Pest management in Mount Claremont, on the limestone rise beside Bold Park.

The suburb takes its name from the limestone hill it sits on. The Spearwood dune system here is shallow yellow sand over hard Tamala limestone, and the rock is often within a spade's depth of the surface along Alfred Road, Rochdale Road and Stephenson Avenue. Old Mount Claremont is the original subdivision, mostly 1940s and 1950s brick and timber homes with jarrah roof framing and floors, exactly the stock subterranean termites prefer. St Johns Wood and Zamia Gardens were carved out of former hospital and institutional land in the late 1980s and 1990s, slab-on-ground with large gardens, while St Peters Square is denser townhouse living with shared walls and paved courtyards. Limestone means termite management systems are usually drilled and injected rather than trenched.

Bold Park is the largest piece of remnant bush on the coastal plain and it sits on the suburb's western edge; Karrakatta Cemetery and the university land are to the east and Lake Claremont is just south. Bush that size sends redbacks, black house spiders, native cockroaches and rodents into the surrounding streets, and the lake adds mosquitoes on still evenings. Rats travel the railway corridor between Karrakatta and Loch Street stations and the open reserves around the sports precinct on Stephenson Avenue. We treat the bush-facing sides of a property more heavily, proof roof lines on the older homes, and use non-repellent ant products on the limestone retaining walls where coastal brown ants nest.

This season in Mount Claremont.

Spring brings the ants out first on the limestone walls and warm paving, then redbacks under outdoor furniture as the evenings lengthen. Mosquitoes start off Lake Claremont in October. Old Mount Claremont's timber-framed homes are the highest termite risk in the suburb, so book an inspection to AS 4349.3 now, ahead of the November swarm nights when this year's alates fly from Bold Park.

Vacate flea treatment and end-of-lease pest control in Mount Claremont.

Moving out of a rental in Mount Claremont 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.

Vacate flea treatment End-of-lease pest control