Small, tan, two dark stripes, living in the kitchen: if that describes your Browns Plains cockroach problem, it is German cockroaches — the indoor breeding species that no surface spray finishes.

The short version

German cockroaches compound weekly and need the staged program: a minimum of two treatments, two weeks apart, at $249 per treatment, with a particularly heavy infestation occasionally needing a third. The between-visits guide covers what to do in the two weeks that make the program work, and units or townhouses with shared walls have their own considerations.

The local part

Kitchens across 4118 and the neighbouring suburbs are minutes from our base — early callouts here regularly catch problems at the two-treatment stage rather than the heavy-infestation stage, which is the whole game with this species. Call 0490 425 521 or request a quote online — licensed technicians, QBCC Licence 15104001. The Browns Plains service page covers everything else local.