how I was going to get them under control, at least temporarily so I could get rid of the home. 

This set me on a course of studying information from scientists from ASU's environmental research, University of Arizona, Purdue University and studying the works of world renowed scientists dedicated to the research of scorpions.  It was my intense study, a property infested with scorpions, my contractor background and my strong motivation based on fear and desperation that resulted in me learning how to get and keep scorpions out of the home - from a scientific approach.  The business resulted from my gained scorpion expertise, my frustration with the inadequacies of the exterminating community (at least the various companies and many technicians I worked with) and empathy with people living with scorpions and not knowing what to do. 

I still live in my fourth home in a highly scorpion populated East Valley neighborhood.  However, I do not tolerate scorpions in my home, nor do I believe you should.

Give us a call or send an email whether interested in the service or not - I'm happy to answer your scorpion questions and at least put you on the right path to getting and keeping scorpions out of your home.