Altona is a bayside suburb with the Esplanade and the beach on one side, the Cherry Lake and Truganina wetlands on another, and the refineries and industrial land of Altona North behind it. That geography drives the pest calls. Rats live along the foreshore, the lake and the creek lines all year and move into roof voids, subfloors and sheds as soon as the weather turns in April. The older weatherboards and Californian bungalows between Pier Street and the station have timber floors, open vents and roof spaces that rats and mice walk straight into. Cockroaches thrive in the humidity off the bay, and the silverfish that most suburbs see occasionally are a constant in Altona's older homes because of it.
Spring and summer bring the ants out of the sandy ground and into kitchens, and the big eaves and fences along the Esplanade web up with black house spiders fed by the insects off the wetlands. We treat all of it across Altona, Seaholme, Altona North, Altona Meadows and the Williamstown and Newport side of Hobsons Bay, and we price every job over the phone before anyone drives out.