General Pest
Cockroaches, ants, spiders and silverfish, inside, subfloor and out, from $180 + GST.
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Pest control for strata buildings
The problem in a strata building is almost never one lot. It is the bin room, the basement, the risers or the roof void, and until those are treated the same complaint keeps coming back to the committee.
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The actual problem
What goes wrong, and why it keeps going wrong
Why treating one lot does not hold
An owner reports cockroaches, a contractor treats that unit, and six weeks later the unit next door reports the same thing. That is not a failed treatment. It is a building-wide population living in shared services, walking back into a lot that has been cleared. Common property is where the job actually is.
Where it actually lives
Bin rooms and chutes, basement car parks, riser cupboards, roof voids, lift pits and the grounds. Those are the six places we work through on a strata program, in that order, because that is roughly the order they matter.
The paperwork a committee needs
Every visit produces a written report of what was found, what was treated and what needs attention from the building. That is what a committee files, what a strata manager forwards to owners, and what answers the question of whether anything is actually being done.
One operator, not a rotating crew
Mark does every visit himself. On a building run that matters more than it sounds: the person walking the basement in month six is the person who walked it in month one and remembers what was different.
What is covered
What a program includes.
- Scheduled programs across common property
- Bin rooms, chutes, basements and riser cupboards
- Rodent baiting
- Written report after every visit for the committee
- Individual lots treated as needed alongside the program
- Termite inspections on the building structure
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.
Most asked for
The work behind a strata program
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.
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Questions we get
How often should a strata building be treated?
Most buildings run quarterly on common property, with individual lots done as reported. A building with a food tenancy or a history of rodents usually needs it more often. We will tell you what the building actually needs after a walk through rather than selling a fixed schedule.
Who pays, the owners corporation or the lot owner?
Generally common property is the owners corporation and inside a lot is the owner, but the by-laws decide it and they vary. We invoice whoever engages us and the report makes clear where the work was done, which is usually what settles the question.
Do you need access to every unit?
Not for common property work, which is most of a program. Individual lot treatments need access, and we can arrange that directly with residents to save the committee chasing people.
What does it cost?
Strata programs are quoted after a look at the building, because a twelve lot walk-up and a sixty lot tower with a basement are not the same job. The site assessment is free and there is no callout fee.
Want a site assessment?
Free, no callout fee, and Mark will tell you what the building actually needs before you spend anything.