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Downtown Orlando is built around Lake Eola, where condos, apartments, restaurants and older bungalows share streets near I-4 and Orange Avenue. Call (855) 974-4733 to reach a local technician for a unit, a rental or a kitchen in the core.
Downtown is a dense mix of uses within a short walk of Lake Eola: condo and apartment buildings, food-service premises along the commercial blocks, and older bungalows on the side streets. Shared walls, shared trash areas and kitchens that open onto dining rooms all give roaches and rodents a route from one place to the next, so multi-unit and food-service work is the kind of call this core produces most.
The same species are on the list whether the caller owns one bungalow or runs a lunch counter, but the sequence changes. A landlord or manager is asked which units or tenants are involved before the first visit, because a treatment in one unit can be undone by activity in the one beside it.
Orlando's hot, humid summers, daily-storm wet season and mild winters decide what is active: winged termites in spring, container mosquitoes and ants after rain, and roof rats in attics in every month.
Food-service and multi-unit work is the call this core is most likely to generate. A roach seen in a kitchen often has its route in along drains, through gaps round pipes and into the cabinets above the prep line, so the technician checks the back-of-house layout and the drains rather than only the spot where the insect was seen.
UF/IFAS says the Florida woods cockroach is mostly an outdoor insect that usually enters a building by accident, and that palmetto bug is applied loosely to American and smokybrown roaches too. Identifying the species first tells the technician whether the work belongs outside, inside or both.
In a building the unit is only part of the picture. Roaches and rodents can move between units through shared walls, plumbing chases and trash areas, so a treatment in one apartment can fail if the next one is active. Ask the manager which units have reported the problem, because the answer decides how far the work reaches.
Roof rats are the rodent UF/IFAS calls the worst and most abundant in Florida. They use attics, soffits and hollow walls, and they travel up to about 150 yards for food, so a building with open space around it gives them more routes in.
When a bungalow on a side street is sold in a real-estate transaction and a fee is charged or a written report is requested, the wood-destroying organism inspection must be done by a person qualified under Chapter 482, Florida Statutes, and reported on FDACS Form 13645. Ask the inspector to show the WDO designation on the state ID card before relying on the report.
Winged termites are seen in Florida roughly from March through June. UF/IFAS says finding them does not by itself prove an infestation, so a swarm on a porch is a reason to keep the insect and have it identified.
The summer is hot and humid, and a daily-storm wet season runs roughly from June to September. Standing water on balconies, in planters and in the gutters of older houses feeds the container mosquitoes that bite by day, and ants move indoors after rain. These are general seasonal patterns, not measured local figures.
The NWS figure for Orlando International Airport is about 51 inches of rain a year, from the 1991 to 2020 normals. Tell the caller the building type and the floor, and the technician can plan access and the order of visits.
Condo and apartment units downtown often begin with a general visit.
Bungalow sales on the side streets usually need this report.
Considered where ground-level activity is found under an older house.
Considered when wood trim or furniture shows activity.
Relevant only where new work is planned on a site.
A winged insect seen downtown is identified before any treatment.
Most service in Downtown Orlando calls are scheduled the same day when a technician is free, and you approve the price before any work starts.
Downtown Orlando ZIP codes we cover: 32801, 32803. Type yours to confirm, or just call.
Yes, though the scope depends on the building. A single unit can be treated alone when no neighbouring unit reports activity. A kitchen is usually treated with its drains, storage and trash area in view. Call (855) 974-4733 and describe the building.
A wood-destroying organism inspection for a real-estate transaction must be done by a person qualified under Chapter 482, Florida Statutes, and reported on FDACS Form 13645.
Not by itself. UF/IFAS says finding winged termites does not prove an infestation, so have the insect identified and the building inspected.
Ask the technician for the company's licence details and check them with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Nothing on this page vouches for a particular company.
No dollar figures appear here. The price is confirmed on site, and no work starts until you have seen it.