Pest control plans from $57. Licensed, insured and eco-friendly.
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Precision Pest Control covers Oakland houses, apartment buildings and commercial properties, from bayside flatlands up to the wooded streets of the Oakland Hills. Crews see hill lots shaded by greenery, 1920s bungalows around Lake Merritt and warehouses near the port. Plans center on roof rats, mosquitoes, termites, cockroaches and ants, with inspections for home sales.
What Precision Pest Control offers
Oakland has steep wooded hills, flat bayside neighborhoods and a working port, so no two jobs look alike. Precision Pest Control handles houses, apartments and businesses from Rockridge to Fruitvale and Elmhurst. Start with a no-cost estimate; products are eco-friendly and plans run from $57.
Home service for hillside houses with dense plantings, older flatland bungalows and apartment buildings, with focus on rats near trees, termites in older framing, roaches in damp spots and ants indoors.
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Coverage for eateries, shops, workshops and storage yards around downtown, Jack London Square and the port area, where food, drains and loading docks draw rodents and roaches.
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Thinking of buying or selling an Oakland house? Our inspection for termites and other pests hands buyers, sellers and agents a plain written record of the building ahead of closing.
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Tell us what you are seeing and where. We will recommend a plan for your home or business, with service plans from $57.
What we treat
Roof Rats, Mosquitoes and Termites from the Oakland Hills to the Estuary
Roof rats
Wooded hillsides suit roof rats, which UC Statewide IPM says prefer warm, coastal areas and thrive in dense vegetation such as ivy. They are agile enough to use fence tops and utility lines as roads, and they often hollow out citrus while it hangs on the tree. Indoors they take attics and wall voids. Snap traps set off the ground, on beams and branches, work best once gaps are sealed.
Aedes and Culex mosquitoes
The Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District highlights the invasive Aedes aegypti and notes that West Nile virus reached the county in 2004. UC IPM says Aedes breed in tiny spots, even a bottle cap of water, and their eggs can survive drying for months. Empty saucers, buckets and birdbaths weekly; the district posts a backyard checklist and takes service requests for standing water.
Drywood termites
Because the western drywood termite lives inside dry wood and never needs the soil, a house can hide a colony for years; UC IPM says colonies are small and slow to mature. Clues include hexagonal pellets dropped beneath pinhole exit holes and discarded wings on window sills. Options run from whole-structure fumigation or heat to spot treatments, and an inspector can say which fits the building.
Oriental cockroaches
UC IPM describes the Oriental cockroach as a creature of cool, damp, dark places such as garages, basements, water meter boxes and drains. It stays mostly on ground floors, moves slowly and cannot climb smooth vertical surfaces, so it often ends up trapped in sinks and tubs. Fixing leaks, vacuuming and sealing cracks matter more than spraying, since gel baits do the real work.
Odorous house ants
Odorous house ants are about an eighth of an inch long, dark brown to black, and smell strongly when crushed. They nest in shallow soil and debris outdoors and, indoors, in wall voids near water pipes and heaters, according to UC IPM. They prefer sweets. Clean trails with soapy water, caulk entry points, and set baits near nest openings, where results can take 5 to 10 days.
Spotted something?
Oakland averages about 22.6 inches of rain a year, with the hills getting more. Wet months are a good time to check garages and meter boxes, where damp-loving Oriental cockroaches settle, and to look for leaks that keep crawl spaces moist enough for termites.
Warmer days bring Aedes mosquitoes back to anything that holds water. A quick walk around the yard to dump saucers, pet dishes and clogged gutter water is the best use of an hour, and ants begin to follow sweet spills along kitchen counters.
Termite adults fly by day in these months, and mosquitoes can mature in about a week in warm water. West Nile activity is tracked through dead bird reports, which the district takes at 877-968-2473. Ripe fruit left on trees keeps roof rats fed.
Describe it on the phone and we will tell you what it likely is and how we would treat it. Estimates are free.
8 questions answered
Looking for pest control near you in Oakland? Call (512) 561-7451 or request a free estimate.
Roof rats like warm, coastal places with shrubs, trees and dense ivy, which the hills offer in quantity. They climb along fences and wires, nest in attics and eat fruit and nuts. Trim limbs, pick up fallen fruit, thin ground cover and seal gaps to make a house less inviting.
The Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District features the invasive Aedes aegypti on its website, and UC IPM says the species has spread across the San Francisco Bay Area. These mosquitoes breed in small containers, even a bottle cap of water. Dumping standing water weekly helps, and the district offers service for water you cannot fix.
Yes, the western drywood termite is common along California's Pacific coastal region. Signs include tiny six-sided pellets, exit holes under 2 millimeters wide and shed wings. Because they live deep in dry wood, a professional inspection is the reliable way to find an infestation.
Oakland plans start at $57, and getting an estimate costs nothing. Price follows the property and the pests: a hillside house with rats is not the same job as a flatland duplex with ants. The online form takes a minute.
Yes. Along with homes, we cover restaurants, shops, offices, warehouses and multi-unit buildings. Drains, loading areas and trash enclosures are where roaches and rodents usually begin. Send the address for a free estimate and we will walk through the building with you.
We check the spots termites favor: pellets under exit holes, mud tubes on the foundation, wood near soil and any leak or damp crawl space. Buyers, sellers and agents then share one set of findings before closing, and the estimate is free.
Often they are Oriental cockroaches, which UC IPM describes as living in cool, damp, dark places like garages, basements and water meter boxes. They are slow and cannot climb smooth surfaces. Reducing moisture, sealing cracks and using bait in hiding places works better than sprays.
Yes. Estimates can be requested on this site at any hour, or by phone at (512) 561-7451. Describe the property and what you have seen, like droppings, ants on counters or swarming insects, then choose a plan and date. Our products are eco-friendly.
Oakland covers 56 square miles of land, and roughly a third of it rises into the East Bay hills while the rest sits on flat ground beside the bay. Hillside plantings and bayside moisture bring quite different pests to each part of town.
Oakland is the county seat of Alameda County and counted 440,646 residents in the 2020 census. The city covers 78 square miles including water, and its average elevation is only 43 feet. Grizzly Peak Boulevard in the hills climbs to just over 1,760 feet, so one city holds both flat bayfront and steep canyon streets.
Lake Merritt, an urban estuary near downtown, has been a protected wildlife refuge since 1870. About 13,000 homes went up in the early 1920s, and many downtown buildings from that decade still stand. The 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm destroyed nearly 4,000 homes, and newer houses and old lots now sit side by side. Hillside greenery, the lake and the bay all keep pests supplied with cover and water.
Local field notes
What our technicians check first on a Oakland property
Unique to Oakland
Local conditions decide where pests live and how they get in. These are the Oakland details that shape every plan we write here.
In the Oakland Hills the trouble often starts above the roof. UC IPM advises trimming limbs back from the building, keeping shrubs at least 2 feet from walls, and thinning ground cover that rats use as a highway. Picking fallen fruit and storing garbage under tight lids removes the food that keeps them nearby.
Down in the flatlands, older homes tend to have crawl spaces, garages and basements where moisture collects. Keep wood well off the soil, fix leaks fast and ventilate under the house. Regular inspections matter because a swarm in the yard does not always mean the house itself is infested.
Send us a few details about your Oakland property for a free quote, or dial (512) 561-7451; plans start at $57.
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