Historic homes need historic-home pest control
Winter Park's brick streets, century-old oaks, and beautiful older homes come with pest realities new subdivisions don't have: settled foundations with new gaps, original wood with decades of moisture history, crawl spaces that have never been sealed, and a tree canopy that connects every roof on the block. Pest control here starts with understanding old houses.
What Winter Park homes face
Termites. The top concern for historic homes — decades of wood-to-soil contact, old additions, and moisture history. Both subterranean and drywood termites show up here. Annual inspections are cheap insurance against the repair bills.
Roof rats in the canopy. The oak canopy over Park Avenue and the surrounding streets is a roof rat superhighway. Attic activity in fall and winter is the classic Winter Park call.
Lake mosquitoes. The Winter Park chain of lakes means shoreline homes deal with serious mosquito pressure most of the year.
Palmetto bugs and spiders. Old-house gaps plus lake humidity — exclusion and perimeter work handle both.
Working with historic properties
We treat historic homes with the care they need: no destructive inspection methods, exclusion materials that don't damage original woodwork, and treatment plans that respect the structure. If your home is in a historic district, tell us — we'll keep everything reversible and low-impact.
Send the form below for a free inspection — tell us the age of the home.