It depends whether it is a standard house on an established street or a rural residential block with outbuildings, and those are different jobs. Phone 1300 545 489, describe the property and roughly how much land it sits on, and what we quote is what you pay, free to obtain.

It is, which is the thing most people do not realise. The crossing sits inside Chuwar’s boundary, and it is the road access for the Mount Crosby and Karana Downs communities upstream. When it goes under, around 6,000 people further up the valley are isolated, as happened for three days in the 2022 event. It was rebuilt for flood resilience in 2013 and still went completely under in 2022. Worth knowing if you are planning anything during a wet stretch.

Not as far as the official record goes. The Chuwar open-cut mine operated through the 1980s, rehabilitation was carried out between 2014 and 2017 with follow-up afterwards, and the Queensland Government certified the site safe, stable, non-polluting and able to support grazing, after which New Hope surrendered the leases and environmental authority. That is a completed process rather than an abandoned one. We are pest controllers rather than geotechnical engineers, so anything about ground conditions on a specific block is a question for Ipswich City Council’s planning overlays.

Every twelve months, and more often on rural residential blocks with mature timber or close to the river. The QBCC expects an annual report from a licensed controller in high hazard areas and CSIRO’s survey of national termite hazard places this region at the high end. Book in a termite inspection and we will prompt you when the next one is due.

It raises the moisture in the soil around your house, which is the single biggest factor in whether a subterranean colony finds a property worth approaching. It also means more mosquito pressure after rain and more rodent movement along the river corridor. None of that is unusual for river flat land, it just means the inspection pays attention to drainage, ground levels and the boundary nearest the water rather than treating the block generically.

Typically same day or next, weekends included, and being on the main route into the valley makes it easy to reach. Ring 1300 545 489 and flag anything urgent. If Colleges Crossing is closed we will tell you honestly and reschedule as soon as it reopens rather than leaving you waiting.

Twelve months on every general pest treatment, with free re-treatment of any listed pest that reappears during that period. Termite work and rodent programs run on independent quotes and warranties. Our terms and conditions spell the whole thing out.