Our pest control service only provides treatment for bedbugs in properties owned by Portsmouth City Council.
Book a treatment
You can book a treatment online, and pay upfront by card.
If you need to pay another way, book a treatment via the city helpdesk on 023 9283 4251 (9am to 4pm weekdays).
You can change or cancel your appointment.
First visit survey: pre-treatment inspection to determine size of infestation and time treatment will require. Our operative attends to carry out inspection and depending on what they find this will influence our next step. If no bugs are found at the time of the survey visit traps will be laid, you will need to contact us within 2 weeks to say bedbugs are in the trap or the £40.00 survey charge will apply again.
Prices
Prices (including VAT):
- visit 1 standard and reduced survey rate – £49.63
- standard rate second and third visit – £148.89 for one room, £31.02 for each additional room
- reduced rate – £74.45 second and third visit for one room, £18.61 for each additional room (this rate is for customers who receive qualifying benefits including pension credit, income support, jobseekers allowance, housing benefit or Council Tax support and Universal Credit – you will need to pay the full charge upfront for all treatments which includes a £10 non-refundable callout charge should we not treat)
Please note, if you agree a pest control appointment and then miss it, you will be charged a £10 callout charge, payable to the operative on your next visit. If you then miss the second visit, your treatment will be cancelled and any refund will be subject to a second £10 callout charge.
What you need to do before treatment
The pest officer will advise at time of survey visit what needs to be done if a treatment is needed.
How we treat it
On the first visit, monitoring traps will be placed in the property and advice given.
If follow-up visits are required after the survey we will apply an insecticide, usually in a wet spray form, in and around the infested areas. These insecticides are the safest available and don’t pose risk to people.
After the treatment you will usually notice the number of bed bugs reduce within 2 to 3 days. The treatment is very effective and continues to take effect for around six weeks.
After the treatment:
- don’t vacuum the room for at least 14 days – and longer if possible
- after the treatment has ended and the room is dry, please return to the room and sleep in the bed. The bed bugs need to be enticed to come into contact with the insecticide
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