Acton Pest Control Services

Sixty-nine Google ratings, a 5.0 average, and the same name in nearly every one of them: Chris. Acton Pest Control Services is a small family shop at 271 Great Rd in Acton — customers describe it as run by Chris in the field and Andrea on the phones, and one reviewer writing in 2024 said they'd worked with the Evangelous family since the 1980s, with Chris the next generation. The calls that fill this review history are the urgent, unnerving ones — yellow jacket nests in soffits and lawns, hornet nests high under rooflines, mice in the walls of wooded-lot homes. Speed comes up constantly. In a 2023 review, a homeowner stung by ground yellow jackets the day before a holiday weekend had Chris on site 30 minutes after calling; another 2023 customer described a "behemoth" wasp nest gone the day after they phoned; a 2022 account tells of a giant hornet nest in a nearly unreachable corner of a multi-story roofline, assessed within a half hour of the first call. The other refrain is teaching rather than selling. In an August 2025 review, a new homeowner described Chris walking the entire yard and the house from basement to attic, flagging where mice were getting in and explaining what the owner could seal themselves. A December 2024 reviewer made a point of the no-pressure approach — no push toward a long-term contract, and pricing they called reasonable. That pattern holds in the newest reviews too: one from May 2026 describes on-time work, clear maintenance instructions, and a biannual visit program; another from April 2026 praised how transparent the process and pricing were compared with big companies' generic annual plans. The wider record backs the reviews up. Its Better Business Bureau page carries an A+ grade, and the BBB lists the work as complete insect control including termites plus nuisance-animal damage control — so squirrels-in-the-attic problems are in scope, not just bugs. The reach extends beyond Acton itself: one customer writing in mid-2025 had used them for seven years from Westford. If you're near Acton with a wasp or hornet nest you don't want to go near, or mice you'd rather keep out permanently than trap forever, this is the profile of a right first call. Worth settling up front: whether your job is a one-visit fix or fits their recurring biannual program, and what the visit will cost — reviewers found the pricing fair, but it's quoted per job.