Pest control for Lower Moutere homes and farms
Farmhouses, lifestyle blocks, sheds and barns near the Moutere Inlet. Richard finds where the rats, wasps and borer are working, treats them there, and checks in afterwards.
If Richard’s on a job when you ring, your call is still answered and he calls you back.
“… Most of all he solved the rodent issue we had! …”
- Treats
- Rats and mice, wasps, borer, ants, spiders, flies, cockroaches and fleas
- Where
- Motueka, Riwaka, the Moutere, Māpua and Ruby Bay
- Experience
- More than 15 years in the trade
- Quotes
- Free inspection and quote
- You call or send the formA photo of what you’re seeing helps
- Richard rings youTo go over it and book a time
- Free inspection and quoteAt your place, before any work starts
- Treatment, then a check-inHe makes sure it’s worked
What’s about this month?
This month is lit on the strip. Where a pest keeps a season, its band shows the months it’s most about.
This monthBusiestIn season
Tell Richard what you’re seeingRats or mice
Busiest June to August.
Winter is the commonest time for rats and mice to get into the house.
Wasps
In season September to May; busiest February to May.
Queens start new nests in spring. Nests grow all summer and are busiest in late summer and autumn, raising next year’s queens.
Borer
Busiest October to February.
Borer beetles chew their way out of the timber from October to February, leaving fresh holes and fine dust.
What Richard treats in Lower Moutere
Lower Moutere has more lifestyle blocks than town sections, and the work follows: rats and mice in the sheds, barns and hay, wasps in the banks and hedges, and borer in the older farmhouses.
Richard covers the whole block in one visit: the house, its roof space and subfloor, then the sheds and outbuildings. Your quote covers the lot, so the pests have nowhere left to fall back to.
Tell Richard what’s on the block when you book: how many sheds, any barns or calf sheds, and where the hay and feed are kept. It all goes into one inspection and one quote.
How a job runs in Lower Moutere
Tell us what you’re seeing
Ring, or fill in the form and add a photo if you have one. Richard gets back to you, goes over it and books a time.
The free inspection
Richard visits and goes through the roof space, the subfloor and the outbuildings, finding where they’re living and how they’re getting in.
Quote, then treatment
You get a quote before anything’s done. Once you’re happy, Richard and the team treat it, working around your household, pets included.
The check-in
After the job, Richard checks in with you to make sure it’s worked.
… We had a cockroach and ant issue … sorted it out real quick. …
Lower Moutere, between the valley and the inlet
Lower Moutere is a farming community in the lower Moutere valley, close to the Moutere Inlet, on the valley road that runs up to Upper Moutere. The Riverside Community, founded in 1941, still runs its dairy farm and café here.
The commonest build decade here is the 1950s, the decade boron treatment of house framing began, and some homes go back to the 1880s. That’s why Richard looks at the subfloor of an older farmhouse while he’s under there.
Native birds are common around Lower Moutere, and a kākā turned up in 2020. Richard’s rat baits go in closed bait stations, set along the rats’ runs.
Tips and questions for Lower Moutere
- Stack the woodpile and the hay off the ground and away from the house walls.
- Look under an older farmhouse for small round holes and fine dust on the bearers.
- Check the sunny banks and hedge lines for wasp traffic from late summer.
Lower Moutere questions
Can you treat the barn and the house in one visit?
Yes. Richard inspects the house and the farm buildings together and quotes them as one job.
Do you check older farmhouses for borer?
Yes. If the house is older, Richard checks the subfloor timbers for fresh holes and dust while he’s under there.
We have kākā about. How are the baits set?
Inside closed bait stations, set along the rats’ runs in the roof, the subfloor and the sheds.
Richard also covers Motueka, Upper Moutere and Riwaka. All towns we cover
Get a free quote in Lower Moutere
Tell Richard what you’re seeing and where. Photos help.
What to send Richard
- A photo, if you can get one: droppings, a nest, holes in timber or an ant trail
- Where they are: inside, up in the ceiling, under the floorboards, in the shed or out in the orchard
- When you first noticed them
- Who’s home, or when the bach is empty
- For borer, the year the house went up, if you know it
Richard gets back to you to go over it, then visits to inspect and quote, free of charge.
Thanks, we’ve got your details.
Richard will get back to you to go over it and book a visit.