General Pest
Cockroaches, ants, spiders and silverfish, inside, subfloor and out, from $180 + GST.
Learn moreNorth Sydney · 2065
Pest control in Crows Nest
Crows Nest is one of the busiest eating strips on the lower North Shore, with terraces, apartment blocks and small commercial buildings packed tightly around it.
- 5.0 from 17 Google reviews
- In the trade since 2006
- NSW licence 5073369
- Fully insured
Local conditions
Why Crows Nest gets the pests it gets
Crows Nest sits in the North Sydney, along the Willoughby Road dining strip, between St Leonards and North Sydney. Four things about this particular suburb decide what we get called out for.
A dense restaurant strip
Willoughby Road holds a large concentration of kitchens, bars and cafes in a small area. That supports a permanent cockroach and rodent population, and everything nearby lives with the pressure.
Terraces with shared walls
Semi-detached and terrace housing means a shared wall and often shared drainage. Rodents and cockroaches move between houses through cavities and waste lines without ever going outside.
Rear lanes and bin storage
The service lanes behind the strip hold bins, grease traps and stored crates. That is the reservoir. Anything that backs onto one of those lanes is exposed.
Older small buildings
Much of the commercial stock here is old and small, with original timber above and plenty of unsealed penetrations from decades of fitouts.
Most asked for here
The jobs we do most in Crows Nest
Rodent Control
Baiting, proofing the way back in, and a follow up to confirm it worked.
Learn moreTermite Inspection
A full inspection to the Australian Standard with a written report you keep, from $280 + GST.
Learn moreWhat it costs
Prices, up front.
- General pest treatment, from $180 + GST. Interior, subfloor and exterior. Cockroaches, ants, spiders and silverfish. Six month guarantee, German cockroaches excepted.
- Termite inspection, from $280 + GST. A full inspection to Australian Standard AS 4349.3, with a written report that is yours to keep.
- Termite treatments, by quote. Barriers and colony elimination. The price depends on the size of the building and what is found, so it is quoted after the inspection, never before.
- Strata and commercial, by quote. Scheduled programs with a written report after every visit.
Every quote is free and there is no callout fee. Full pricing.
What we use
The systems we are accredited in.
- Termidor. A liquid termite barrier that termites carry back through the colony rather than simply avoiding.
- Exterra. A termite baiting and monitoring system, used where a chemical barrier is not practical.
- Termseal. Physical barrier systems, mostly at construction and renovation stage.
- Greenzone and Pest Cert. Accredited applicator programs for general pest work.
Member of AEPMA, the Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association. The products are registered chemicals applied by a licensed technician: water based, low odour, with no fumes once applied.
Called out for
What Crows Nest calls us about.
- Scheduled programs for restaurants, cafes and bars
- German cockroach in commercial kitchens
- Rodent proofing along the rear service lanes
- General pest for terraces and apartments
The termites here
Three species, one of them serious.
Sydney has three subterranean termites worth naming. Coptotermes acinaciformis is the destructive one and the reason inspections matter: it nests out of sight and works through structural timber from the inside. Schedorhinotermes is the second most common in damage claims. Nasutitermes mostly takes fences, stumps and decking rather than the house itself.
Telling them apart changes the treatment, which is why an inspection identifies the species rather than just confirming activity.
Around Crows Nest
Where we work here.
Right across Crows Nest 2065, including the streets and blocks around Willoughby Road, Hume Street Park, the Pacific Highway, Crows Nest Plaza.
Also St Leonards, Cammeray, Wollstonecraft, North Sydney, Naremburn, and the rest of the North Sydney.
Who turns up
Mark, and only Mark.
Mark Chan has been in the trade since 2006 and does every job himself. No subcontractors, no rotating technicians, and the person who quotes your job is the person who does it.
Based at Unit 5, 7 Eden Park Drive, Macquarie Park. Open seven days, 7am to 6pm.
NSW Pest Licence 5073369 · ABN 33 636 949 570 · 5.0 from 17 Google reviews
Asked in Crows Nest
Questions we get from this area
Do you do restaurants and cafes?
Yes, it is a large part of the work here. Scheduled treatment outside trading hours with a written report each visit, which is the record health inspectors and auditors ask for.
We treat and they come back within weeks. Why?
On a strip this dense the population next door is untreated and simply walks back in. Holding it means a scheduled program rather than one-off call outs, plus closing the routes in at the rear and the waste line.
I live in a terrace and my neighbour has rats. Does that affect me?
Almost certainly. A shared wall and shared drainage means a shared problem. Treating one side alone tends to push them next door rather than remove them.
What does it cost?
General pest from $180 + GST. Termite inspections from $280 + GST. Commercial programs are quoted after a look, and the quote is free.
Need someone in Crows Nest?
Free quote, no callout fee. Mark will tell you what it needs before you spend anything.