Renting near campus? Here's how pest service works.
One-time visits for a single lease, or a quarterly plan you keep even if you move across town next semester.
Stephen F. Austin State University sits inside Nacogdoches, and the rental stock built up around it, along North Street, N Pecan Street, and University Drive, is old enough that a lot of it predates modern weatherstripping. Nacogdoches is compact and genuinely bike-friendly, which is part of why so much student housing clusters within walking distance of campus rather than spreading out, and it's also why pest pressure in one older duplex tends to show up in the one next door within a season. The historic district streets near Zion Hill and Sterne-Hoya, just west of campus, carry original wood trim and foundation vents that are exactly the entry points ants, roaches, and the occasional mouse look for once the weather cools.
Pricing for renters
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| One-time rental treatment, single unit | $99 |
| Field Notes quarterly plan (renter-billed) | $109/quarter |
| Bed bug inspection | $89 |
| Rodent trap-out, single unit | $125 |
Renters can book and pay for service directly, no landlord account required, unless your property is already on a landlord plan. Ask and we'll check.
Booking as a renter
- Tell us your address and what you're seeing. Ants, roaches, a mouse, or bed bug signs.
- We check if your property already has a plan. Some campus-area rentals are on a landlord quarterly account.
- If not, we quote a one-time visit or renter-paid plan. Your choice, no long contract either way.
- Technician treats your unit and notes anything that looks like a shared-wall or structural issue.
- We flag landlord-side issues honestly, like exterior gaps, so you know what to report.
What makes campus-area rentals harder
Shared walls in older duplexes and fourplexes near North Street mean roaches and ants move between units through outlet plates and baseboard gaps, so a treatment that only covers your unit sometimes just slows a problem coming from next door. Original 1960s and 1970s wood window frames, common in this part of town, were never built with weatherstripping and give ants and small rodents an easy way in once temperatures drop. August move-in week is the single busiest week of the year for pest calls in this area, since a unit that sat empty over summer can develop pressure nobody reported until a new tenant unpacks. We staff up for that week specifically.
A one-bedroom or studio unit treatment takes 20 to 30 minutes. A shared-wall duplex or fourplex is quoted per unit but scheduled together when neighbors coordinate, since one visit often addresses the whole building's exterior perimeter.
One thing we're upfront about: we treat what's inside your unit and the parts of the exterior you have access to. If entry points are in shared walls, siding, or the roofline, that's structural work that needs the landlord's sign-off before we do exclusion, and we'll say so instead of quoting work we can't actually authorize.
We don't service on-campus SFA housing. Dorms and university-owned residence halls run through the school's own contracted pest vendor, and we're not going to pretend otherwise or take a call we can't follow through on. Off-campus houses, duplexes, and apartments anywhere in the campus footprint, from North Street to University Drive to the neighborhoods off Starr Avenue, are ours to cover.
Streets and areas near campus
Renter questions
Can I book service without my landlord knowing?
Yes, for a one-time unit treatment you pay for directly. If the issue needs structural exclusion work on shared walls or siding, we'll need the landlord's sign-off before doing that piece.
Do you treat SFA dorms?
No. On-campus housing runs through the university's own contracted vendor. We only service off-campus private rentals.
What if my neighbor in the next unit has the same problem?
Tell us. Shared-wall properties often get better results when neighboring units are treated the same visit, and we'll coordinate if you can put us in touch.
Is there a lease or long-term commitment?
No. A one-time visit is exactly that. A quarterly plan runs quarter to quarter and you can cancel before your next scheduled visit.
Can you come during August move-in week?
Yes, and we plan for it. It's our busiest week of the year in this area, so booking a few days ahead gets you a better time window than calling the day you move in.
Moving in or already seeing something? Call (936) 345-0272.
Book service for your rental
Tell us your address and what's going on. We'll confirm a visit window and a price.