No more sounds in the walls at night. No more wondering what’s moving around above you while you’re trying to sleep. When rodents are fully removed and the entry points are sealed off, your home goes back to being the quiet, comfortable place you chose High Point for in the first place.
Here’s something most people don’t think about until it’s too late: manufactured homes — which make up more than 60% of the housing stock in High Point — have specific vulnerabilities that conventional homes don’t. Aging skirting panels, thin utility penetrations, and the open underbelly space beneath the structure give rodents easy access and a warm place to nest. A roof rat family doesn’t need much. Half an inch of gap in a skirting panel that’s been weathering since 1983 is plenty.
The other thing worth knowing is that Florida’s climate means this doesn’t slow down in winter. Roof rats breed year-round here. A small, undetected colony in your attic or underbelly can grow to 10 or 15 individuals within a single season. Getting ahead of it — or getting it handled the moment you notice the signs — protects your home, your wiring, your ductwork, and your peace of mind.
We’re a family-owned, FDACS-licensed pest control company serving High Point and the surrounding Hernando County area. There’s no call center, no franchise layer, and no subcontractors. When you call, the owner answers. That’s not a slogan. It’s just how we run the business.
With over 100 five-star Google reviews and a BBB A+ rating, our track record speaks for itself. But what tends to matter most to High Point residents is simpler than that: you get a real quote over the phone before anyone comes to your door, you’re never pressured, and if something needs to be explained, it gets explained clearly. No surprises on the invoice.
If you’re a new homeowner in the community or a military family, ask about the discounts available to you. We built this business around the people we serve — not the other way around.
It starts with a thorough inspection — and in High Point, that means going beyond the attic. With the concentration of manufactured homes in this community, we inspect the underbelly space beneath the structure, the condition of the skirting panels, utility entry points through the walls, the carport-to-living-space transition areas, and any screened porch connections. These are the places roof rats actually use. Checking only the attic and calling it done isn’t enough here.
Once the inspection is complete, we place professional-grade mechanical traps in the active zones. No rodenticide. No poison bait stations. The reason is straightforward: poison kills rodents somewhere inside your walls or beneath your floor, and then you’re dealing with the smell of a decomposing animal in a space you can’t reach. Traps remove them cleanly. Your pets are also never at risk from secondary poisoning — something that matters in a community where companion animals are common.
After removal, we sanitize the affected areas to eliminate the scent trails rodents leave behind. This step is what breaks the cycle. Rodent urine contains chemical markers that guide other rodents to the same entry points, even after the original animals are gone. Without sanitization, you’re not solving the problem — you’re just resetting it. The final step is a complete entry point report so you know exactly where every gap and vulnerability is located.
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Our rodent control service in High Point covers the full scope of the problem — not just the visible part. We include a complete inspection of the structure, mechanical trap placement in all active areas, sanitization of contaminated zones to remove scent trails, and a detailed entry point report identifying every gap, crack, or penetration rodents are using or could use to get in.
For manufactured homes specifically, that entry point report matters more than most homeowners realize. Skirting gaps, deteriorating vapor barriers, and aging utility penetrations on homes built in the early 1980s are common findings in High Point. You’ll know exactly what needs attention and where — even if structural repairs fall outside the scope of pest control. That information belongs to you, and knowing where the vulnerabilities are is the first step toward actually fixing them.
It’s also worth knowing that Hernando County Animal Control does not handle rodent problems in private homes. If you’ve called them before and gotten nowhere, that’s why. Licensed pest control is the only path forward for rat or mouse activity inside your home, attic, walls, or underbelly space. We hold an active FDACS license and carry the credentials to handle it properly — and you can verify that before you ever make the call.
Manufactured homes have a few entry points that conventional stick-built homes don’t. The most common is the skirting — the decorative panels around the base of the home. On homes built in the 1980s, which describes most of the housing stock in High Point, that skirting has had 40-plus years to warp, shift, and develop gaps. A roof rat only needs about half an inch to squeeze through.
Beyond the skirting, utility penetrations are a frequent problem. The points where plumbing, electrical, and HVAC connections pass through the walls of a manufactured home are often less precisely sealed than in conventional construction — and they deteriorate over time. The underbelly vapor barrier beneath the home also creates a warm, protected space that rodents use for harborage and nesting. Add in the tropical landscaping and the golf course buffer running through the community, and High Point homes face consistent, year-round pressure from the outside environment.
This is one of the most important questions to ask before hiring anyone for rodent control. Rodenticide bait stations work by having the rodent consume the poison and then die — but the problem is where they die. Often it’s inside a wall cavity, beneath the floor, or somewhere else inaccessible. That creates a decomposition odor that can last weeks with no way to reach the source.
The second issue is secondary poisoning. If a poisoned rodent is found and consumed by your dog or cat before it dies, the toxin transfers. It’s a documented risk, and it’s one of the main reasons we use mechanical traps exclusively — not poison. Rodents are removed cleanly, your pets are never exposed, and you don’t spend three weeks tracking down a smell inside your walls. In a retirement community like High Point where companion animals are part of daily life, this distinction matters.
The most common signs are droppings, gnaw marks, and sounds — particularly scratching or movement in the walls or above the ceiling at night. Roof rats are nocturnal, so you’re more likely to hear them after dark than to see them during the day. If you’re noticing activity in the evening while you’re watching TV or trying to sleep, that’s a reliable indicator.
In manufactured homes specifically, watch for gnaw marks along the base of the skirting, disturbed insulation visible near utility penetrations, or evidence of nesting material in the carport or storage areas adjacent to the home. Chewed wiring is a serious one — it’s a fire hazard and it’s expensive to repair. If you’re noticing any of these signs in your High Point home, the right move is to get a professional inspection before the population grows. In Florida’s climate, a small group of roof rats can become a full colony within a single season.
No — and this catches a lot of High Point residents off guard. Hernando County Animal Control handles domestic animals only. Dogs, cats, and similar pets fall under their jurisdiction. Wildlife and rodent activity inside private homes — including roof rats in your attic, mice in your walls, or rodents nesting in the underbelly of your manufactured home — are outside their scope entirely. Calling them won’t result in any assistance with a rodent problem.
This means that licensed pest control is the only effective option for rodent removal in High Point. Florida state law (Chapter 482) requires that structural pest control work be performed by an FDACS-licensed operator. We hold an active FDACS license through 2027, and that credential is publicly searchable before you commit to anything. If you’ve already tried calling the county and hit a dead end, a direct call to us is the fastest way to get the situation assessed and get a real quote.
Most residential rodent removal jobs in the High Point area fall somewhere between $200 and $700, depending on the size of the infestation, how many areas of the home are affected, and the extent of the sanitization work needed. Attic decontamination — when droppings and contaminated insulation need to be addressed — can run higher, typically in the $600 to $1,000 range.
What matters as much as the number is knowing what it covers before anyone shows up. We provide most quotes over the phone, clearly and upfront, so you’re not in the position of having a technician at your door before you know what anything costs. For residents on a fixed income in a community like High Point, that transparency isn’t a small thing. Rodent damage to wiring, HVAC ductwork, and underbelly insulation on a manufactured home can run well into the thousands — professional removal early in the process is almost always the less expensive path.
Yes, and it’s more common than most people expect. A portion of the High Point community consists of seasonal residents who leave their homes vacant during the summer months. A home with no human activity, no regular foot traffic, and no disturbance is an ideal target for roof rats looking for undisturbed nesting space. Florida’s warm, humid summers mean rodent activity doesn’t slow down during the vacancy period — it continues uninterrupted.
Returning residents who’ve been away for several months sometimes come back to an established colony rather than a minor intrusion. The longer an infestation goes undetected, the more damage accumulates — chewed wiring, contaminated insulation, compromised ductwork. If you’re a snowbird returning to your High Point home after a summer away, a professional inspection before you settle back in is worth the call. It’s a straightforward way to confirm your home is clean and catch anything early if it isn’t.
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