Poor Boy Termite Control

I have a contract with Poor Boy Termite Control for my rental property. We had the property treated previously by the traditional drill and treat method that most companies use. The problem was that it simply didn’t address some of the termite issues in the house. We had termites underneath our hardwood floor that we destroying planks from the underside.
Poor boy came in and used their technology to locate where the termites were in the floor and they used micro drills to inject Premise right in the location needed. Now — two years later — there is no further damage. I’m completely happy with these guys, and I’m sold on their approach. During their initial visit, they actually located and treated ALL of the termite paths in the walls (located with their cameras — awesome).
I wish I had used these guys the first time around instead of having all of the drill holes around my property.

Been using poor boy for years! They are always friendly, do a thorough job, and I’m always satisfied after they have come to treat my home. They are the only termite company I would recommend, and I do often!

I used Poor Boy about a year ago for treatment on my house. They were on time and worked efficiently and cleanly. The heat sensing technology is a really nice bonus so they can identify even small affected areas that maybe have not made it to the surface yet. No signs of any further issues. If they ever come back I will certainly give them another call.

Fantastic service. They took care of our problem very promptly! Highly recommend as you can’t go wrong with a family business.

On time, polite informative serviceman who spent hours looking for and treating termites Most impressive is the fact that they keep records of prior treatments. This is family owned second generation business as well. Try them, you will like the.

We started out with a few small spots of termites and were told for $ 1000 they would kill the termites. Six months later we had more infected places and the ones they treated were bigger. They were always good about coming out they just never killed all the termites. Every time they came out they found new damage. We finally gave up on poor boy termite control when we realized their system of killing termites does not work. We talked to the Arizona department of pest management who told us the warranty is worthless, does not obligate the company to fix any damage just to come out again. we wasted $ 1000 but worse our hardwood floor was ruined after we were promised the termites would be eliminated.

I like this company for a few reasons. The first is that they show up in a truck that looks like it could belong to anyone and doesn’t scream «I HAVE TERMITES» in the wrapper on the vehicle. Maybe I don’t want everybody on my street to know my business, imagine that.
Secondly, when I moved into this house 12 years ago, the house came with this companies 5 year warranty. They had done the drilling and the trenching like the commenter noted below, and they also do the thermal imaging. I can’t say which is better because all of us everywhere we live in the desert have termites. And since I’m not a termite expert, I can’t say which is better because both seem to be effective for my needs. Now the trenching, seems like it takes care of regular pest control needs for my house, my house however, has an extended cement patio, around three sides of it. So there would be no where for them to trench, other than the side of the foundation by the dog run.
Lastly, I’m selling this house. I had the house treated and got a one year warranty for the new buyer cuz I’m nice and sweet like that. But, the company the buyer wants to use, needed to come and do an inspection. They wanted to see the company’s paperwork that was here before they were. I showed them the paperwork from Poor boy, and they were like wow that’s a good company, we were with them for 20 years, before we decided to do our own company.
I think that’s pretty coincidental. I live way out in Surprise, this company is from Gilbert, and Poor boy is out in Scottsdale. Of all the companies in the valley that could have been the buyers termite inspector, is the guy that comes out who worked for Poor boy and decided to start his own company so that his kid could work for him, I think that’s pretty cool.

THANK YOU Poor Boy Termite, not only did I find myself with pesky termites but I had dry-​woods AND subterranean (just my luck) I called and tried to price match with other companies just to make sure I was getting a good deal but Terminex never came out for the appointment I set, Action told me there is no way I could possibly have 2 types of termites and Bills Termites never even called me back. Poor Boy came out within 48hours and showed me exactly where the termites were in my wall with their thermal imaging camera so cool! So they knew exactly where to treat and almost 1 year later still no termites! They are very knowledgable about the pesticide thy use and answers allllll my questions if yore looking for an Eco friendly service and don’t have to worry about pets or other critters getting into it call poor boy! This is a great family business I definitely recommend calling them, termites like bed bugs are something you don’t want to mess around with or cheap out on. Totally worth the money and got a great deal on a 5year warranty. Thanks Poor Boy!

When we moved into our house it had been treated twice with a drilling treatment. There are multiple sets of drill holes all over the house, even through the epoxy coated garage. We noticed right away that we still had termites in multiple rooms. Once Poor Boy came out they were able to find all the live termites using thermal imaging cameras and we haven’t seen termites for years.

This company really cared about my concern of having my home destroyed by termites. They were able to effectively treat the problem. It’s been almost a year and no signs of infestation. Highly recommend.

Thermal Imaging — Infrared to find termites. Best treatment available!