We chose to work with Peachtree Pest Control after seeing so many good reviews around the web, and finding a pleasant experience with the salesperson who came to our house to assess a problem we had with a couple of rats and squirrels who had been coming in through holes along our roof.
The quote we received was better than many in pricing, and seemed thorough in that it would seal the gaps, then set traps, then come check them for weeks afterward, and finally to replace damaged insulation in the attic after the house had been cleared.
The worker who showed up on the day of the scheduled repairs and traps settings showed up 45 minutes late. He was young, college-aged, and apparently hadn't been trained to introduce himself, explain what he was going to do today, or show any professional courtesy when I came out to introduce myself or see what was happening. His only comment to me was at the end of the job to make sure I reviewed his work online so he could get a bonus.
The flashing he installed over the gaps did the job, but wasn't exactly top notch: cheap flashing, rather crudely installed with screws and spray painted to match our home's exterior. It did the job, but I could have easily done the same work in about an hour total, and surely with a bit more finesse for the price.
He set up traps in the attic and beneath the house, which I was really surprised to see looked like just larger versions of the little wooden traps you can basically buy anywhere. Not super high quality, or even tech savvy; just wooden traps. Again, I could have done the same job in about an hour; I hadn't planned to hire a professional to do a job any person with a car to drive to Home Depot could do (in fact, the traps we had already laid ourselves were better than these).
After a week, the new traps had caught nothing, and the rats were having free run of our house, easily avoiding the mediocre traps. I called the company and told them how nothing had changed, and a new worker came out to check on it. He was much better than the first, and showed me how the traps had been poorly placed, as they were in the middle of the room rather than along the walls where the rats would run. He repositioned them, and was much more professional than the original. He also assured me that the traps were high quality when I pointed out that they didn't seem very strong or professional. He assured me now they would work.
Still, another week went by and nothing was caught. The traps weren't doing anything, and it did not surprise me in the slightest.
Fed up, my fiance and I went to the store and bought the best traps they had, better than the ones we'd paid $1200 for. That night, two rats got caught in the traps we set, after they'd avoided the 'professional' ones for two weeks. I'd paid $50 for what I'd been charged so much for.
I called back and explained this to the company, about my general dissatisfaction with basically every step of their service. Because I still was contracted for a $1000 insulation job, they said they wanted to keep my business, and understood my concerns, so would call back with a plan to make it better.
In the end, they offered to knock $200 off the price of the trapping (which was basically the fee for coming back for the next month to check on the traps that weren't working, AKA to no longer charge me for a cosmetic service at best, tacked on to the end of an ineffective job. They didn't seem to really care that their traps were useless, and that the work they'd done had not actually gotten anything done.
I went ahead with the insulation work, since as part of a package deal it was still cheaper than canceling, and how could you mess up insulation? They came out and did a fine job with that.
They did not call back to see if I was satisfied with that job, or do anything to show that they cared in the slightest about me as a customer, besides that one moment refunding work that hadn't happened yet to reinforce the prior work that had done nothing.
All in all, I see that there are a lot of good reviews for their pest work in yards, but I would be wary hiring them to do any indoor pest capturing or carpentry. Simply put, the work here isn't top notch, and the service policy seem to be 'do as much as necessary to check the boxes and then get out.'
I feel sad that a local a company like this, who has seemingly been around forever, apparently cares so little about making sure their customer is satisfied, as long as they get their money. A big two star 'meh' all around. read more