Arrest Apest

Arrest Apest: pest control across Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire

Arrest Apest is a family-run pest control business that has operated since 2009. Its qualified and insured technicians cover Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, including Market Drayton, and work on both domestic and commercial premises. The company presents itself as a generalist operator: its own site states that if a customer wonders whether a particular pest problem is handled, the answer is likely yes, and invites enquiries about specific cases.

Pests treated

The service listing on the site names mice, flies, fleas, cockroaches, ants and bedbugs, and the business also describes wasp and rat work. Beyond the standard treatments, the material documents less common interventions: hornet nests located inside a chimney and accessed through a cooker extractor fan, honey bees removed from a garden and relocated, and cluster flies treated in a loft.

Ratwall drain blockers

Arrest Apest installs Ratwall, a stainless steel rat blocker designed for underground drains. According to the company, the device is cost effective and robust, can be fitted by hand or from street level, and uses a low-force fit. It is described as suitable for plastic, clay and cast iron drains. The unit has an external hinge intended to allow maximum waste flow, and an external hinge block designed to prevent it from becoming dislodged and lost inside the sewer pipe. Fitting this blocker is offered as a separate service alongside routine pest treatment.

Loft fogging and seasonal work

Among the services mentioned in customer accounts is the fogging of lofts to deal with cluster flies and wasps or hornets that gather there during the winter. This points to preventive and seasonal treatment work in addition to reactive call-outs.

How the service is described by customers

The site displays a rating of 5.0 based on 272 reviews. The published accounts describe same-day and next-day attendance for wasp nests, including a case in which a customer called on a Friday afternoon and received a Saturday visit, and another in which a technician arrived within half an hour. Several reviewers mention repeat use over a period of years and describe the technicians as knowledgeable, punctual and tidy, with one noting that boot coverings were worn inside the property. Individual accounts also refer to follow-up visits until a rodent problem in a loft was resolved, and to costs being explained in advance.

Contract work

The site includes a section aimed at organisations looking for a pest control contract, indicating that the business takes on ongoing commercial arrangements in addition to one-off domestic treatments.