Australian Standard Pest Control

The Gold Coast is a tropical paradise palm trees every where.
After completing a pre-purchase pest inspections I take the client around the house and point out a few things that need to be fixed. Regularly I find people planting palm trees close to (if not next to) the wall exterior. I always recommend that the [...]

Often people with suspended floors find the sub floor area ugly.
Sometimes they use palings to decorate these areas. I frequently find this doing termite inspections on the Gold Coast. Palings let air in which helps with drainage and the more sunlight the less comfortable it is for termites.

One thing to be careful of, is that [...]

The country is in recession! I don’t think there is any doubt about that.
It used to be I got my monthly statements from my stock broker and there was little-to-no effort put into the statement. Now the statement is prefaced with a three page letter to let me know its not my brokers fault all [...]

These are photos of a owner who wished he checked his sub floor more often:
Often time houses with subfloors are attacked by termites.
The combination of dark, moist conditions helps attract them and the easy access to timbers provides an excellent food source for the termite to eat undetected for extended periods of time.
So if you [...]