Zoifia

Zoifia Pest Control works out of 37 Fairfax Street in Somerville, and the job it puts first is rodents — then insects, then mosquitoes. There's a wrinkle in how long it has been at it. HomeAdvisor's own business-highlights field says eight years of experience, while the company's blurb on that same page calls it a family-owned, third-generation business with 45 years in the industry. Two different stories about one company, and neither is independently confirmed. What the listing does state plainly is worth knowing: free estimates, senior and military discounts, and wholesale fumigation on request — but no warranties and no emergency service, so out-of-hours callouts aren't part of the offer as written. HomeAdvisor also marks the company as new to its platform, with no reviews posted. Away from that listing the traces are administrative rather than customer-facing: a Needham municipal bid document names Zoifia LLC at the Somerville address, and a federal small-business database records a COVID-era EIDL advance to Zoifia Pest Control there. So two questions for a first call: how many years the people doing the work have actually been at it, and what happens if the pests come back. The profile says there is no warranty, which means any guarantee is whatever you agree in writing before they start.