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Unmarked vehicles and personnel
No logos, and no mention of bed bugs on trucks, equipment or uniforms. Neighbours see a van; they do not see why it is there.
Service area · ESTERO, FL · LEE COUNTY
Combination treatment — a residual spray plus Heat Assault thermal heat — kills bed bugs and eggs in a single visit. Homes and businesses across Estero, quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
Free phone quote — an exact price on the call, the same day. No site visit.
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The page also includes 6 questions answered on recorded calls and 20 crew call excerpts.
Reaches into mattress seams, bed frames and wall voids a spray cannot. Kills every stage, eggs included.
Keeps working for weeks after we leave, so anything that survives or arrives later does not restart the problem.
Bed bugs die at 118°F held about 90 minutes; 122°F kills almost instantly. We hold lethal temperature throughout the home.
You get the prep list and an arrival window. Anything you are unsure about, we answer on the phone first.
Quoted over the phone before anything is booked, so there is no site visit and no surprise on the day.
A full heat cycle takes the whole home to lethal temperature, then a residual product goes down per its label.
Eight to eleven hours on site, depending on the size of the property and how much is in it.
We walk you through what we found and what to watch for, and the home is yours again the same day.
If bed bugs come back inside sixty days we return and treat again at no cost.
Priced by the home, not the room
Treatment starts at $1,800 and is priced by your home's size. Most Estero homes run $1,800–$2,800. A heavy infestation or a hoarding condition adds $200–$300. The quoted price is the whole job: the heat cycle, the residual spray, and the 60-day guarantee inside the one number.
The exact figure is confirmed free over the phone before anything is booked — no site visit, and the price quoted is the price on the day.
Every question below was asked by a real caller on a recorded call, and every answer is what one of our crew said back on the phone, word for word. We give the caller's first name, or their postcode where we do not have one, and never their surname, address or phone number.
I do. I will. I do want to let you know I have a technician that will be in Fort St. Lucie on Friday doing another heat treatment. I would love to have him take care of you on Saturday so that way we have an 8 a.m. start time. If you want it later on the following week, then it would probably be a 10 a.m.
Answered by Dori on a call,
We only do whole home. Reason being that those are hitchhikers. That's how they get into your home. You usually don't know it for a good month or two that they're in your home. So there is a high probability that they have hitchhiked into other areas and are nesting and breeding in other areas rather than just.
Answered by Dori on a call,
$2,200 total. So we do a $200 deposit like today over the phone when we book you for Wednesday the 20th. And then the remaining balance of $2,000 is due on Wednesday the 20th.
Answered on a call,
Then if you pay the $150, that brings it up to $340. So that would be another $300. So in June.
Answered on a call,
I don't know. I work customer service remotely. I think you might got the wrong number.
Answered by Charles on a call,
That's correct. Yes. So there'll be just a $2,100 balance. Yes, correct.
Answered by Mike on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in Estero and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
What we do, so we eliminate those bed bugs in a one day and done treatment. We use the latest state of the art technology in our heat treatment and we have a proprietary blend of pesticide spray and growth inhibitor that leaves you with a second layer of protection that lasts for well over a month.
Spray lasts for well over a month. It actually lasts about six months, but starts to dissipate at about a month and a half. Okay, that gives you extra added protection going forward. Okay. And then we have a 60-day guarantee that goes with our treatment. So if you have any issues within those 60 days, we come back out and we take care of you at no additional cost to you.
When he comes back in, he's going to need the floor free of clutter all over and nothing leaning up against the baseboard. Furniture's fine, but no boxes or anything like that. So you have to deal with all of that stuff so we can come in and give you the most effective treatment we can, okay?
For your peace of mind, that would be the 60 days, so if you ever saw any other bugs that maybe were in the process of dying due to that treatment, we would come back out with an additional spray service at no additional cost.
The floor cushions, they can stay and they'll get a really good heat treatment just like any throw rugs, you know, any rugs that you have down, they can stay. They'll get a really good heat treatment and they need to. Okay, just like the floor cushions, you need to keep those there. That's important.
I am sorry about that. And I didn't realize that Julie called or Julie picked up the call when you called back. So you did speak with Julie, and I know we only treat the whole home, and I know all you wanted is one room treated, and I understand cost-wise, but basically if we only treat one room, then we're back out to treat another room because we kill most of them in that one room, but we could easily push the others.
Then what I would probably do in your case is go ahead and... I check with you. I check with you in a couple weeks, but we would probably come back out and spray again in two to three weeks if my tech gets there, he will know if this is a pretty bad infestation and if he sees what you're seeing.
Sadly, they don't die from no oxygen. You would think they wouldn't be able to breathe in the bag, so I don't know how they breathe. I've never looked into that. But yeah, so this is just going to be the last few stragglers.
That way I can help guide you in prepping as best you can so we can give you the most effective treatment we can give you. Okay.
If not, you just ask the guy, okay? So when they get there tomorrow, ask the technicians, you know, is this going to be okay? If not, can you please help me move them and then move them back in after treatment, okay? So if you ask them, they will move them out and back in after treatment.
We don't do exterior. I do have to say, though, that our spray, even though we only guarantee for bedbugs, it'll wipe out anything else that's in your house, too. We Yeah just only guarantee for bedbugs because that's what we do. And that spray lasts for well over a month, so it's a really good secondary level of protection that we give you. Okay. So, and with our guarantee, if you need it to come back out, that is no additional money, okay?
Now, with you being in my mama, our technician would be coming from the St. Pete Seminole area. So we'd probably have a 9 a.m.
We only do whole home. Reason being that those are hitchhikers. That's how they get into your home. You usually don't know it for a good month or two that they're in your home. So there is a high probability that they have hitchhiked into other areas and are nesting and breeding in other areas rather than just.
I would not be able to feel good about myself if I didn't mention that to you. Of course, do with it what you will. Just keep an eye out on it. If you get complaints, what have you, I don't know your system or anything, but I just wanted you to know that, that they are, they cause problems.
In the house for six months, you did not have bedbugs if you just started getting bites, okay? They would have been hungry and they would have been biting on you that first week. So right now, bed bugs are bad in the United States.
You're looking in the right places, behind the bed, behind a nightstand, you know, near where you're getting bed. It makes sense that it would only be in one room because it takes them a lot of time to spread to the other rooms.
Big dancing bed bug or anything, we promise, okay? We're very discreet. We're very discreet. And when the technician first gets there, If there's any questions that the guests have, he'll answer them. And then he sends them, everybody, and if they have pets on their way for the day, he'll go in and he will do. He will take our proprietary spray with growth inhibitor. He'll spray the perimeter of each and every single room, each and every single closet.
That's what you mean. I thought you mean they escaped like through the door. I have a cat and he does, so he does that sometimes. He'll run out the door.
If by chance, the only way that would happen is if a whole bunch of them crawled into like your suitcase, one of your bags, okay, which is very strange. Now, an adult female could have crawled into your bag and if she has bred one time, she's laying five eggs a day every single day. If she crawled into one of your suitcases the first night.
It had fat. Okay. Now you took a picture of it. I would love to see that picture. So I am just going to send you a quick text. You can send pictures here. I love Google. Google Lens, things like that. But Darrell, bedbugs are the most researched bug in the United States right now because they're bad, okay?
Why choose us
We kill bed bugs. Only bed bugs. One method, done right, in a single visit — heat and a residual product together, on every job we run.
Unmarked vehicles and personnel
No logos, and no mention of bed bugs on trucks, equipment or uniforms. Neighbours see a van; they do not see why it is there.
Total peace of mind
Sixty days of cover on every job. Should bed bugs survive the treatment, which is rare, we come back out and eliminate the problem for good at no cost.
No other pests, ever
One method, done right, in a single visit. It is the only approach we sell, which is the reason we are good at it.
The single best solution — Heat Assault
Heat Assault reaches kill-zone temperature throughout the house and keeps climbing, which is what takes out the eggs as well as the adults. Paired with a residual spray on every job.
Call 727-591-4417 Quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
“My experience with BBE (Bed Bug Exterminator) was very smooth. Dori explained everything clearly on the phone and booked me quickly. The technician Chase came and did a full spray and heat treatment in one day, from morning to evening. The process was well organized and I felt relief after.”
“If you want your bed bugs gone CALL THEM!! Their team is top notch and truly care about what they do. Huge shout out to Dori and Victor, they took such great care of my home and killed every last bloodsucker! Thee best company for bed bug treatment hands down! Thanks”
“Kendall is extremely knowledgeable, professional and patient. She walked me through the process on the phone assessing for bed bugs as well as treatment options. She was interested in me FIRST and my needs, not just making a buck! The tech arrived on time and treated our entire home, 100% bed bug free for 3 months.”
“My experience with Bed Bug Exterminator was very positive. Chase handled the inspection professionally and didn’t miss any areas. Before that, Kendall had helped me book the appointment smoothly and answered all my questions. Everything felt organized and well-managed from start to finish.”
Over the years, we have developed a clear process and plan that works no matter the scale of infestation. As time has passed and our team has worked together more, we have focused on delivering treatment and solutions for bed bugs that are proven to work. To do this, we follow a strict five-step process that helps us to prepare any property in Estero and beyond for the removal of bed bugs:
This five-step process means that we can, more often than not, eradicate all bed bugs present in your building in one visit. Instead of a course of return trips, you get a solution that is covered for a minimum of sixty days. Plan on the crew being with you for most of a working day: a full heat cycle plus the spray usually runs somewhere between eight and eleven hours, depending on the size of the property and how much is in it.
Heat only works if the whole structure gets past lethal temperature and stays there. That is a question of output, and output is a number.
| Heat only | Chemical | Combination | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kills eggs | Yes | Often misses | Yes |
| Residual protection | None | A few weeks | Weeks |
| Reaches hidden voids | Bugs flee deeper | Limited | Yes |
| Visits needed | 1 (with gaps) | 2–4 | Usually 1 |
| Guaranteed | — | — | Yes |
Bed bugs die at 118°F held around 90 minutes, and 122°F kills almost instantly. We hold lethal temperature throughout the home.
Driving distance from Estero. Routed by proximity — cities closer to another BBE office are served from there.
Outside these zips? Our Estero routes reach well past the city line — call anyway.
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Yes. Estero is inside our service area, worked out of our Bradenton office, about a 119-minute drive away. We treat homes and businesses there, and the treatment is the same combination of Heat Assault thermal heat and a residual spray we run everywhere else.
Same-week appointments are usual. Because Estero sits roughly 119 minutes from our Bradenton office, a crew can normally be with you within a few days of the call, and the whole job is one visit rather than a course of return trips.
Treatment starts at an $1,800 minimum and is priced by the size of the home, with most homes landing between about $1,800 and $2,800. There are no per-room upcharges. We give you the exact number over the phone before anything is booked.
Almost never. Furniture is treated where it stands: heat reaches inside mattresses, frames and upholstery where a spray cannot, so it does not need to be discarded or replaced. We will tell you plainly if a piece is genuinely beyond saving.
Clearly, you are dealing with an infestation of bed bugs in Estero. Some of the most common signs that we recommend you look out for when dealing with bed bugs include, but are not limited to:
Unfortunately, these signs prompt that you are dealing with a bed bug problem. With that being the case, taking action as soon as possible would be wise. If you spot even one of these signs, it is probably a clear indication that you have bed bugs loitering around your home or business.
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