Critter Control

Had rodents in the attic, tech from critter control came out to evaluate my problem. They were very thorough and personable. But in the end the $ 6000 solution that they presented me with seemed a little excessive. I have no doubts that their solution would have undoubtedly fixed my problem. However I couldn’t justify spending that kind of money without first attempting to fix the problem myself. I was able to remove the rodent in the end with about $ 30 in materials from home depot.

Job well done.
Left a couple of screws in the driveway, which could have been a problem.
Otherwise, everything went well.
I particularly like the lifetime guarantee on the job,

I found this business off of
and gave them a call. I thought they were a small outfit, but they have at least two locations in DFW and also OKC. They sent out a person for a free inspection and she was very nice. She wore booties and took me into the attic to show me what I already knew – I had rats.
The way she spoke and explained things, I knew she had been trained to sell. There’s nothing wrong with that. And in fact, it’s great that she’s well trained, friendly, and thorough. I’ve sold cars before and I appreciate good salesmanship. She then explained to me all about the terrible diseases rodents carried, explained that I would need all new insulation to get rid of pheromones, and then would need additional work to prevent reentry. All great things. But it’s about $ 4 a square foot for all the work (I have about a 1,000 sq ft home.)
So I was looking for someone to plug holes, set bait, and get rid of rodents. They were looking at a mini-​home remodel with over $ 4k price tag. It wasn’t quite what I was expecting. She gave me the sales pitch and explained that they’ll keep coming back. And I’m sure she’s right. My issue is that I could have saved her time and energy had they told me that I was looking at about $ 1,000 for their basic service. I don’t need to take a day off work in order to be surprised with sticker shock. Please set expectations is all I ask.
I called two other places and they quoted me $ 65 and $ 75 respectively. I think I’ll take my chances at that price point each year. I can do that for the next 40 years and still save money compared to what I was offered through Critter Control. I’m sure they’re good at what they do. It’s just not at all what I was looking for or expecting.

Five RAVING stars for the pro team at Critter Control. Not everyone can gracefully handle a call from a hysterical woman (me) crying about «a monster in the attic» and efficiently devise a solution to rid a home of monsters.
They stopped the nightly home invasions at my house from a team of raccoons (yes, urban raccoons!), humanely removed two of the suckers (one in a cage, the other sadly deceased from an untimely leap from my roof upon finding it’s mate in a cage), and very quickly plugged up all of the access points the creatures were using.
This was after my former exterminator insisted to me that nothing was in my attic and then couldn’t be bothered to return my frantic calls once I had evidence that he was wrong.
Philip spent over two hours doing a thorough walk through of my house, crawl space, attic, interior, and exterior. He took photos, mapped out all of the problem areas, and then sat down with me to walk through priorities.
I was so impressed that I signed on for quarterly pest control services in addition to the one-​time work I had done.
They aren’t the cheapest group out there, but they were the best I found in my research (others suggested either poisoning the creatures or driving them out of my house to elsewhere in the neighborhood).
While I hope I don’t need to call on their wildlife removal again, if I do, they will be only team I call!