I own a 2nd home that I like to visit between short term rentals.
Our service started out good for many years. They were good about keeping up on appointments and easy to deal with.
One weekend I came to stay I recently discovered an infestation of critters in my storage areas. I heard huge ones one night creeping around at 4 am freaking me the heck out.
The next day I checked the storage area and the amount of feces was unforgettable! BEST was supposed to be coming monthly. If they had they would have noticed the new infestation, and let me know additional remediation needed to be done. Even worse, 1-2 months before, I specifically asked them to check those storage areas due to an unusual odor. So they should have checked and they should have seen THIS MESS.
I was terrified and disgusted by the feces. Little children play up near those areas. I had to cancel all renters coming in until I could get this properly remediated. I lost out on rental income, the cost of cleaning and remediation, had to put up security cameras and had no desire to stay in my home. This could have been prevented!
What was I paying a monthly service for? What were they actually doing!? I wonder if they were actually coming to the house, so now I had to put up security cameras.
What's worse is when I contacted them they did not explain why this was missed or why I wasn't contacted about the incredible amount of feces that wasn't there when I hired them years ago. This wasn't preexisting. I know! I dug toys out of there when I moved in! I really think they should have called and said "hey, we aren't controlling this and it's getting worse. We have to close off some holes and do a clean up and it is x amount". Why would they let this keep happening? What is their role as a pest exterminator??? I'm still so angry about this. It took me a few weeks to write this review. I wanted to be fair to this small business.
The new company I hired came in and closed some holes ., set a ton of amazing traps and the biggest issue was a missing vent cover. DONT YOU THINK THAT WAS AN EASY FIX? why wouldn't BEST pickup on that?! I saw the vent with my own eyes, if a tech was walking around the house they would see it too.
I hired BEST to feel safe, not violated. Fail. Over the years they fit about $1000 of my money and I'm not sure anything was being done. read more