Pest Control Bentleigh East

Pest Control for Your Bentleigh East Home

Hearing scratching in the roof? Finding ants in the kitchen?
Or are cobwebs appearing along the cornices?
Tell us what you have noticed and where in the home and the SOS Pest Control team will identify what you are dealing with, treat it, and we can suggest ways to pest proof your home to keep returning pests to a minimum.

Our general pest control treatments treat most of the creepy crawlies that enter homes: webbing spiders, moths, cockroaches and silverfish.
If there are large numbers of particular pests we can do targeted treatments for these as well. You can see our pricing page for what a treatment costs.

Where We Look For Pests In A Bentleigh East Home

With 23 years of pest control across Melbourne's south east, we know where the pest treatment hot spots are in Bentleigh East and how to approach your home with the right pest solutions.

Bentleigh East blocks are big, and a lot of them have established gardens, mature trees and long fence lines. That gives ants somewhere to nest close to the house, webbing spiders somewhere to build along the eaves and around the window frames, and possums an easy way across into your roof. Ants are the most common thing people ring us about.

Older homes hold onto a few others as well. Silverfish get into cupboards, wardrobes and anywhere paper is stored, and carpet beetles turn up in wool rugs and along carpet edges.

Many of Bentleigh East's homes are brick veneer homes on stump foundations giving a subfloor space. Subfloors need weep holes for ventilation and weep holes usually sit behind garden beds and close to the ground. Your home needs weep holes to prevent mould, so you never want to block them up. But they are a perfect access point for many insects and rodents. That is why we treat subfloors with our pest services, and if we identify a weep hole as an access point we can pest proof this with weep hole covers.

Like many inner suburbs, there are knock down rebuilds happening in most streets and this can often push any local rodents to find new shelter and they move into the houses on either side. If there is a new build going on near you and you have started hearing something or seeing traces of rodents, this is likely the problem.

About one home in six in Bentleigh East is a flat or an apartment, and there are townhouses going up on the older blocks as well. Those sit on a slab, so there is no subfloor to get under and the way in is around doors, vents and where services come through.

In a block of units the thing to tell us is whether the neighbours are seeing it too. Shared walls and shared plumbing mean what turns up in your flat has often been next door first, and that changes what we recommend.

Pest Control Across Bentleigh East

We cover all of Bentleigh East. When you book, tell us the size of your home and anything we need to know about getting in, like a locked side gate, a dog in the yard or where to park.

It also helps to know if there has been building work nearby, or if your own place has been renovated or extended. Both change what we check. An extension usually leaves a join between the old part and the new one, and that is a common way in.

Whether this is the first time you have dealt with pests, or they have come back after a previous treatment, tell us what has been happening. We will check for the signs, explain what we recommend and why, and tell you what the treatment involves.

We also service nearby Bentleigh, Moorabbin, Cheltenham and Highett. See our service areas for other locations.

Get a Quote for Pest Control in Bentleigh East

Tell us what you have noticed and where, along with your contact details. If you are unsure which pest is causing the problem, describe the signs you have found.