Pest management in Hocking, new estates on old market garden ground.
Hocking was carved out of Wanneroo in 1994 and has been building ever since, with the Belvedere estate around Gungurru Avenue and Elliot Road still going up next to remnant market gardens. New slabs beside old bush and paddocks is the pest story here.
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- Licensed under the WA Pesticides Regs
- In Perth pest management since 2011
- Itemised investment in writing
- Same-day for active pests
Hocking was farmland and market gardens until the 1990s, named for a Wanneroo Road Board chairman from the early 1900s. The housing is almost all slab-on-ground brick and tile from the last twenty years, much of it in the Belvedere estate, with newer stages still under construction on the eastern side. Slab homes keep the frame off the ground, but termites enter through slab penetrations, expansion joints and along the slab edge wherever a garden bed, lawn or paving has been built up over the weep holes. The ground is the same Spearwood yellow sand that grew Wanneroo's vegetables, free-draining and warm, which is why coastal brown ants have colonised the paving in every stage of the estate.
What makes Hocking different from an older suburb is the edge. Remnant market gardens, vacant lots under development and the bush and wetlands of Yellagonga Regional Park across Wanneroo Road all sit within a few hundred metres of new homes. Cleared land pushes rodents, spiders and native cockroaches into the nearest finished street, and the wetlands send mosquitoes over on spring evenings. Gungurru, Chesterfield, Amery and Hinckley Parks add irrigated turf and fresh mulch that ants and spiders love. We treat Hocking with those edges in mind and pay close attention to the termite management system the builder installed, because that is the home's first line of defence.
The Hocking pest short-list.
Termites
Slab penetrations, built-up garden beds over the slab edge and construction pressure from neighbouring lots. Inspections to AS 4349.3, checking the builder's system and topping it up to AS 3660.2 where needed, with an APVMA-registered product applied to its label. Termite inspection.
Coastal brown ants
Under driveways, paving and alfresco slabs across the estate. Non-repellent products and baits applied to label to collapse the colony rather than scatter it. Ant management.
Rats and mice
Displaced from cleared lots and the remaining market gardens, and drawn to sheds, chook pens and roof voids. Baiting in lockable stations plus proofing. Rodent management.
Spiders and cockroaches
Redbacks in retic boxes and under alfresco furniture, white-tails in fresh mulch, and native bush cockroaches wandering in from the paddocks. Low-odour non-staining products indoors, applied to label. Spider management.
This season in Hocking.
Spring in Hocking: coastal brown ants are the first thing most residents notice as the driveway warms, followed by redbacks in retic boxes and the first mosquitoes from the Yellagonga side. Cleared lots in the newer stages are pushing rodents into finished streets. Newer housing lowers termite pressure but does not remove it, so an inspection of the slab edge and the builder's system before the November alate flights is worth doing.
Warmer soil brings coastal brown ants and redbacks out. Good time for a perimeter treatment before summer.
Subterranean termites swarm on warm, humid evenings. Sandy northern-suburb soils and garden timber raise the risk.
German and Australian cockroaches follow warmth and food into kitchens as nights cool.
Rats and mice look for warm voids. Sealing entry points now beats baiting later.
Every service we run in Hocking.
- Termite inspection Hocking
- Termite treatment Hocking
- General pest treatment Hocking
- Ant management Hocking
- Rodent management Hocking
- Cockroach management Hocking
- Spider management Hocking
- Mosquito management Hocking
- Vacate flea treatment Hocking
- End-of-lease pest treatment Hocking
- Wasp removal Hocking
- Bed bug treatment Hocking
What it typically comes to in Hocking. A general pest treatment for a three-bedroom home is $250 to $350, an external ant treatment $250 to $400, a rodent program $220 to $380 and a timber pest inspection $250 to $350. Newer slab-on-ground homes are quicker to treat inside, so general pest jobs tend to sit at the lower end; termite work is quoted on perimeter length and how much of it is paved. Every job is quoted itemised in writing before we start, with no call-out fee and no deposit. Full investment guide.
Vacate flea treatment and end-of-lease pest control in Hocking.
Moving out of a rental in Hocking with a pet? Most WA leases that allowed the pet carry a special condition requiring a professional flea treatment at vacate. We quote from the address within the hour, treat the same week, and email the certificate to you and your agent within the hour of finishing: $150 to $220 by floor area, 30-day re-treatment promise. Book it after the bond clean and carpet clean, just before the keys go back.
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See suburb pageAsked in Hocking.
How long from Warwick to Hocking?
About twelve minutes up Wanneroo Road. Same-day for active pests is usually possible.
My Hocking home is new. Do termites really get into slab homes?
Yes. Termites enter slab homes through penetrations for plumbing and services, expansion joints and along the outside of the slab where soil, mulch or paving has been built up above the weep holes. Your builder's termite management system also needs checking and maintaining. An inspection to AS 4349.3 confirms it is intact and documents the home for resale. Book an inspection.
Why does every house in our Hocking street have ants?
Because the estate sits on warm yellow sand, coastal brown ant habitat, and the colony spans several properties under the paving. A repellent spray at one house just moves the workers next door. We use non-repellent products and baits applied to label so the treatment reaches the queens, and a combined treatment across neighbours works best. Read more.
Are the vacant lots and market gardens in Hocking a pest problem?
They can be. Land clearing and earthworks displace rodents, spiders and native cockroaches into the nearest finished homes, and gardens under cultivation hold moisture and food. If a lot near you is being developed, an external treatment and a check of your roofline and shed before the earthworks start heads most of it off.
What is the investment for a general pest treatment in Hocking?
A typical three-bedroom home, internal and external, sits in the $250 to $350 range. Every job is quoted itemised in writing. See the investment guide.
Get a fair, itemised investment in Hocking.
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