Surfside Pest Control for Condos and Beachside Homes

Surfside is a small beach town between Miami Beach and Bal Harbour, with oceanfront condos along Collins Avenue, a walkable shopping strip on Harding Avenue, and quiet single-family streets west of it that run down toward the bay and the canals. The town's community center sits right on the ocean at 93rd Street, and on weekends the sidewalks between the beach and the shops are full of families, strollers and dogs.

In condos, roaches and ants move through shared plumbing and trash areas. Shops and restaurants downtown add roach and rodent pressure nearby, and single-family homes with tropical landscaping see palmetto bugs, ants and spiders. Pro-Spray is a family-run, Licensed & Insured South Florida company. We treat discreetly, with families and pets in mind, and we speak English and Spanish. Call or text 833-845-9284 for a FREE inspection and $50 off your first service.

Single-family homes west of Harding

The residential streets west of Harding Avenue are lined with single-family homes, many of them older, with palms, sea grape, hedges and tropical plantings. Those yards shelter palmetto bugs, ants and spiders, and the homes closest to the bay and canals deal with rats and no-see-ums too. Older homes have more gaps around doors, windows and plumbing, and newer rebuilds often have big outdoor living areas with lots of lighting that attracts insects.

During the FREE inspection we walk the whole property, inside and out, check the gaps where pests come in, and look at the landscaping beds near the foundation. Then we treat where pests live, the routes they use and the inside spots where they show up.

Palmetto bugs in the bathroom

If you're finding big brown roaches in the bathroom at night, they're almost certainly palmetto bugs. They live in sewers, storm drains, mulch and palm trunks, and they come up through floor drains, tub drains and gaps under doors, especially after heavy rain. In condos, they can also travel up through plumbing chases. We treat the entry points and the areas where they live, and we share simple prevention steps: keep drain stoppers in at night, run water in unused drains and keep door sweeps in good shape.

Roof rats near the bay and canals

On the bay side of town, palms, fruit trees and seawalls give roof rats food, cover and a hidden route at night. They climb palms and power lines and get into attics through soffits, roof vents and AC line openings. In condo buildings, rodents tend to show up in garages, loading areas and trash rooms. Our rodent service finds the entry points, uses traps and tamper-resistant bait stations placed out of reach of kids and pets, seals the openings and follows up. See rodent control.

Biting gnats on the beach side

Sunset on the beach is beautiful until the no-see-ums arrive. They're tiny midges, barely visible, that breed in damp sand and shoreline mud and bite hardest on still, humid evenings. Long sleeves at dusk, a breeze from a fan and fine-mesh screening do more than most people expect. Around the home, we treat the shaded plants and walls where they rest during the day.

When the home sits empty

Owners who split the year between Surfside and somewhere else come back to the same few surprises: roaches in the kitchen, ants in the pantry and small fuzzy drain flies on the bathroom wall. Water evaporates from drain traps over a few months, and that opens a path from the plumbing. Ask a neighbor or building staff to run the taps every couple of weeks, clear out open food before leaving, and schedule a service visit before you go and again after you return.

Bed bugs after a trip

Hotel stays, cruises and visiting relatives are the most common way bed bugs reach a Surfside home. Unpack luggage in the bathroom or on a hard floor, wash and dry travel clothes on high heat, and check mattress seams if anyone wakes up with itchy bites in a row. Call before moving furniture around, since that can spread them. More on our bed bug treatment page.

Older walk-up buildings

Some of Surfside's smaller apartment and condo buildings date back several decades. Original windows, worn thresholds, exterior stairwells and open breezeways give palmetto bugs, ants and spiders easy access, and the building's shared laundry and trash areas can feed roaches throughout. If you live in one of these buildings, sealing gaps around your own door, windows and plumbing helps, and building-wide service helps even more. We're happy to talk with your association about common areas.

Wasps and spiders on the beachfront

Wind off the ocean pushes flying insects toward the shelter of buildings, and spiders follow. Expect orb weaver webs on balcony railings and under eaves, and watch for red paper wasps building small open nests under balcony ledges and window awnings. We treat and remove wasp nests around the home and brush down webs within reach.

What we see most in Surfside

German roaches in condos, palmetto bugs from drains, white-footed and ghost ants, roof rats near the bay, mosquitoes in courtyards and yards, and no-see-ums at dusk.

Our services in Surfside

• Pest control for roaches, ants and spiders
• Mosquito control
• Rodent control
• Bed bug treatment
• Commercial pest control for shops and restaurants
• Plans and pricing

Nearby, we also serve Bal Harbour, Miami Beach and Bay Harbor Islands.