F&W Pest Control

F&W Pest Control has been treating homes and businesses across Eastern Massachusetts since 1935, tracing back to Framingham Pest Control before it merged with Walpole Pest Control in 1984 to take its current name. The company describes itself as family-owned, now in its fourth generation, based out of Peabody and covering towns as far north as Andover and Newburyport down through Cambridge, Fall River and the South Coast. What keeps coming up across reviews from 2023 through 2025 is speed on the calls people actually dread. In a 2023 review, a homeowner described a technician who arrived on time, explained the plan, cleared out a wasp nest, and treated the surrounding area so it wouldn't return — beating every other quote the customer had gotten. Another 2023 review described chipmunks and rodents cleared from a family home within a day, and a third said seasonal mosquito and tick treatment made the yard usable again. Long-running customers write in with real tenure: one said they'd been with F&W for 25 years, another for 17, both describing the same on-time service the whole way through. On Google its listings run 4.7 to 5 stars, and it holds an A+ rating as a BBB accredited business. It isn't spotless. A 2024 review simply reported "bad service" with no further detail, and in a 2023 review a customer who otherwise praised a named technician flagged frequent changes in who showed up and thin communication between technicians — worth asking about if you want the same face handling the account over time. F&W reads as the call for an ongoing pest problem — mice, wasps, ticks — more than a one-off inspection, backed by decades of the same family running it. Confirm who your regular technician will be and how staffing changes get communicated before signing up for recurring service.