Mount Maunganui pest control, from holiday homes to cafés
Holiday homes that sit empty for weeks, rentals and busy café kitchens: across Mount Maunganui, Ōmanu and Arataki, Stu handles the rats, mice, cockroaches and ants in all of them. Quotes are free, with nothing hidden.
If Stu’s up a ladder or under a floor, the phone is still answered and he returns your call.
“…couple weeks and no more noises in the roof”
- Rats, mice, cockroaches
- homes, rentals and businesses
- Tauranga to Te Puke
- the Mount, Pāpāmoa, Katikati, Ōmokoroa
- 20 years in pest control
- a family business since 2002
- Make it right, or money back
- free quotes, no hidden fees
What happens next
Who comes out
StuProfessional Pest Control
Tauranga Exterminator is Stu of Professional Pest Control.
Stu or one of his technicians comes out to look at it, Stu quotes, and he and the team do the treatment, right across Tauranga.
- 20 yearsin pest control
- Since 2002a family business
- 10+ yearsacross Tauranga
“Explained the process well and turn up when they said they would.”
“…prompt, professional, and explained everything clearly.”
Before you ring
What changes the cost?
Rat or mouse, how many, how deep into the roof or under the floor the nest is, and how many bait stations the runs need. The look and the quote are free.
Can it wait?
A warm roof near food is a home they won’t leave on their own, and winter brings more of them inside. The longer they stay, the more droppings, runs and chewed wiring there are to deal with.
What happens on the visit?
Stu goes up into the roof space and under the floor with a torch, finds the runs and the nest, sets the bait stations and shows you where they’re getting in.
What Stu treats around Mount Maunganui
Rats and mice lead. A house shut up for weeks is quiet and undisturbed, and rats and mice can move in without anyone noticing until the first night back. Ship rats settle high, in the roof space; Norway rats stay down under the floor and along the drains. Stu works out which is in the house, treats the nest and every run it uses, and checks again before the guests or the next tenants arrive.
Cockroaches are the café and kitchen job. The German cockroach is the species tied to restaurants, hotels and food businesses, and it doesn't like the cold, so a warm commercial kitchen suits it. Stu treats behind the equipment and in the voids where it breeds. Cafés, bars, accommodation and shops get a plan with regular visits, worked around trading hours, plus the paperwork food-safety checks and auditors ask for.
On sandy ground, ants come next. Argentine ants do well in sandy coastal soil and travel in long, steady lines. Stu traces the line to its nest and treats it there. Landlords and property managers get the same start as homeowners: a look, a plain account of what's there, and a quote that costs nothing, with no extras added later.
- Rats and miceRats and mice in holiday homes and rentals around the Mount, treated before the next arrivals walk in.
- CockroachesGerman cockroaches in café and restaurant kitchens, treated behind the equipment and in the voids where they breed.
- BusinessesCafés, bars, accommodation and shops near Bayfair on scheduled visits, with paperwork ready for inspection.
- Ants and spidersAnt trails off sandy sections and Darwin's ants after the sugar bowl, treated back at the nest.
Mount Maunganui: sand, the port and homes that sit empty
Mount Maunganui is built on a sand bar, with the harbour beach at Pilot Bay and the ocean beach a couple of blocks apart. The decision in 1950 to build a deep-water port fed the town's growth; it stayed separate until after the harbour bridge opened in 1988, then joined Tauranga in 1989 along with Ōmanu and Pāpāmoa. The Port of Tauranga is the country's largest by cargo volume, with 12 of its 15 berths on this side, cargo sheds and a 20,000-tonne coldstore by the wharf. Darwin's ant, which pours into buildings after sweet food, is linked with port towns, and one account has the Gisborne cockroach first turning up in Tauranga in the 1950s on a log shipment.
It's a resort town as well. More than 20,000 people come for New Year, and cruise ships call through the port. A lot of holiday homes sit empty for weeks between visits, and rentals are plentiful too. Next along the coast, Ōmanu is a beach suburb with dune walkways and the same sandy ground. A landlord has to make sure a home has no pests in it when a tenancy begins. Arataki is home to the big Bayfair shopping centre. For rats overhead, cockroaches in the café kitchen or a check before the summer crowd lands, call Stu.
Tips and questions for Mount Maunganui
- Holiday home empty until summer? Book Stu a couple of weeks before the family or the guests arrive. He treats any rats or mice he finds and checks back before you open up.
- Café or bar owner? Have Stu call on a schedule that suits your kitchen, and keep his paperwork with your food control plan. The visits fit around your trading hours.
- Property manager with a changeover coming? Book a check between tenants. Stu can treat an empty house room by room before the next tenant's boxes come through the door.
Stu also works nearby in Pāpāmoa and Welcome Bay. All suburbs
Questions from Mount Maunganui
Can you check our holiday home before the summer guests arrive?
Yes. Stu goes through the house, the ceiling and under the floor for rats, mice and cockroaches, quotes free, then treats what he finds. Tell him when the guests are due.
Do you work with property managers?
Yes. Homes, rentals and holiday lets all get the same service, and quoting costs you nothing. Stu explains what he found and what he treated, so you can pass it on to the owner.
Can you treat a café kitchen without shutting it?
Yes. Stu times business visits around your trading hours and leaves the paperwork with you, ready for the next food-safety check or audit. The plan is quoted free.
What customers say
Great service. We always use them for flies and cockroaches in the summer months. They are always prompt and the attention to detail is terrific. We wouldn't go anywhere else.
Best service I've had and we have used a few!!
Get a free quote in Mount Maunganui
Tell Stu what you’re seeing and where, and he’ll come back with a free quote.
What to send Stu
- A photo of what you found: the droppings, the bug, the holes or the nest
- Where you’ve seen or heard it
- How long it’s been going on
- Who’s at home: children, pets
- For a business: the kind of premises and your trading hours
Once it’s sent, Stu looks over what you’ve told him and any photos, then gets back to you to work out what you’ve got and give you a free quote. What he quotes is what you pay.
Thanks, we’ve got your details.
Stu will be in touch to work out what you’ve got and give you a free quote. If you’d rather talk, call 0800 164 102.