Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
PHD in Customer Care
Professional • Honest • Dependable
1850+ Reviews
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Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
Satisfaction Guaranteed • PHD in Customer Care
Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
PHD in Customer Care
Professional • Honest • Dependable
1850+ Reviews
4.9 Rating
Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
Satisfaction Guaranteed • PHD in Customer Care
Pest control in Forest Acres, served from our Columbia headquarters. Mature oak canopy and mid-century housing give this city a pest profile of its own.
Forest Acres earned its name. The oak canopy over these neighbourhoods is decades old, and limbs that were well clear of the roofline when the houses were built now overhang it. That is the standard route for squirrels and roof rats into an attic.
The housing is largely 1950s and 1960s ranch construction on crawl spaces. Original vapor barriers, where they exist at all, stopped being useful a long time ago, and the moisture that follows brings everything else with it.
From recurring pest control and termite protection to wildlife, moisture, mosquito, and commercial programs, Modern builds practical solutions around your property. Integrated Pest Management guides our service-first approach.
Inspections, baiting systems, pre-construction treatment, and CL100 / WDO support.
Recurring and one-time protection for common household pests with an IPM-first approach.
Trapping, removal, exclusion, and damage repair for common South Carolina wildlife.
Every visit includes the same core steps, built to solve the problem instead of masking it for a few days.
A technician inspects the property inside and out, identifies the pest and the conditions behind it, and locates entry points and likely nest or harborage sites before any treatment begins.
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The pest, the severity, and the property determine the plan. A minor problem calls for a different approach than a heavy infestation or a structural issue.
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Technicians apply targeted treatments at entry points, nesting sites, and problem areas, matched to the pest and the property, indoors and outdoors as needed.
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After treatment, technicians point out conditions that invite pests back, such as moisture or exposed food sources, and schedule follow-up service if activity continues.
Forest Acres is a short drive from our Gadsden Street headquarters, which makes same-day availability realistic most days.
Years of Local Service
local & Family-Owned Since 1955
Modern Exterminating has been the longest-standing, local and family-owned pest control company serving the area since 1955. Now in its third generation, the company runs by a simple standard, a PHD in customer care: professional, honest, and dependable, on every visit.
We have worked these neighbourhoods since long before the trees reached the rooflines. Seventy years of settling also puts framing in contact with soil in places the original build never intended, which is why annual termite inspection matters more here.
The Richland Mall and Trenholm Road commercial corridors are part of what this office covers as well, with recurring programmes for retail and food service rather than one-off treatment.
Two things define pest pressure in Forest Acres: what is above the house and what is under it.
Decades-old limbs now reach the roofline on most lots, which is how squirrels and roof rats get into attics. Heavy canopy also means heavy leaf litter, and leaf litter along property edges is exactly where ticks wait.
Mid-century ranch homes sit on crawl spaces where the original vapor barrier, if any, is long past useful. The humidity that follows draws termites, roaches and silverfish.
The full range, run from our Columbia headquarters: general pest control, termite, wildlife, moisture control, mosquito reduction, rodent service and commercial programmes.
In Forest Acres, usually squirrels, and usually arriving by an overhanging limb. Daytime scampering points to squirrels; night-time activity points to rats or mice.
Often yes. Original vapor barriers from that era are rarely still doing their job, and the humidity that follows is what keeps pest problems recurring.
Our Columbia headquarters at 2119 Gadsden Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Open Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.