Discreet service
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 · LUTZ, FL · HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Combination treatment — a residual spray plus Heat Assault thermal heat — kills bed bugs and eggs in a single visit. Homes and businesses across Lutz, quoted over the phone before anything is booked.
When the press needs a bed bug expert They call us
Local record
Bed Bug Exterminator is active in Lutz, with 17 written quotes and 8 completed jobs on the local record.
The page also includes 13 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.
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.
Quoted as bed bug experts
Reporters do not find us in a directory; they come looking for someone who does this all day. CNN introduces Allan as the operations expert at Bed Bug Exterminator, and he has been quoted by name in thirty articles across fifteen national outlets.
Community-focused service
Seven offices across Florida and Maryland, each with its own locally staffed crew. The office that quotes your job is the one that turns up to it.
Affordable, high-quality heat solution
Priced by the size of the home rather than by the room, and quoted over the phone before anything is booked. No site visit, and no per-room upcharges.
Experienced, dedicated team
As Allan puts it: once we take on your project, your bed bug problem becomes my bed bug problem. If it turns out not to be bed bugs, we say so and cancel the contract. That has happened.
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.”
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.
Most recent job
24 Jul 2026
33558
Condo — 2,000 sq ft — inspection
Measured across 7 call-backs where a caller in Lutz did not reach us first time. Counts come from our own phone record. No caller is identified.
Every question below was asked by a real caller on a recorded call, 7 of them from Lutz and the area we cover from here, 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.
There is a proprietary blend of pesticide and growth inhibitor. There's three different pesticides in our blend that we use. So once that's dry, it's non-harmful. And then we have our trailer, which is our heat assault system.
Answered on a call,
I'll tell you from the very beginning, when we show up at your house, we show up in an unmarked truck and an unmarked trailer.
Answered on a call,
It just depends on how far away and what the conditions are like between where they would be crawling from to where they're crawling to. But putting it outside in the sun and that hot Florida sun, that's a great idea.
Answered by Mike on a call,
The quote that I gave Raphael on the square footage of your home is $4,500. Your square foot on your home is 3,000 square foot and we charge $1.50 per square foot.
Answered on a call,
He can talk to anyone, but my name is Mike. So if I'm going to add all the notes to the account that we just discussed. So all the notes will be in there, what I quoted, what the property address is, how many square feet it is. So anybody can answer the phone and take the deposit for the calendar to put you on the calendar. But my name is Mike. So if I see the call.
Answered by Mike on a call,
He can talk to anyone, but my name is Mike. So if I'm going to add all the notes to the account that we just discussed. So all the notes will be in there, what I quoted, what the property address is, how many square feet it is. So anybody can answer the phone and take the deposit for the calendar to put you on the calendar. But my name is Mike. So if I see the call.
Answered by Mike on a call,
That is a female. Yeah, the males are a little bit more round. If you notice the one that you squished. On your finger, they're a little bit more round. The females are a little bit more oval, okay? They have more of an oval shape.
Answered on a call,
With $1,600, it would be $1,900 to treat. So, of course, if it's more than $1,600, I would have to adjust the price up. But that gives you an idea. So with the $200 inspection, then it would be $1,700 left to bill.
Answered by Dori on a call,
I can hear it now. Yeah, I was just acting up for a second there. Yeah, I think that's what the issue is. I was just on the wrong.
Answered by Mike on a call,
I'm actually not in Florida. So I'm answering phones for the team in Florida, though. So I'm sorry if I'm a little unfamiliar with it.
Answered by Mike on a call,
I have no technicians available for a free estimate today, but I can give you an estimate for our services over the phone.
Answered by Dori on a call,
On, I'm typing this to our technician so he gets this. Okay, so B unit is unlocked.
Answered by Dori on a call,
Let's kind of go over things. I'm just getting started for the morning.
Answered by Dori on a call,
This is our own crew, on recorded calls about jobs in Lutz and nearby. Word for word. Each one says who was talking and when.
We have, let me see, we have the best heat treatment on the market, but we stay pretty busy with our all-day heat treatments. It is an all-day heat treatment.
We have a Kendall here that's on medical leave, but she spells it A-L-L. So that's what I went with. Okay. All right. So we do heat and spray treatment, and I can definitely give you a quote over the phone. Do you know your square footage?
You can do that at your leisure. Just make sure that nothing comes back in the house until it goes through that high heat dryer for at least 40 minutes or is check thoroughly for bedbugs or eggs.
That's a good thing because we only go back to spray if the heat treatment doesn't work. Now, on the day of the heat treatment, we actually do spray. We combine the spray with the heat treatment. We just spray the interior first and then we do the heat treatment. So that's done in the same day.
I'm, I'm I'm unsure if it's bedbugs or not, but as I said, we'll help you monitor, you know, for the next few days. So vacuum, vacuum, vacuum and run anything you possibly can through that high heat dryer. If those items are not needed right now, I would say put them immediately from a dryer in a brand new garbage bag, tie it up. Put it in your bathroom, put it in your kitchen, keep it away from your bedroom and living room, okay?
We're really the best company as far as taking care of this issue. Any other company may come with just sprays and they'll spray your home about four to five times and that can take anywhere to a month or two depending on how they do their sprays. But with our company.
It is called the Heat Assault System. Our trailer is the heat assault system and very expensive but we price the same. Each of our trailers are worth over $100,000. It was created by the heat assault company. It is the only system that was specifically created to eliminate bed bugs and eggs. It runs on its own generator so we're not using your electricity. electricity at all.
It's next to impossible. We've been doing this for over 10 years, and we know what's required to guarantee the results, and that's really, in the end of the day, right, you want this to be one and done.
I would like to get a little brief into the prep a little bit here. Do you have any, well, let's say Airbnb, so I'm pretty sure you don't have any pets or fish there.
What he will do is once he's done, he will text you and let you know how the heat treatment went. He'll remind you not to wipe down the baseboards, windowsills, or door jams for at least three to four weeks. We want that pesticide barrier staying strong, okay, for a while. That's extra protection for you. And then he'll ask that nobody go back into the home for a couple.
Then they see them. If they don't have a sensitivity to the bite, a lot of times people have sensitivity, so they're kind of put on high alert a little bit faster. Those like me that don't have a sensitivity to the bite, it would take me coming across them like you have as well.
I did not speak to Chuck and set up the appointment, okay? So I will go back and I will listen to that phone call that our owner had with Chuck and I will find out what exactly was said. Now, we said, and I do remember from the notes on the appointment, that if other prep was needed, we give people a big prep list to prep their home.
Just keep coming back and they'll always come back because the only thing that will kill the eggs is going to be heat.
If you can, sometimes it helps. I'll kick you take pictures of all of your bites. That way you have record of it and then check right before you go to bed.
I'm thinking because the baby is getting bit, if it is bed bugs, that it was something that you brought with you and the baby or somebody that came over and saw the baby that didn't realize they had a couple bed bugs on them and they either brought them in or when you and the baby went somewhere, set the diaper bag down on a chair or on the ground. a couple bed bugs clung on and rode home with you. That's why they're so hard to find.
There. Yes, they'll attach themselves to your, you know, to your purse or your clothes, especially the clothes. That's really how they love to get around. And, you know, so we want to make sure that we do our best to not try reintroducing bed bugs into the home. So when you return home, I tell my customers this, when you return home, take the clothes that you left with. You and your family throw your clothes into the washer and then dry it on high heat.
They're finding their breeding. So you might think you're good for a week going, yes, I got them. They wait that spray out and here they come along with all their babies. And then they still have a week's worth of eggs that they've been laying. One adult female that has bred one time lays five eggs a day every single day. I mean, it is trying to do it yourself is a miserable ongoing problem.
It would be a 9 a.m. start time, and we would have you back home by 8, actually closer to dinner time. But we say by 8 because we like to under-promise and over-deliver.
I said, you probably shouldn't find any just because your infestation was very, very low. But, you know, like I said, if you do end up finding one, just let us know so that we can kind of keep in contact so that we can address the issue.
I think being that the center of the problem is your room and you've been there every night, it's not like you've been away, right? So those bugs have been well fed, okay?
Every Lutz job we quote and complete is logged with a date, zip and crew note. The counts and notes below come from that record — this is the real work history for the city, not a claim.
| Date | Zip | Job note | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24 | 33558 | Condo — 2,000 sq ft — inspection | Completed |
| Jun 26 | 33549 | Mobile home — 900 sq ft | Completed |
| Jun 1 | 33558 | 2,400 sq ft — residual spray | Completed |
| Apr 30 | 33559 | Apartment — 1,300 sq ft | Completed |
| Dec 17 | Single family home — 3,700 sq ft — inspection | Completed |
Driving distance from Lutz. Routed by proximity — cities closer to another BBE office are served from there.
Outside these zips? Our Lutz routes reach well past the city line — call anyway.
335493355833559
Yes. Lutz is inside our service area, worked out of our Tampa office, about a 19-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 Lutz sits roughly 19 minutes from our Tampa 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.
Free phone estimate — exact price, no site visit required.
Full address lets us quote an exact price.
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