Why a company that only works the south end of the county
St. Pete is a peninsula on a peninsula. Water on three sides, a water table a few feet down, and a housing stock that runs from 1910s heart-pine bungalows to 1960s block ranches to beach condos built on fill. Termites and pests behave differently across that mix, and a crew that drives in from Hillsborough or Pasco twice a week does not see enough of it to notice. We stay south of Ulmerton Road on purpose. It keeps the drive short, the follow-up visits on time, and the technicians looking at the same kinds of houses every day.
It also means we know which streets flooded. When the 2024 storm surge pushed into Shore Acres, Snell Isle, Gulfport and the beach towns, thousands of homes had wet framing and opened-up walls for months. Damp wood is exactly what subterranean termites look for, and a lot of the inspections we do now are on houses that came through that season.
The two jobs we are set up for
Most of our work splits into two kinds of visit. The first is termites: finding out whether there is activity, which species it is, and whether it calls for a soil treatment, a spot treatment or a tent. That includes the wood-destroying organism reports buyers and lenders ask for when a house is changing hands. The second is the ongoing pest work that every Florida house needs, ants and roaches, roof rats, mosquitoes in the wet season, and the occasional bed bug call.
Keeping it to those two means the person who answers the phone can tell you, on that call, roughly what you are dealing with and what it is likely to cost. It also means we are not trying to sell you lawn care or a gutter guard while we are there.
What a first visit looks like
We book a window that suits you, and the technician calls when they are on the way. For a termite inspection they walk the outside first: the foundation line, the slab edge, stucco that comes down to the soil, the garage, fences and anything wooden that touches the house. Then the inside, with attention to bathrooms, the kitchen, door frames and window sills. Older homes with a raised floor get a look underneath from the crawl space hatch, and the attic gets a look wherever it can be reached safely.
You get told what was found while the technician is still there, in plain terms, with photos where it helps. If treatment is needed you get a written price that names the method, the product, the areas covered and the follow-up included. Nothing is scheduled until you have read it.
The houses we see most
- 01Raised-floor bungalows in Kenwood, Old Northeast and Crescent Lake. Old-growth pine framing that has lasted a century, crawl spaces that hold moisture, and piers that subterranean termites climb with mud tubes.
- 02Block homes on a slab from the 1950s to the 1980s, across most of the city and Pinellas Park. Termites come in through expansion joints, plumbing penetrations and the cold joint where the slab meets the stem wall.
- 03Waterfront and barrier-island homes on Snell Isle, Shore Acres, Tierra Verde and the beaches. Salt air, irrigation and storm damage keep the wood around windows and fascia damp, which drywood and subterranean termites both like.
- 04Condos and townhomes, where a drywood problem in one unit is often a building problem, and the treatment has to be agreed with the association.
Things we will not do
- We will not quote a termite treatment over the phone without seeing the house. We will give you a range so you can plan, but the real price comes after the inspection.
- We will not recommend tenting for subterranean termites. A tent does nothing to termites living in the soil.
- We will not sign you up for a monthly pest plan when a quarterly one will do. Most houses here do not need more.
- We will not leave bait stations in the ground and stop checking them. A station nobody opens is just a plastic tube.
- We will not write up a WDO report that says more or less than what the inspector actually saw.
One family, one license, since 1996
This company started in St. Petersburg in 1996 and has kept the same state license from that year to now. The founder still runs it, and he is the certified operator in charge of the license, so he answers to the state personally for the work done under it. His family works here too, and the office stays small enough that the person who quotes a job knows the person who does it.
That background runs deeper than the company itself. Before 1996 the founder spent a decade running pest service across St. Pete, Clearwater and Tampa for another firm, which is a long time to learn how Pinellas houses behave in the wet season and the dry one.
Two habits come out of that experience. Termite work is planned around how the house sits on the ground: a slab home and a raised home on a crawl space get treated differently, with the soil along the foundation as the line of defense. And termite coverage does not end when the truck leaves. It includes a yearly inspection, it can be renewed, it can be passed to the next owner if you sell, and if termites come back while it is in force, the re-treatment costs you nothing.
Licensing and the paperwork
Pest control in Florida is regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, under Chapter 482 of the Florida Statutes. Termite work, fumigation and general household pest control are separate certification categories, and every treatment is done under a certified operator in the right one. Wood-destroying organism inspections are reported on the state’s own form, and termite warranties are written down with the terms spelled out, including what happens at renewal.
Ask to see the license and the insurance certificate before any work starts. Any company you are thinking of hiring should be glad to show you both.
Our own state pest control business license is JB5713. It covers termites and other wood-destroying organisms, fumigation, and general household pest and rodent control.
Where to go from here
If you are seeing mud tubes, wings or pellets, or you just bought a house and want to know where it stands, the quickest route is a call to (727) 513-4261. If you would rather write it down, the form on this page comes straight to us and we call back to set a time. You can also read through how our termite inspections work or check typical prices for St. Pete first.
Last updated October 8, 2026