Our History
At Specialist Termite Control Pty Ltd, we know all there is to know about termites.
That’s because we’ve been protecting homes and businesses in Melbourne for
more than 20 years.
Our comprehensive range of services includes:
- Termite Inspections
- Treatment of Termite-Infested Buildings
- Preventive Termite Barriers
- Non-chemical Termite Baiting and Monitoring Programs
- Termite Colony Location
- Termite Treatments for Builders or New Construction
Our Origins
Specialist Termite Control Pty Ltd was formed in 1990 with the specific intent of providing an alternative to the conventional organo-chlorine spray approach to termite treatments.
In the early days, Tom Boschma was the sole operator of the business. It was down to basics, with termite colony location and the use of a few grams of arsenical dust as the central approach.
During this time new methods were being developed and experimented with. One of these was putting the new “CSIRO box bait” system into live building infestations. Whilst this method produced mixed results at first, the response from the public was overwhelmingly positive as home owners looked for safer alternatives to the infamous spraying of chemicals.
The word spread and Tom performed box bait poisoning demonstrations on TV programs such as Burke’s Back Yard, Healthy Wealthy Wise and Our House. All of a sudden “baiting” became the buzz word in the industry.
However, early baiting methods were difficult to perform and unpredictable in outcome. It was also difficult to train technicians in the subjective art of luring termites and the methods never became widely used.
Since these early days of box baiting with arsenic dust, the termite control industry has produced a new range of highly effective and low toxicity poisons that has allowed termite baiting to blossom into the fantastically successful mainstream termite treatment method that was only dreamed of back in the 90s. Termite baiting does not now involve the damaging and intrusive measures often associated with chemical soil treatments.
Fast forward 20 years, and today Specialist Termite Control is one of Melbourne’s few genuine termite specialists, employing a team of qualified technicians and friendly customer service consultants. Our headquarters are located near Eltham from where we service most of Melbourne and surrounding regional areas.
We have no franchise or commercial link to any supplier and our clients’ own interests are placed before any commercial arrangement. Typically, we offer our clients a range of options and help them choose the option that best suits them.
We service the following suburbs:
City of Casey
Berwick – Blind Bight – Cannons Creek – Clyde – Clyde North – Cranbourne – Cranbourne East – Cranbourne North – Cranbourne South – Cranbourne West – Devon Meadows – Doveton – Endeavour Hills – Eumemmerring – Hallam – Hampton Park – Harkaway – Junction Village – Lynbrook – Lysterfield South – Narre Warren – Narre Warren North – Narre Warren South – Pearcedale – Tooradin – Warneet
City of Darabin
Alphington – Bundoora (shared With City of Whittlesea and City of Banyule) – Fairfield – Kingsbury – Northcote – Preston – Reservoir – Macleod (shared With City of Banyule) – Thornbury
City of Hobsons Bay
Altona – Altona Meadows – Altona North – Brooklyn (shared with City of Brimbank) – Laverton (shared with City of Wyndham) – Newport – Seabrook – Seaholme – South Kingsville – Spotswood – Williamstown – Williamstown North
City of Hume
Attwood – Broadmeadows – Campbellfield – Coolaroo – Craigieburn – Dallas – Gladstone Park – Greenvale – Jacana – Keilor (shared with City of Brimbank) – Meadow Heights – Melbourne Airport – Roxburgh Park – Somerton – Sunbury – Tullamarine (shared with City of Brimbank) – Westmeadows.
City of Kingston
Aspendale – Aspendale Gardens – Braeside – Bonbeach – Carrum – Chelsea – Chelsea Heights Cheltenham (shared with City of Bayside) – Clarinda – Clayton South – Dingley Village – Edithvale – Heatherton – Highett (shared with City of Bayside) Mentone – Moorabbin – Moorabbin Airport – Mordialloc – Oakleigh South (shared with City of Monash) – Parkdale – Patterson Lakes
City of Knox
Bayswater – Boronia – Ferntree Gully – Knoxfield – Lysterfield (shared with Yarra Ranges) – Rowville – Sassafras (shared with Yarra Ranges) – Scoresby – The Basin – Wantirna – Wantirna South
City of Maroondah
Bayswater North – Croydon – Croydon Hills – Croydon North – Croydon South – Heathmont – Kilsyth South – Ringwood – Ringwood East – Ringwood North – Warranwood
City of Monash
Ashwood – Burwood – Chadstone – Clayton – Glen Waverley – Hughesdale – Huntingdale – Mount Waverley – Mulgrave – Notting Hill – Oakleigh – Oakleigh East – Oakleigh South – Wheelers Hill
City of Mooney Valley
Aberfeldie – Airport West – Ascot Vale – Avondale Heights – Essendon -Essendon North – Essendon West – Keilor East – Moonee Ponds – Niddrie – Strathmore – Strathmore Heights – Travancore
City of Moreland
Brunswick – Brunswick East – Brunswick West – Moonee Vale – Coburg – Coburg North – Merlynston Newlands – Fawkner – Glenroy – Westbreen – Gowanbrae – Hadfield – Oak Park – Pascoe Vale – Pascoe Vale South – Coonans Hill – Tullamarine (shared with City of Brimbank and City of Hume)
City of Port Melbourne
Albert Park – Balaclava – Beacon Cove – Elwood – Garden City – Middle Park – Port Melbourne(part) – Ripponlea(part) – Southbank(part) – South Melbourne(part) – St Kilda – St Kilda East(part) – St Kilda Road – St Kilda West – Windsor(part)
City of Whitehorse
Blackburn – Blackburn North – Blackburn South – Box Hill – Box Hill North – Box Hill South – Burwood – Burwood East – Forest Hill – Mitcham – Mont Albert – Mont Albert North – Nunawading – Surrey Hills – Vermont – Vermont South
City of Whittlesea
Bundoora (split with Cities of Darebin and Banyule) – Doreen (split with Shire of Nillumbik) – Epping – Aurora – Lalor – Mill Park – South Morang – Thomastown
City of Yarra
Abbotsford – Alphington (Shared with City of Darebin) – Burnley – Carlton North (shared with City of Melbourne) – Clifton Hill – Collingwood – Cremorne – Fairfield (shared with City of Darebin) – Yarra Bend – Fitzroy – Fitzroy North – Princes Hill – Richmond
Shire of Banyule
Bellfield – Briar Hill – Bundoora – Eaglemont – Greensborough – Heidelberg – Heidelberg Heights – Heidelberg West – Ivanhoe – Ivanhoe East – Lower Plenty – Macleod – Montmorency – Rosanna – St Helena – Viewbank – Watsonia – Watsonia North – Yallambie
Shire of Manningham
Bulleen – Doncaster – Doncaster East – Donvale – Park Orchards – Templestowe – Templestowe Lower – Warrandyte – Warrandyte South – Wonga Park
Shire of Mitchell
Broadford – Kilmore – Seymour – Tallarook – Pyalong – Wallan
Shire of Murrindindi
Alexandra – Eildon – Kinglake – Yea
Shire of Nillumbik
Arthurs Creek – Bend of Islands – Christmas Hills – Cottles Bridge – Diamond Creek – Doreen – Eltham – Eltham North – Hurstbridge – Kangaroo Ground – Nutfield – Panton Hill – Plenty – Research – Smiths Gully – St Andrews – Strathewen – Warrandyte North – Watsons Creek – Wattle Glen – Yarrambat
Shire of Yarra Ranges
Belgrave – Belgrave Heights – Belgrave South – Chirnside Park – Upper Ferntree Gully (shared with City of Knox) – Ferny Creek – Kilsyth – Lilydale – Montrose – Mooroolbark – Mount Evelyn – Selby – Tecoma – Tremont – Upwey (shared with City of Knox)
Rural
Beveridge (split with Shire of Mitchell) – Donnybrook – Eden Park – Humevale – Kinglake West – Mernda – Whittlesea – Wollert – Woodstock – Yan Yean (split with Shire of Nillumbik)
We also travel to:
Beveridge – Clonbinane – Heathcote Junction – High Camp – Kilmore East – Upper Plenty – Wallan East – Wandong