Atawhai pest control for hillside homes above the Haven
Atawhai's homes climb the hills above Nelson Haven, plenty of them big family houses with roof spaces to match. That's where rats and mice settle when the weather cools and where wasps build under the eaves. Richard gets up there, finds them and treats them.
Richard under a house when the phone goes? Someone still picks up, and he calls you back.
Roof to subfloor
Roof space: Up through the hatch, Richard follows droppings, runs across the insulation and chewed cable to the nest, and finds the gap they came in by. He checks the rafters for borer holes and the eaves for wasps.
- Where
- North of the city, above Nelson Haven
- Postcode
- 7010
- Common jobs
- Rats, mice, wasps
What to send Richard
- A photo of the holes, droppings or nest
- Where you’ve seen them: roof space, inside, under the floor or outside
- How long it’s been going on
- Who’s home: kids, pets, or a business open to the public
- For borer: the rough age of the house
- Work
- Borer, rats and mice, wasps, household pests
- Area
- Nelson, Stoke and Richmond
- Experience
- 15+ years in pest control
- Quotes
- Free inspection and quote
- Phone, or fill in the formPictures of what you’ve spotted help.
- Richard rings youHe asks what you’ve seen, and where.
- Free inspection and quoteRoof space, subfloor and section, then a price.
- Treated where they’re workingThen he checks back that it’s done the job.
Roof-space rats and eave wasps in Atawhai
A big roof space is a big, warm, quiet place for rodents. Atawhai's homes reach up the foothills among its reserves, taking in Brooklands and Dodson Valley, and when the first cold snap comes, rats and mice head for the ceiling. Wasps choose the eaves, the roof and sunny banks on the slope. Richard treats both, along with flies, ants, spiders and fleas.
On an Atawhai job, Richard climbs into the roof space and works through it end to end, because in a large ceiling the nest can be well away from the room where you hear the noise. He checks the eaves, vents and cladding for the way in, treats rodents along their runs and any wasp nest at the source, and checks in with you after the job. Richard and the team cover all of Atawhai.
How Richard works in Atawhai
Tell Richard what you’ve found
Call, or send the form with a photo of the holes, droppings or nest and where you saw it.
A free inspection
Richard comes out and goes through the ceiling cavity, the subfloor and the section, to find where they’re working and how they get in.
A clear quote
He shows you what he found and quotes the treatment before any work starts.
Treated where they work
Bait stations on the runs, the nest itself, the timber the borer is in: each pest is treated where it lives.
He checks in afterwards
Once the treatment has had time to work, Richard gets back in touch to see that it has.
Hillside homes above Nelson Haven
Roof spaces are the first place to look in Atawhai. With little flat land, post-war Nelson spread onto the foothills overlooking Nelson Haven, and Atawhai became one of its newer family suburbs, with infill and new streets added since. Bigger houses mean bigger ceilings, more eaves and more places for a nest to hide, and an attached garage or a garden shed gives rodents another way to start.
Reserves run all through the suburb: Bayview, Corder Park, Frenchay, Montrose, Ngapua, Queen Elizabeth II, Te-Ata, Titoki and Werneth among them, and Nelson's wider Halo trapping network reaches through Atawhai and on to Nelson North. The ship rat, New Zealand's most common rat, is a strong climber, and from a tree or fence beside the house it reaches the roof with ease.
Down on the shore, Nelson Haven's salt marsh and mudflats fill and drain with the tide behind the Boulder Bank. Up on the hill, late summer and autumn are wasp season, when nests are at their biggest and raising next year's queens, and a sunny slope gives a queen plenty of dry banks to choose from in spring.
Really happy we went with 3D Pest Control! Richard was lovely to deal with from start to finish — prompt in making initial contact, quick to arrange an onsite quote, and able to get us booked in with a really quick turnaround to spray all the bugs away.
Richard was knowledgeable, professional and took the time to explain everything clearly. I particularly appreciated the little touches, like confirming that payment had been received and checking in afterwards to make sure everything was going well and there weren’t any issues.
Great service, great communication, and I’d happily recommend 3D Pest Control to anyone needing pest control. Thanks Richard!
Tips for Atawhai
- After the first cold snap, put your head up through the ceiling hatch with a torch and look for droppings and chewed insulation.
- Cut branches back from the roofline. Climbing rats use them as a bridge onto the roof, and a small gap at the eaves does the rest.
- Check last year's wasp spot each spring: a nest that survives the winter comes back bigger.
Atawhai questions
Does Richard cover Brooklands and Dodson Valley?
Yes. Richard covers all of Atawhai, Brooklands and Dodson Valley included, from the Haven shore up to the top streets.
We can hear rats in our big roof space but can't see them. Where are they?
In a large ceiling, rats nest in the quietest corner: over the garage, down at the low edge of the eaves or deep in the insulation, often away from the room you hear them in. Richard works through the whole roof space to find the nest, treats it there and finds the gap they came in by.
The wasp nest under our eaves is huge, and it's only spring. How?
It has come through the winter. About 10% of German wasp nests survive a New Zealand winter and keep growing, reaching an enormous size by their second autumn. Richard treats it where it hangs and looks over the property for any more.
We also work nearby in The Wood and Maitai. All Nelson suburbs
A free inspection in Atawhai
Tell Richard what you’ve found and where. A photo of the holes, droppings or nest helps him see it before he comes out.
What to send Richard
- A photo of the holes, droppings or nest
- Where you’ve seen them: roof space, inside, under the floor or outside
- How long it’s been going on
- Who’s home: kids, pets, or a business open to the public
- For borer: the rough age of the house
Richard will be in touch to talk it through, then come out, inspect and quote. If you go ahead, he treats them and checks in afterwards.
Rather talk? Call 0800 166 028
Thanks, we’ve got your details.
Richard will be in touch to talk it through and set a time for the free inspection.