In addition to solving home and cottage pest control problems, Cottage Country Pest Control is happy to help maintain your rental properties.
We own a house in Peterborough; while we spend most of our time in Victoria Harbour (it is ever so much prettier - and quieter!) ...we do also live at the Peterborough house part time. And we rent rooms.
If you have a rooming house or own rental properties, you will know all about all the ~fun & games~ that can go along with that. But at least we are fortunate to never have to worry about unwanted pests.
We spray each room as it is vacated; it is a quick and easy job to spray an empty room or apartment - and the spray has a residual effect. So we can be sure that our tenants are moving into a pest free room.
AND - if they happen to be bringing any nasties (such as bed bugs or roaches) with them, the residual effect means that they are unlikely to make it out of that room and into our other tenants' rooms - or worse, mine!!
If you have an apartment, rooming house, or other rental properties in Peterborough or Midland, we would be happy to solve any active infestations you might have, and/or to provide you with an estimate for regular tenant-transition sprays. Guaranteed to be a lot more cost-effective (and less aggravating) than waiting until you have a problem.
We also have products that can take care of any nasty smells - skunks, mold, smoke, and other assorted stinkers.
Email us at ccpestcontrol@gmail.com, or give us a call at (705)534-7863.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Bats in the Belfrey
.... or, more likely the attic or soffits of your home or cottage?
Have you looked into the cost of a bat job in Huronia or the Kawarthas area lately? They can be expensive.
One thing that you should know about Cottage Country Pest Control is that we will NOT recommend a full out bat job unless that is actually what you need.
Ross has been doing a lot of bat-related inspections lately ... but so far, only a couple of places he has visited have had a serious problem that is going to require significant work. The majority have been relatively minor - people call because they have had one or two bats in the house this season.... a very good idea, that!
When we get that sort of call, Ross goes out, checks the home or cottage thoroughly for signs of infestation. If there is a significant bat problem there will be guano. That needs to be dealt with properly because there are health concerns associated with it - and because it's just plain nasty to have critters pooping in your house.
But if there is NOT guano - or only a very small amount - Cottage Country Pest Control will not recommend or charge you for a full bat job. What Ross does in those cases is ensure there are no bats inside, find & seal any points of entry, install seasoned bat boxes if you wish, and carry on his way.
Honest, reliable, responsible pest control: that is what Cottage Country Pest Control offers.
The earlier you get your bats dealt with, the better .... for you and your pocketbook.
If you suspect you may have a bat problem - or if you just want to have some batboxes that bats will actually use installed so that you avoid ever developing one - send us an email, or call (705)534-7863, or in Peterborough & the Kawarthas (705)741-6245.
Have you looked into the cost of a bat job in Huronia or the Kawarthas area lately? They can be expensive.
One thing that you should know about Cottage Country Pest Control is that we will NOT recommend a full out bat job unless that is actually what you need.
Ross has been doing a lot of bat-related inspections lately ... but so far, only a couple of places he has visited have had a serious problem that is going to require significant work. The majority have been relatively minor - people call because they have had one or two bats in the house this season.... a very good idea, that!
When we get that sort of call, Ross goes out, checks the home or cottage thoroughly for signs of infestation. If there is a significant bat problem there will be guano. That needs to be dealt with properly because there are health concerns associated with it - and because it's just plain nasty to have critters pooping in your house.
But if there is NOT guano - or only a very small amount - Cottage Country Pest Control will not recommend or charge you for a full bat job. What Ross does in those cases is ensure there are no bats inside, find & seal any points of entry, install seasoned bat boxes if you wish, and carry on his way.
Honest, reliable, responsible pest control: that is what Cottage Country Pest Control offers.
The earlier you get your bats dealt with, the better .... for you and your pocketbook.
If you suspect you may have a bat problem - or if you just want to have some batboxes that bats will actually use installed so that you avoid ever developing one - send us an email, or call (705)534-7863, or in Peterborough & the Kawarthas (705)741-6245.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Our Heron
Apparently some people just don't get the heron as logo thing.
We are having a video made for one of our online listings; first attempt was just sent to us for approval. Uh ..... NO!!!! No, no, no!
They included our lovely heron right where the narrator says "...and other pests"
DUH!
C.C. hanging out at our dock
We chose the heron because we love them. We have one that hangs out right at the edge of our waterfront - and when we are taking care of your pest problems we are always aware of the need not to do anything that puts our heron - and our environment - at risk.
We care about our environment.
Some pest control companies talk the talk - but that is all it is - talk. They do things like use more product than is required, or worse, spray it over open water.
Cottage Country Pest Control will not do these sorts of things. We will solve your pest problems - but we will do it in such a way as to preserve the things that we love about cottage country.
Give us a call at (705)534-7863 or Peterborough (705)741-6245, or email us to arrange your pest solutions.
We care about our environment....and we take care.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Cottage Country Mystery
Well, I solved our mystery!
Recently we have been getting a lot more calls from people who seem to be actually looking for another pest control company that works in this area.
They tend to be rather confused about who the heck they are actually calling. Until today - in the spirit of fairness - I have had no hesitation about sending them on to the other company. After today? Maybe not so much.
I discovered, after a rather odd phone call and a quick google search, that the other company has started inserting the words Cottage Country into their business name! They are advertising for us - isn't that nice of them?
Anyway, just to be clear, there are in fact 2 pest control companies in Victoria Harbour - and only one of them is called Cottage Country Pest Control.
We are fully licenced and insured, and members of the Structural Pest Management Association of Ontario.
And we are always ready to assist you to solve pest problems at your home, business, or cottage at a time that is convenient for you.
If you have - or think you might have - ants, spiders, bed bugs, roaches, mice, bats, or any other aggravating pests (other than the ones you brought into the world yourself; we don't do those) - we will be happy to provide you with an estimate and a solution. Give us a call at (705)534-7863 or in Peterborough @ (705)741-6245, or email us at ccpestcontrol@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
Recently we have been getting a lot more calls from people who seem to be actually looking for another pest control company that works in this area.
They tend to be rather confused about who the heck they are actually calling. Until today - in the spirit of fairness - I have had no hesitation about sending them on to the other company. After today? Maybe not so much.
I discovered, after a rather odd phone call and a quick google search, that the other company has started inserting the words Cottage Country into their business name! They are advertising for us - isn't that nice of them?
Anyway, just to be clear, there are in fact 2 pest control companies in Victoria Harbour - and only one of them is called Cottage Country Pest Control.
We are fully licenced and insured, and members of the Structural Pest Management Association of Ontario.
And we are always ready to assist you to solve pest problems at your home, business, or cottage at a time that is convenient for you.
If you have - or think you might have - ants, spiders, bed bugs, roaches, mice, bats, or any other aggravating pests (other than the ones you brought into the world yourself; we don't do those) - we will be happy to provide you with an estimate and a solution. Give us a call at (705)534-7863 or in Peterborough @ (705)741-6245, or email us at ccpestcontrol@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Uh... yuck. Just yuck! More bedbugs.
Here is a ~darling~ little video from National Geographic
Wasn't that fun? Here's another.
And here is a link to a brief clip from CBC.ca - this one is a lot less disgusting, honest!
Wasn't that fun? Here's another.
And here is a link to a brief clip from CBC.ca - this one is a lot less disgusting, honest!
Bed Bugs in the news
We have been very interested in the articles about bed bugs in the Toronto Star this weekend... in part because we have had a very busy week for bed bugs.
Not in seedy, low cost, or dirty housing. In fact, none of our recent bed bug jobs have been in the sort of places you might think would have them.
Bed bugs happen - unfortunately - to all sorts of people in all sorts of living situations. They are, of course, tougher to deal with for people without resources. It is easy to say that you need to wash and dry everything in your apartment or house at the highest possible temperature, or get it all dry cleaned - but there are costs to that, and those without resources don't have what they need to deal with them as thoroughly or as appropriately as others.
Anyway ... am getting off topic. THIS blog was meant to point towards some of the articles I came across in my travels today:
Not in seedy, low cost, or dirty housing. In fact, none of our recent bed bug jobs have been in the sort of places you might think would have them.
Bed bugs happen - unfortunately - to all sorts of people in all sorts of living situations. They are, of course, tougher to deal with for people without resources. It is easy to say that you need to wash and dry everything in your apartment or house at the highest possible temperature, or get it all dry cleaned - but there are costs to that, and those without resources don't have what they need to deal with them as thoroughly or as appropriately as others.
Anyway ... am getting off topic. THIS blog was meant to point towards some of the articles I came across in my travels today:
- Can the city defeat growing bedbug crisis? This article, along with another by Joe Fiorito (who has written several articles about bed bugs ) were on the front page of the Greater Toronto Area section of yesterday's Star.
- Everything you didn’t want to know about bedbugs A brief overview of the (oh so disgusting) facts.
- Bedbugs a potential deal breaker for real estate transactions in Toronto Tony Wong; 6-Jul-2010 [This one interests me because one of the things Cottage Country Pest Control has been talking about offering is specific services to real estate agents. It would be much easier, one would think, to show, and more importantly, sell - a nice-smelling and pest-free home!]
- 2009 Toronto bedbug reports per 1,000 households Almost every case of bed bugs Cottage Country Pest Control has dealt with recently has involved someone (most often a family member) who comes up from the city for a visit and brings unwanted ~baggage~
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
More about spider sprays
Wow. That was weird. Had a phone call today about doing a spider spray - but apparently the person did not like the length of the guarantee.
Spraying for spiders is very effective, my friends - but it does not get rid of any existing webs, and it doesn't last forever.
We can't even - really - tell you how long it IS going to last; that depends on a whole bunch of weather conditions that we have no control over. Rain isn't a problem - but the sun does, over time, break down the product and reduce its residual effect.
That would be why most homes & cottages - especially those near water - need two, or even three, sprays each season.
Cottage Country Pest Control schedules these at your convenience and in order to reduce the number of treatments you'll require wherever possible. We are not interested in over-spraying or in selling you services you don't need; we are here to solve your pest problems for you.
So - if the spider webs are getting to you, the first step is to give us a call, or send us an email and set up your spray. And then, if you like, take a broom to any existing webs before we get there. We'll come and spray, which will prevent spiders from taking up residence for about 6 weeks (depending, as I said, on the sun).
When they start to come back, you let us know and we'll come back and do it again - and we'll give you a discount, too.
Spraying for spiders is very effective, my friends - but it does not get rid of any existing webs, and it doesn't last forever.
We can't even - really - tell you how long it IS going to last; that depends on a whole bunch of weather conditions that we have no control over. Rain isn't a problem - but the sun does, over time, break down the product and reduce its residual effect.
That would be why most homes & cottages - especially those near water - need two, or even three, sprays each season.
Cottage Country Pest Control schedules these at your convenience and in order to reduce the number of treatments you'll require wherever possible. We are not interested in over-spraying or in selling you services you don't need; we are here to solve your pest problems for you.
So - if the spider webs are getting to you, the first step is to give us a call, or send us an email and set up your spray. And then, if you like, take a broom to any existing webs before we get there. We'll come and spray, which will prevent spiders from taking up residence for about 6 weeks (depending, as I said, on the sun).
When they start to come back, you let us know and we'll come back and do it again - and we'll give you a discount, too.
Peterborough (705)741-6245
Midland/Barrie/Orillia & surrounding areas (705)534-7863
ccpestcontrol@gmail.com
Midland/Barrie/Orillia & surrounding areas (705)534-7863
ccpestcontrol@gmail.com
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