Newcastle
Terraces, semis and Federation weatherboards. Party walls, shallow damp subfloors, salt air that never quite lets timber dry.
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Newcastle · Lake Macquarie · Maitland · Port Stephens
Pest control in Newcastle and the Hunter
Name the pest, then fix it. We work out what is actually in your house, tell you what it is doing there, and treat it properly. No scare talk, no mystery sprays. Licensed technicians, Hunter-wide.
Plate I, the usual suspects
Start with what you saw
Most enquiries start with a sign, not a species. Find the closest match and the page will tell you the rest.
- PL. 02CockroachesSmall pale roaches near the kettle at night, droppings in drawersActive Sep to May→
- PL. 03AntsTrails along the skirting, sand heaps in pavers, wings after rainActive Sep to Mar→
- PL. 04Rats and miceScratching in the ceiling at night, chewed packets, dark droppingsPeak Apr to Sep→
- PL. 05SpidersMessy low webs behind gear, webbing on the fence at duskActive Nov to Apr→
- PL. 06Termites (white ants)Mud on piers or slab edge, hollow timber, flying ants at duskYear-round→
- PL. 07WaspsPaper nest under the eaves, traffic to one gap in the bricksActive Oct to Mar→
- PL. 08Fleas and ticksBites around the ankles, pets scratching, worse in warm weatherPeak Dec to Mar→
- PL. 09Bed bugsBites in a line, pepper marks on the mattress seamYear-round→
All services, including general treatments and end of lease →
The house, annotated
Where to look
Most people never see the pest. They see the sign: droppings under the sink, scratching overhead, mud on a brick pier. We drew the four kinds of Hunter house and numbered the spots where trouble actually starts. Pick yours and check them.
PL. 06, termites
Termites get their own chapter
Coastal NSW carries termite activity year-round or close to it, and the Hunter's housing stock feeds it from both ends: damp subfloors under the old inner suburbs, garden beds and buried slab edges around the new ones. Only a proper inspection settles what is happening in your house.
We inspect and manage termites to the Australian Standards for the work, AS 3660 for management and AS 4349.3 for timber pest inspections, and we put what we find in writing. If you have already found something, the rule is simple: leave it undisturbed and book.
Plate II, the work
What a visit actually looks like
Illustrative photos. We describe methods generically and quote every job on what it needs.
Plate III, the ground we cover
Four kinds of country, one book
The Hunter is not one pest environment. It is at least four, and the difference decides where we look first.
Lake Macquarie
Brick-and-tile postwar streets. Quiet subfloors on piers, garden beds grown up over the weep holes.
The Lake Macquarie pages →Maitland
Floodplain country. Wet years push rodents indoors in numbers, and moisture drives everything else.
The Maitland pages →Port Stephens
Sand and bush. The vegetation line sets the spider pressure, and landscape timber feeds the termites.
The Port Stephens pages →
From the guides
Reference, not sales copy
The guides are the part of this site you can use without ever calling us: identification, plain answers, and what actually fixes each problem.
- Common household pests in the Hunter
The identification guide. What it looks like, what it is doing, what fixes it. - Flying ants or termites?
The five-second check that settles the most urgent question we get. - Renting? Whose problem is the pest?
The tenant and landlord split, in plain words.
Next step
Tell us what you have seen
A description and a suburb is enough. A licensed technician reads every enquiry, works out what the job needs, and comes back with a straight answer and a free quote. No obligation, no pressure.