Tāhunanui pest control for homes, flats and holiday stays
Tāhunanui packs beach-side flats, rentals, holiday stays and family homes between the port and the airport. With that much coming and going, a pest next door soon becomes your pest. Richard treats cockroaches, rats and mice for homes, landlords and businesses here.
Richard under a house when the phone goes? Someone still picks up, and he calls you back.
Roof to subfloor
Inside: Richard works through the warm, dark gaps: behind the fridge and stove, under the sink, the pantry and the hot-water cupboard, where cockroaches hide and mice feed.
- Where
- On the beach between the port and the airport
- Postcode
- 7011
- Common jobs
- Cockroaches, rats, mice
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.
Cockroaches, rats and mice in Tāhunanui
Cockroaches turn up in kitchens and bathrooms, behind fridges and in the warmth of the hot-water cupboard. New Zealand's three pest cockroaches are the German, the American and the Gisborne, and the Gisborne is found in Nelson: glossy, dark brown with pale stripes, living in bark chips and garden timber and moving into roof cavities and wall spaces when it's cold. Rats and mice come indoors in winter too. Richard treats them all, plus ants, fleas, spiders, wasps and borer.
In a flat or rental, Richard starts where pests feed and hide: under the sink, behind the stove and fridge, the hot-water cupboard and the bathroom. Then he looks over the ceiling cavity and subfloor, because cockroaches and mice both use the gaps between units. Treatment goes into those spots, and Richard checks back later to confirm they've gone. For holiday accommodation and other businesses near the beach, he sets up a plan to suit each site.
How Richard works in Tāhunanui
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.
Beach flats, holiday stays and the hill streets
Small flats and rented homes are a big part of Tāhunanui, and a home that changes hands often needs checking often. A landlord has to start every tenancy with the place free of pests, so the days between tenants are the best time for a check: empty cupboards, clear floors and nothing in the way.
Behind the beach sit a big holiday park, a fun park and a hydro slide, busy all summer with food, bins and short stays. Kitchens and bins like that are what cockroaches and rodents follow, and Richard, who has worked in pest control for over 15 years, looks after hospitality and accommodation businesses as well as homes.
Up the hill, the slopes above Tāhunanui were subdivided for housing in the late 1930s, and the suburb took off after the war. Houses from those years went up before boron-treated framing, so borer is worth a look in the subfloors and ceilings of the hill streets.
I highly recommend! Within 24hrs I had a dozen dead cockroaches around my home. Richard was professional, quick and very helpful.
Tips for Tāhunanui
- Cockroaches hide in warm, dark gaps. Check behind the fridge and stove and under the sink with a torch after dark.
- Keep bark chips and garden timber back from the house walls: the Gisborne cockroach lives in them and moves inside in cold weather.
- Before winter, look in the roof space above a flat for mouse droppings. Winter is when they move inside.
Tāhunanui questions
We run holiday accommodation near Tāhuna Beach. Can Richard look after it?
Yes. Hospitality and accommodation are part of Richard's work alongside homes. He goes through the units, kitchens and bin areas, works out where pests are coming from and what they're feeding on, and puts a plan in place for your site.
Big brown cockroaches with pale stripes are getting into our Tāhunanui flat. What are they?
That sounds like the Gisborne cockroach, which lives outside in bark chips and timber and moves into roof cavities and walls when it's cold. It's found in Nelson, and Richard treats it where it's living outside as well as inside.
We've just moved into a Tāhunanui flat and found fleas. Who sorts it out?
Let the landlord or property manager know straight away, because the flat should have been handed over free of pests. Richard treats fleas in the carpets, floors and furnishings where they're breeding, and there's nothing to pay for his inspection, whoever books him.
We also work nearby in Britannia Heights, Stoke and Bishopdale. All Nelson suburbs
A free inspection in Tāhunanui
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.