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Handy Pest Control web site is our shop window, servicing the wider Sydney metro area, we appreciate your time and hope that you will find it appropriate to use our booking form for pest control services or our pre-purchase inspection agreement form, you may prefer to call Steve 0418 274 099.

Termites can cause significant damage to a building, generally, every building in Australia is considered to have a high risk of future termite attack, every building in Australia should be inspected for termites at least once every year as part of prudent - general ongoing maintenance. Why Risk It ?

The general consensus is not a question of if termites will attack, but when will the building be attacked by termites. Handy Pest Control carries out periodic pest inspections & necessary prudent termite treatments, we are also experienced licenced builders (B.Lic-45109c) so we can make appropriate repairs.

Preventative Termite Treatments can save you $1000's and unnecessary heartbreak in the long term.

General Pest Control - Handy Pest Control  readily carries out pest control services from basic pest control treatments to the very complex control of pests that may include a range of building works that I can provide in-house, as I am fully geared, licenced builder. I carry out a large range of inspection services under our inspection trading name - Ausinspect, Ausinspect is my inspection business while Handy Pest Control is our dedicated Pest Control business, I have a broad knowledge of Pest Control, Building and Trees, my broad knowledge together with a general willingness to adapt to any situation enables me to provide a quality service, that I believe is second to none.

Handy Pest Control carries out Pre-Purchase Building & Pest Inspections (aka Ausinspect). Stephen Koelewyn has over 30 years of ongoing practical experience in Building & Pest Control, Pest Control is a labour of Love whilst Pre-Purchase inspections gives enormous satisfaction, having the opportunity to share knowledge with people seeking to buy property, providing prudent advice and encouraging ongoing maintenance so homeowners can have a warm and healthy home for themselves and their family.

Regular ongoing maintenance will increase the buildings durability and generally retains/increases the value of the property. An hour of maintenance once a week is much more valuable than a weeks maintenance once a year. Pest Control is an important factor in prudent regular ongoing maintenance.

Handy Pest Control simply carries out pest control services as a labour of love, we seek to utilise some of the most advanced technologies available for the benefit of our clients, I ride my fully equipped pest control motorcycle to do my little bit to reduce carbon gas emissions while also having some fun whenever possible, I endeavour to use the best products available for a given purpose while maintaining a reasonable price structure, I am always open to review my prices against those of my competition in the Sutherland/St George areas while retaining profitability

Handy Pest Control's Commercial services provides a broad range of services to the business community in the broad Sydney Metropolitan area, our commercial pest control is our bread & butter work, with many service calls carried out at night or other suitable times for individual businesses. read more.....

When using the services of Handy Pest Control  you are assured that Stephen Koelewyn will be the one who carries out the work, Stephen has Cert' 4 in Pest Control, is a fully licenced NSW Builder - 45109c with over 30 years experience, was a licenced Building Consultant - BC 213 (now obsolete) and is also a qualified Tree Surgeon. Being outdoors, benefits to health of humans & the opportunity of dealing one on one with nature is what makes Pest Control such a satisfying occupation for Steve and in-turn a labour of love.

Handy Pest Control specialises in sub-floor areas of buildings, having provided Sub-Floor Solutions for over 15 years, our experience in the sub-floor environment is without doubt second to none. Sub-floor Solutions is a very specialised area of our expertise, I undertake the physically difficult task of altering the sub-floor environment to achieve a more healthy balance in the natural environment that exists within a sub-floor area of a building. It is never simple and no two jobs are alike, I only have capacity to do one sub-floor reconditioning a month.

A poor sub-floor environment can have dire consequences, it can contribute to poor health of buildings occupants, cause rapid deterioration of the building generally, have favourable conditions for termite activity and provide ideal conditions for numerous species of fungi with ideal conditions for growth. Most people adopt the out of site out of mind type attitude - this can impact your health and wellbeing.

Handy Pest Control reconditions the sub-floor area by altering the soil matrix so that high concentrations of nutrients in soils under the building, together with moisture do not have ideal conditions to promote fungal growth over the soil surfaces within a sub-floor.

The adjoining picture has yellow/brownish fungal growth over the soil surfaces, the odours of this type  of fungal growth is very musty, and often is the source of musty odours that can be quiet irritating within the habitable areas of a building. This type of fungal growth has potential to cause health problems in some people, I am of the opinion that this is one of the initial causes of persons developing respiratory sensitivities that then may develop into asthma, younger children are physically closer to floor level & therefore more exposed to higher concentrations of spores, is doing nothing worth the possible risks to health & wellbeing.

Handy Pest Control encourages you to consider using our services as we would like to think you are making a good choice of service provider, many years ago Stephen Koelewyn chose to make his areas of interest his occupation, regardless of the financial rewards, hence Steve is humbled by the privilege to work in the Pest Control industry.

Handy Pest Control utilises Thermal Imaging, Stephen Koelewyn was the world pioneer in the mid 1990's for using thermal imaging to detect concealed termites. Thermal Imaging is a valuable tool for detection of termites, detection of leaks and other building faults, it is important to express that as good as Thermal Imaging is - it is still a tool, it has limitations and is not suitable as a stand alone inspection technique, rather it compliments common inspection techniques and when used properly is a very valuable non destructive testing tool. Thermal Imaging will detect faults in some circumstances where no other available technology will have been able to detect a concealed fault, can you afford not to utilise this brilliant technology.

The adjoining Thermal Picture shows water from a leak that has been absorbed into ceiling linings.

Handy Pest Control hopes that we will become an essential part of our clients ongoing maintenance program and that we will get the privilege to be part of our clients support team in the long term, inturn contributing to the health and wellbeing of my clientele.

Handy Pest Control provides pest control services to residential properties, House AND Yard Pest Control services are carried out with a range of chemicals appropriate for purpose, I use chemicals that are tried and proven and that known to have low toxicity to humans, chemicals used for GP's (General Pest Control Treatments) are the same as used in sensitive sites such as Hospitals, Child Care Centres, Schools etc'.

Appropriate Pest Control provides humans with a healthier habitat, we all wash our hands frequently with soap to kill off bacteria, we wash dishes with detergent to kill of bacteria, we shower regularly to kill off fungi and cleans ourselves, we brush our teeth to kill of bacteria and remove plaque - Yet when it comes to urban Pest Control, the so called Green conscious persons, perceive that Urban Pest Control is a potential health hazard - Urban Pest Controllers, Australia wide use less than 4% of Pesticides sold in Australia.

Handy Pest Control  is intent on being unique in the way we deliver our services and that our broad range of equipment and expertise is a valuable service for our current clients and future clients.

Handy Pest Control is owned by Stephen Koelewyn who is also trading as AUSINSPECT, we encourage you to visit our other site at www.ausinspect.com.au. AUSINSPECT is our well established business for carrying out inspections of properties and other building related works. Due to circumstances I needed to come up with a better way of disposal of debris when cleaning out Sub-floors of building that I launched and additional product and service that provides a flexible alternative to metal skip bins - SkippyBAG  - 1300SkipBAG

This YouTube video is an interesting observation of termite damage to a building where extensions are being carried out - no one should assume that the building does not have a high risk of concealed termite egress. As an industry we strongly recommend that every building in Australia needs to be inspected for termites at least annually.

We provide video in addition to written reports, the addition of Video is a real benefit. I provide a Video in addition to the written report because I care.

I hope you do find it appropriate to employ Handy Pest Control or Ausinspect in the future so that I can continue to live my dream.

The web site presence of Handy Pest Control is intended to be informative for persons who choose to visit our site from time to time.

Handy Pest Control intends to keep this web site simple and easy to navigate.

As of 1st January 2004 Building Consultants need to be licensed to carry out pre-purchase building inspections in NSW.

Stephen Koelewyn Building Consultant Licence #  BC213

This video was broadcast on channel 9. This video was not produced by Ausinspect nor was Ausinspect included/involved in it's production.

I have added link to YouTube of this video.

 


 

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 Handy Pest Control is based in Como, Como is a southern suburb of Sydney, Australia.

Handy Pest Control would like to encourage you visit Como, enjoy the facilities such as the Historic Como Hotel, Como Marina, Walk the Como Bridge, experience the village atmosphere, explore the stalls on a lazy Sunday at the Como Sunday Market (once a month), enjoy the historic Como Pleasure Grounds, casually watch a game of footy and support our local businesses. Como is easily accessible by train or car, boats are on hire at the Como Marina for those that may choose to enjoy some fishing or simply explore the Georges and Woronora Rivers.

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