Combat Pest Control

Combat Pest Control, based in Hanson, is the kind of local outfit customers call for the standard suburban problems — mice getting into an older house, wasp and hornet nests, a termite swarm on the back porch — and the technicians who keep coming up by name are John (the owner), Judy, Chad, Eduardo, and Nicole in the office. The number that stands out is 4.9★ across 355 Google ratings and 4.6★ on Angi, and the written record backs it up: 297 reviews since 2020, with 45 in the last six months and none of them negative. What repeats across years of reviews is the walkthrough — Judy, Chad and Eduardo are each separately described explaining exactly what they're treating and why before they start, checking back with customers before leaving, and pointing out the specific spots mice are getting in rather than just laying traps and moving on. Several customers have stuck around for years — one says they've depended on John for seven years, another for five-plus, another since 2021 — and that history lines up with another recurring theme: reviewers say Combat doesn't push bigger treatment plans than the job calls for. One 2026 review describes the owner inspecting suspected termite damage the same day and telling the customer it looked old and didn't need treatment rather than selling one anyway; another calls the company "effective without always trying to upsell things." One review is worth flagging for a different reason — a customer describes an initial negative experience that "left me questioning my decision to switch from a larger company," but says co-owner John personally reached out to resolve it, turning the review into a five-star one. It's a point in Combat's favor — a business willing to fix a rough first visit — but it's also the only hint in these reviews that the day-to-day experience isn't uniformly smooth. There isn't much else to flag before calling. The safest bet is to expect the technician who shows up to walk you through the plan before starting, which is what most of these reviews describe.