Welcome Bay pest control for homes beside the bush
Through Welcome Bay, Ōhauiti, Maungatapu and Hairini, Stu treats rats, cockroaches and wasp nests, including in the homes that back onto bush, streams and wetland. Your quote is free.
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
“…they turned up on time!!!! and where happy to spend the time to fully explain what they did and how it worked.”
“Explained the process well and turn up when they said they would.”
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.
Welcome Bay pest jobs, start to finish
Start with the rats. Ship rats are climbers, travelling along branches and fence tops and slipping in under the eaves to nest up top. Norway rats stay on the ground, burrowing under houses and following drains and streams, and mice find any gap the width of a coin. Stu pins down which you've got and goes to where it's living, then comes back to make sure the noises have stopped.
Cockroaches and wasps are the summer pair. German cockroaches settle in warm kitchens and American cockroaches in the drains, and Stu treats where they breed rather than chasing the ones you see. Wasp queens start nests in spring in a warm, dry, dark spot, a sunny bank, the eaves or a wall, and the nest grows all summer. Asian and Australian paper wasps like gardens and scrub too, and chew on weatherboards. Stu treats a nest at the entrance, right at the nest.
Every job starts the same way, whether it's your own home or a rental you manage. Stu looks, tells you straight what you've got, and quotes free, with no surprise fees. Then the treatment goes in, and Stu comes back to check on it. Rentals get the same care between tenants, and a summer spray of the eaves and window frames keeps spiders down. Ants can go on the same visit if they've been bothering you too.
- Rats and miceShip rats up top and Norway rats down low in bush-edge Welcome Bay homes, each treated in its own hiding place.
- WaspsWasp nests in sunny banks, eaves and walls around Welcome Bay homes, treated at the nest itself.
- CockroachesGerman and American cockroaches through the humid summer, treated where they breed and checked afterwards.
- Ants and spidersAnt trails and eave spiders in Ōhauiti, Maungatapu and Hairini homes, sprayed inside and out.
Welcome Bay: bush, streams and warm, humid summers
Welcome Bay sits beside Hairini and Maungatapu, and the name was already in use by 1872. Johnson Reserve sits among the houses, a mix of streams, wetland, native bush and open grass, with Owens Park and Waioraka Reserve close by. Ōhauiti, on the southern fringe of the city, is semi-rural with native bush of its own, and Maungatapu is a peninsula joined to Matapihi by its bridge. Ship rats climb and Norway rats swim well, so where a back fence meets bush or a stream, Stu checks the roof and the subfloor both.
Summers are warm and humid, with daytime highs of 22 to 26 °C and sea breezes on the hot days. Those are wasp months. Nests grow over summer and most die off in winter, though some survive and grow much bigger. A nest is best treated as early in spring as you can, at dusk, when the wasps are back inside. The same warm, damp weather suits cockroaches in kitchens and laundries, so summer is the season to treat both. Book the kitchen and the eaves together and one visit covers them.
Tips and questions for Welcome Bay
- Wasps buzzing round one spot in a sunny bank or under the eaves? Don't block the hole. Note where it is and call Stu; a spring nest is smaller and easier to deal with.
- Fence onto bush or a stream? Trim back trees touching the roof and keep the compost bin shut. Ship rats use branches as a bridge, and food left out draws them in.
- Humid kitchen? Wipe benches at night, keep pet food in sealed tubs and fix dripping taps. If cockroaches still show up after dark, Stu tracks down where they hide by day.
Stu also works nearby in Pāpāmoa, Greerton and Mount Maunganui. All suburbs
Questions from Welcome Bay
Do you cover Ōhauiti, Maungatapu and Hairini too?
Yes. Homes and rentals right through Welcome Bay and its neighbours, Ōhauiti, Maungatapu and Hairini, get the same service. The quote is free, and the price on it is the price you pay.
We've got wasps going in under the eaves. What happens next?
Stu finds the entrance, puts the treatment into the nest and calls back to make sure the colony is finished. Tell him where the wasps are going in when you ask for a quote, and send a photo if you can get one from a safe distance.
What customers say
The service is amazing, I can see all dead bugs in my garden, Matt is really easy to communicate, always ring us before arrive, I highly recommend to use professional pest control, I will have a settle summer this year, supper happy!
Great experience from start to finish! From the first communication, to the friendly service, and the final result, all was seamless.
Thanks we'll be back :)
Get a free quote in Welcome Bay
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.