I had a frustrating experience with the pest control service today. Despite a "No Parking, Active Driveway" sign, the servicer parked behind my garage and a neighbor's garage, blocking us in. When I asked how long he planned on being parked there, he said 15-30 minutes. He offered to back up to let me out, but it's a narrow garage alley, so I decided to readjust instead. I then asked if he had seen the sign when he parked, and he got a bit of an attitude about potentially moving his car. I wouldn't mind someone parking there if we were given a heads-up, but my time is just as valuable as his. It's frustrating to be blocked in despite the signage. I also recognize this is an issue with my neighbor, who suggested or allowed it too. This also follows the incident with a door-to-door salesman who came by our door at 8:30 PM late last week, which my husband said seemed like a scam. read more

Saela Pest Control - Pest Control Near Me - Kent, Washington

Absolutely worst company I have ever dealt with. They are a scam and do not allow you to speak to any member of management. Over my two year contract I have asked many times to know help. Getting out of a contract is impossible and they are so inconsistent. You will get completely different answers from everyone you speak with. read more

They have a convoluted appointment system and there's a hard sell and upsell. But once you get on a regular service the technicians are all fantastic and knowledgeable. Just wish they could get the front office side as respectable as the delivery side. read more

Do not use. Multiple times service was not completed and/or partially completed. Very little attentiveness to detail, we constantly find bugs around immediately after servicing. The cancellation process is a pain, I was hung up on when I tried to cancel the first time, now am being told I need to wait for a call back from a manager as the customer service rep does not have the ability to cancel. read more

I have tried cancelling via email, text, talking to two different people, and even the tech who comes to the house. These guys are practically harassing me now. I had them for about a year and still had hornets and ant problems. Once I moved to EcoShield, the hornets and ants problems went away. And now they are harassing me to return to them and won't cancel my account. Bad customer service! It's like breaking up with a boyfriend who keeps trying to get back together. read more

They dont do the work that they commit to and say is in their contract. They never put out the mouse monitor? They never treated around the shed and they never treated the Ants. They only ever did wasps and spiders. and to cancel they will charge you cancelation fees. read more

We fulfilled our entire service agreement with Saela Pest Control and simply wanted to cancel once it was over. You'd think that would be straightforward -- but no. They would not just process our cancellation when we called. Instead, we were told we had to wait until after our last service was provided and then call back again. When we did call back, it still wasn't simple. We were transferred between multiple people, repeating ourselves over and over, just to get the account closed. It felt like they were doing everything possible to make the process as drawn-out and frustrating as they could. The service itself was ok, but the way they handle cancellations is enough for me to never use them again. If you value your time and want a hassle-free experience, I would not recommend Saela Pest Control. read more

Needed to cancel service due to a family emergency and they were completely unreasonable despite there being only two more services on the contract. Like calling a scam pyramid company! read more

Had a d2d salesman come to my home. I've been thinking about switching pest control companies so I let him give me his pitch. After a few minutes of his fast talk and sales pitches I got on my phone and saw the negative reviews and told him no thanks. He continued the high pressure sales and refused to leave until I walked inside and shut the door on him. The real thing that bothers me is that I looked up some of his claims afterwards and many were outright lies. He claimed they were a locally owned family business. As someone who values doing business locally, having this be used as a pitch when it's a lie is really frustrating and pushed me to leave a review. He also said they have "amazing reviews online" and showed me some site quickly, saying he would "save me some time" by doing it himself. Afterwards I could not find the reviews he showed me. read more

Sebastian, a young salesman on a Segway, came to our door. After parking his Segway in our bushes he gave his pitch over our ring camera system when we answered. Sounded very rehearsed, and when we realized what he was saying, we tried to politely decline, but that's when he asked us who we were currently using. Again, we said no thank you. Then he wanted to talk some more and we asked him to leave. He paused, and then eventually left. 2 hours later he's in our driveway again. It's private property, there are signs indicating it. Please respect that. This act alone guarantees we will never use this service. According to the rest of Yelp, you have overly aggressive sales tactics and we want none of it please. Edit-a different young man, on a similar Segway came to our house with the same aggressive sales tactic and refused to leave when I said we were happy with our current service of ten years and said a polite no thank you. He had on a different company shirt, and this happened just a few days after this previous incident. I have a strong suspicion this is the same company. read more

I'm upping my review to 2 stars because the manager called and personally apologized. He also ensured I got my refund. I'm still frustrated about how hard it was to leave a cancellation, but I really appreciate that he called to talk to me about it. read more

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They used to be good. Not any more. With the name change came worse service. It's progressively getting worse too. I took off work early because I was told I was scheduled today. I've been waiting so I called to find out what was going on and I was told I'm not scheduled for today. It was an urgent call yesterday requesting service today. I'm so done. There are to many other companies out there to put up with this read more

You're the technician who came to my home was incredibly knowledgeable and thorough. He took the time to explain the process and answered all of my questions patiently. The treatment was effective, and I noticed a significant reduction pest almost immediately. read more

Saela Pest Control - Pest Control Near Me - Kent, Washington

pushy door-to-door sales company without transparent pricing or contract terms. The service itself doesn't seem to have helped any pest issue over a year...if anything, it has strangely gotten worse, though I'm not tying correlation to their product/company. read more

I signed a 1 year contract to get rid of an ant problem. At the end I wanted to make sure they stopped coming to service my property so I called and after I told the guy that I did not want their services anymore he said the phone line was bad and hung up on me. I went out of town and sure enough they went to my house and did their thing and charged my credit card. I am working with my credit card company to get the charge reversed and an going to file a complaint with the Attorney Generals office for fraud. I hope anyone that reads this and had a similar experience will contact the Attorney General also. It's the only way to deal with bad companies like this. read more

I subscribed to them in a moment of fear because I just had a major ant problem when a door to door salesman came to me, but they are over priced, don't provide a good value, and force you to sign a contract, and make it impossible to cancel even when the contract is over. ive tried to cancel now that my contract is over 3 times and they literally pretended their phone line was out and hung up on me the last time. STAY AWAY!! read more

Sales practices include: incessantly coming to your door until as late as 9:45pm on a weeknight, not taking no for an answer, returning to home that have already declined service, and ignoring "No soliciting" signs posted on properties. You will need a pest removal company to remove this pest removal company from your premises. read more

A hole came to my neighborhood, knocking on everybody's doors soliciting for service. Literally knocked on my door three separate times even with my dog going berserk inside. Had the balls to come back three hours later and do the same thing again. On the fourth occasion, I confronted the individual as to why he keeps returning to my house he said "oh I just wanted to tell you you better shut your windows because I'm bug bombing your neighbors house tomorrow." Firstly no, I do not need to shut my windows, even if you were going to conduct pest control that should not create a health hazard for surrounding neighbors. Secondly, the dude did not come back and conduct any pest control for my neighbors. Extremely rude and aggressive behavior by this door-to-door sales foo. read more

Extremely aggressive soliciting. Eli pounded on our front door this morning and was extremely pushy. Not a good look going door to door.

If you want pests, sign up with these guys. They'll hound your neighborhood like wasps. You'll be stuck in their contract and won't be able to cancel like they are stubborn fleas in your carpets. They'll set their own schedule and show up at your house, opening your yard like they own the place. read more

They send their sales people around at 9:30 at night. When I opened the window and told him to stop knocking repeatedly- that he was going to wake my child- he didn't care and tried to give me a sales pitch. After repeated attempts to get him to leave, I had to shut the window in his face. So rude and unprofessional. read more

They sent a door to door salesman to our neighborhood at night. Knocked on our doors AFTER 10pm. When I pointed out the time he shrugged an kept on talking. Could hear him going house to house and confronted by upset neighbor after upset neighbor. He also lied and said he works with my neighbors - they do not. He was rude, unaware, and unprofessional. Looking at these reviews it appears to be a pattern. When I called to complain they refused to let me speak to a manager to make my complaint. If they don't care about you while they are trying to get your business I can only imagine how they are after they have it. read more

Is there a 0 star review for the way they deal with the customers then I would give this company and their services a 0 star. I spoke to a "Manager" Christian who refused to share his last name. He refused to give me a refund for the service that was canceled in July 2025. I had requested to terminate the subscription in July. They confirmed of doing so but guess what there is a "protocol" that without talking to the "Manager" they cannot cancel the subscription which the officer at the time conveniently forgot to share. They went ahead and serviced in August without my permission and charged me for it. The reason for cancellation in the first place was the ineffectiveness of the job they were doing. Now, I would never ever work with them because they lied about cancelling the services, refused to refund, and Christian the Manager refused to share any information about his Supervisor because he is "the manager" and their protocol dedicates that only he will take all the actions. Also, if you do want to talk to him he will bug the shit out of you by just talking so you give up. read more

Well, I just had a visit from an aggressive salesman on a Segway. I opened the door, he pointed out his name badge, and said they have a bunch of trucks in our neighborhood. Ok, so? Then he wanted me to tell him the name of our current pest management company. Hmm. Cutthroat much? That gave me pause, but I just thanked him for stopping by and moved the door slightly. That seemed to throw him but he recovered and stepped back so I could shut the door. I had a weird feeling and I am glad I didn't bite. I was not comfortable with either his sales pitch or his methods. After he left I got online to gather information about the company. Oh my! Have you seen the Yelp reviews? Ouch! Not a company I want to deal with. read more

Saela's pest control service has been, at best, inconsistent. The Technician, to address continuing ant issues, put a gel that the ants would eat, take back to the nest and kill the queen. All the gel accomplished was to harden and prove difficult to remove without damaging the baseboards. Spraying outside was also ineffective, inspite of showing the Technician the locations of the ground and paths the ants were using to enter our home. I retained another firm - and the ants are nearly gone. Attempting to cancel the service - good luck. Two calls, offshore support is unable to cancel as a manager needs to call back (down to only two managers and they have substantial backlog - I bet they do,). So far no return call. Avoid this firm. read more

I had been with Saela/Edge for 5 years. Meaning I have had a lot of experiences through the years that let me to cancelling them and leaving this review. Most recently, we had them come out and look to because we heard a noise in our crawl space. They came by and said that we needed a complete crawlspace clean out. They told me that we had a huge rat problem and quoted me 5k for this service. This news was frustrating because we have the rat/rodent upgrade service. The problem is, that Saela would send techs out in the middle of the day to check our house. Nobody was home so they just checked the exterior. This is fine if there is no rodent issues under the surface. They would always say everything is fine and be on their way. I told the tech about this and that they always say everything is okay. The tech said that it does appear that way from the outside but showed us photos of how the rats were getting in. He made sure to point out that and vent covers that Saela put in were not the entry points for the rodents, it was the others. This was super stressful as we have had rodent issues before, as edge is well aware of. I reached out to another pest control company to get a second opinion. They went in our crawlspace and around the parimeter of our home. The tech for the new pest company said that Saela was trying to blow this issue out of perportion and that many of the photos Saela provided were of the same area just different angles. He said there was some rodent activity but he would rank it a 2/10 on pest issues. He told me a lot of corporate pest companies try to book these crawlspace cleanouts because the tech gets a commission. I called to cancel with Saela a few days later. They said that I was already out of contract so no need. I told them that this is weird because I just had their tech out to my house. They assured me I didn't have an active account with them. A few days after this, I was reviewing my back accounts and noticed that Saela auto bills me every other month $170. I then called to cancel again. After 10 minutes I was able to get ahold of someone who was actually able to cancel my account and confirm no more auto payments. Bottom line: I have been with them for 5 years and super dissapointed that they tried to shake me down. As if $170/ every two months wasn't enough. You would think they would also take some sort of ownership if there is a "major" rat issue in your crawlspace and you have a rat preventative service with them. They eventually lost out on a longtime customer. I advise you to avoid. read more

Service is not worth its price, doesn't even work more then half the time, don't fall into business with these guys

Deceptive practices! Was informed of an upcoming service call. Responded that we did not want it done! In fact we told the service tech we were cancelling. We had tried to cancel earlier in the year but were told our contract was for a full year. Was not told this during our sales presentation. I made sure to email and text the company we were cancelling and not to have the service performed. They came a day early, did the treatment anyway. I contacted their customer service. I was told I had not cancelled the service. That I could only cancel verbally! What a crock! Don't sign up with them... you'll never get out. BTW, charged for the recent service. No offer for a refund! That guaranteed a poor rating!! read more

Very dishonest! The salesman promises TWO services. The manager calls and claims you signed up for five and threatens cancellation fees. read more

I would not recommend this company. When signing up they don't tell you their cancelation policy in detail or their contract. I have been needing to cancel my services with them due to health issues and every time I try to cancel I'm told I need to pay off my contract. First, I was never told this in the beginning and I was never aware that it was a one year contract. I was told my services were monthly when I pay and that canceling wouldn't be a problem. So now I have this unnecessary financial expense that I have to pay off just to cancel. read more

My Mother used Saela for a couple of years, she had a great experience with the tech each time he came out, no bugs, very friendly and helpful. It was set up as a pay as you go. That changed when the sales part of this company got involved and was pushing a years long contract with auto pay. At this point my Mother just wanted to cancel everything. It was impossible to talk to someone to politely let them know we no longer needed them to come out. We were transferred to different people and offered specials with each call transfer... we never got to talk to anyone to let them know we appreciated the past work but no longer needed anyone to come out anymore. Fast forward 2 months, my Mother gets a call from them letting her know that a tech will be out today for the late summer treatment. My Mother (who is old school, and doesn't want to inconvenience the tech) tries to call and cancle, to not have a tech come out for nothing, she has been on hold for 45 minutes after being transfered a couple of times. I told her to not worry about it, that's just one of their sales techniques. I am so glad they never got her credit card info. I have read reviews about Saela abusing and making charges without services. STAY AWAY FROM SAELA!! read more

No stars for this company or employees. They send staff soliciting door to door in private neighborhoods. One employee was told by many of us that it's a private neighborhood and no soliciting or trespassing. The employee argued with me for at least two minutes before smugly walking over to my elderly neighbors house. This young man was rude to a few of us and one neighbor took his picture because he thought the employee might be casing his house. Reputable businesses don't need to send staff door to door. Guessing that's why there's only a 1.5 overall rating for this business. Keep your employees out of Cherokee Bay in Maple Valley and any other private neighborhoods! read more

Sales person very rudely and persistently knocked on our door as if it were an emergency. Proceeded to lie to me about who they are working with in our neighborhood and what insects are in the region.l while making a sexist sales pitch. read more

Extremely pushy door to door salesman, kept coming back. We eventually agreed to a trial, not realizing there were tons of hidden fees. They had said they would cancel our old service and take care of any fees, but this never happened. When I finally realized we were paying for two services at once and tried to cancel, I found out they had started a second account for our address under my husband's name after the first time I had tried to cancel. Ultimately, I was hit with $400 in cancelation fees - highway robbery, but worth it to be free of this dishonest, pushy company. Also worth it: our new no solicitors sign. Accepting bids on a trap door... read more

Salesman ignored our "No Soliciting" sign near the door. As soon as he began asking questions and politely, but forcefully declined. Had to do it multiple times to get him to leave. Interrupted our dinner. Really dislike companies who send salesman out like this. I'm extremely happy with my current pest control and won't change because some dude on a hoverboard hard sells me at my door, ignoring the clear "No Soliciting" sign, and refusing, usually more than three times, to take "No" for an answer. I've reached my breaking point. Don't come here again! read more

I signed up for 5 visits. contract said one year and when I canceled after the second one, no more ants. I was charged $213 early cancellation fee. if contract says 12 months, make sure the contract lists the months of their visits and the number of visits you signed up for. read more

Worse than Comcast Buyer Beware! We had an outdoor rat problem last summer and hired Edge for that. They treated the problem by placing bait boxes around the house, which is what any pest control service would do. As far as we can tell, and we have no way of proving it, the rats are gone for now, so that worked. I'm not crediting them for that because literally every other pest control service would do the exact same thing, probably using the exact same product. We can do it ourselves going forward. The problems showed up when the initial visit included a hard sell for quarterly pest service, a promise of a "great deal." Quarterly actually turns out to be 5 visits, not 4, so there's a handy redefinition of the term "quarterly" right there. Having lived in the house for 13 years, we are familiar with the flora and fauna, including insects. We have plenty of them outside and very few inside, including a plethora of spiders. EDGE treated the house and perimeter for the flying and crawling insects three times before we canceled the service contract. After the first treatment, we noticed no difference at all in insect life. After the second treatment, we mentioned that the first was ineffective, and the technician asked that we give it a few weeks. One month later, insect life was thriving happily on our property as it always does, including thousands of spiders. The third visit, I had the same conversation, the same wait-and-see response and the same result. The fourth "quarterly" visit was canceled, whereupon I was charged a cancellation fee of half the remaining contract, equal to two visits, since, remember, quarterly means five visits. I should not have taken the bait myself and contracted for quarterly service, but it was presented as a good adjunct to the initial rat treatment. I was under the impression from the start that they were simply going to check the bait boxes every three months, but a simple measure to abate rodents ended up costing over $800. Don't believe Angie's List on these guys. Yelp is far more accurate. If you have a pest problem, stay away from these big companies who just want to sell you the most service they can and then stick you with contracts and fees that only have their bottom line in mind. They are not about providing the best service. They are all about making you pay. read more

Priced fairly, friendly technicians, and effective service. I haven't had an issue with any bugs since I started with them. Compared to Aptive (my previous service provider), the pricing and result were much better. read more

Not thrilled that multiple nights in a row they come to our house after 8pm and ring the doorbell, both times waking up our newborn...​

During the sign up, I was told by Husam that I will get a free attic inspection and a crawl space inspection; however, Thomas told me it will be just a peek from the entry, which even I do once a year. Also, I have cameras 360 degrees recording 24/7 and I saw the treatment was not applied on the exterior everywhere - a lot of areas skipped. Finally, today I did an inspection near the backyard door, I see spider nets and other pest's nest on the wall next to the doors. Overall, I am not happy and I feel cheated by Saela. Stay away from them. read more