Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Upper Makefield Township, PA

Wooded lots, deer and the Delaware riverfront

Big lots with woods, meadows and stone walls carry heavy deer traffic, and blacklegged ticks come with them. Mice and chipmunks shelter in those same walls and woodpiles, then move into garages and basements as fall cools.

The river, the Delaware Canal and low ground near the water hold mosquitoes through summer. Mid-1980s homes, now about 40 years old, add aging decks and sill plates within reach of subterranean termites.

Much of the township has been kept open through farmland and land preservation, so meadows, hay fields, wooded ravines and hedgerows still separate one neighborhood from the next. That open land supports large deer herds, voles and white-footed mice, which together keep the tick cycle running from early spring to late fall. Ravines draining east to the Delaware stay cool and moist, and big lawns that run out to them have long edges where ticks wait.

Houses here range from eighteenth-century stone farmhouses with bank barns to 1980s colonials with cedar or wood clapboard siding and large decks. Weathered cedar, unpainted barn boards and old fascia draw carpenter bees every May, and the hand-hewn oak and chestnut timbers in old barns and farmhouse attics can carry active powderpost beetles long after the wood was cut. Mid-1980s houses built on sloping lots often have walkout basements whose buried wall stays damp, which favors termites.

Up I-95 into Bucks County and toward the river

We drive I-95 north through Philadelphia into Bucks County, then local roads toward Washington Crossing, roughly 70 minutes from Media. Call a few days ahead so we can reserve a time. Thom and his team inspect the house and grounds for free and give you a written quote.

Washington Crossing, Newtown and the river towns

Washington Crossing Historic Park and River Road (Route 32) follow the township's riverfront. Newtown Township lies to the west, Lower Makefield Township to the south, and New Hope is a short drive upriver. River Road (Route 32) follows the Delaware past Washington Crossing Historic Park, and the Washington Crossing Bridge links the township to New Jersey. Route 532, the Washington Crossing Road, runs west toward Newtown, while the Delaware Canal and its towpath trace the river's edge through the riverfront village. Upper Makefield students attend the Council Rock School District. Nearly all housing is owner-occupied, set on lots from an acre to many acres among preserved farms and woods, with few businesses outside the river village. The requests we expect follow that land use: tick and mosquito treatments on large yards, rodent sealing in stone farmhouses and outbuildings, wood-boring insect checks on old timbers and termite inspections on homes around forty years old.