Branch 2 general household pest control

Pest Control Plans: Bi-Monthly and One-Time Service

You are deciding between calling someone once and signing up for regular service, and you would like a plain explanation before you call. Apex Pest Control offers two things: an on-going maintenance program on a bi-monthly schedule, and a one-time service. This page explains what each includes, who each fits, and how the office decides which to recommend.

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Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Estimates come from your home’s square footage and what you are seeing.

Apex technician kneeling with a flashlight to inspect under a kitchen cabinet toe kick

SourcesWritten from the interview with Jeff Alexander, Apex’s verified business facts, and the references linked at the end of the page.Last updated September 2026.

Apex has run these pest control plans for Sacramento-area homes since 1978, and the recommendation you get will be honest. Jeff Alexander describes a one-time spider service as a bandage and fleas after a pet is gone as the perfect one-time case. The office will tell you which one you have.

Compare the schedules

The Apex program

Bi-Monthly Pest Control: The On-Going Maintenance Program

Every other month

Best for

Homes that see the same pest every season
Homes near water, along fields, or with outdoor lights on all night
Referral credit: $30.00 for each referred neighbor who enrolls

Each visit

Initial interior and exterior visit
Exterior barrier re-treated every other month
Spider webs removed every visit

Callbacks between visits at no additional charge

Bi-monthly service is the on-going maintenance program, and it is the schedule Apex homes run on. After the initial interior and exterior visit, the technician returns every other month to re-treat the exterior barrier and remove spider webs. The referral credit is built around it: an account credit of $30.00 for every referred person who enrolls in the bi-monthly preventative maintenance program.

Every other month is the interval the barrier is built for. Exterior products break down with sun, irrigation and rain, and the visit replaces them before the pressure builds back up against the house. Homes near water, along fields, or with outdoor lighting on all night feel that pressure hardest, which is why the technician notes the conditions at your home on the first visit and treats to them rather than to a standard route sheet.

One-Time Pest Treatment

A single visit

Best for

Fleas after a pet is gone, or at a move-out
A single wasp nest at an otherwise untroubled home

Each visit

One treatment around the barrier of the home
Recommended only after the call or the inspection

Not covered by the maintenance guarantee

A one-time treatment around the barrier of the home can be enough for some problems. Fleas after a pet is gone, or at a move-out, are the perfect case: the host is gone and the cycle cannot restart. A single wasp nest at a home that is otherwise fine is another. One-time service is recommended honestly after the phone conversation or the inspection, and it is not covered by the maintenance guarantee.

Scope, stated plainly

What Every Plan Includes

Every home on the program gets the same visits, whatever else differs about the house.

The initial visit

Interview, a tour of the house and a walk of the property, identification of the pest and the conditions behind it, targeted interior treatment with low-odor products, the exterior barrier and corrective recommendations.

Regular visits

Exterior re-treatment along the foundation, garage, windows and doorways, first-floor eaves, fence lines and yard areas, plus spider web removal. You do not need to be home. A locked gate or a loose dog gets a note and a free reschedule of the missed area.

Callbacks between visits

Maintenance customers in good standing receive return visits at no additional charge for any contracted pest problem between regular service dates, until the problem is solved. Troublesome pest issues may require a supervisor's input.

What you can do

One-Time Service or Recurring Protection: The Honest Decision Guide

These are the questions the office asks, and the answers that usually point one way or the other.

Is the pest tied to a condition that is gone, such as a pet that has left or a previous occupant? One-time.
Does the same pest come back every season at this house? Recurring.
Is it spiders? Recurring, because the webs return and a single visit is a bandage.
Is it a single wasp nest with no other activity? One-time.
Is it indoor German cockroaches? A plan with follow-up, plus full kitchen preparation.
Is it rodents? Assessed for fit; bait stations and recommendations, with major work referred.

How Pest Control Plans Are Priced

Estimates are given over the phone: the office asks for the home's square footage and what you are seeing. The estimate is confirmed at the home, because the interview and the walk-around often turn up more than the caller described. Prices are not published on this site because they are reviewed with each customer for the specific home.

The $90.00 new-homeowner discount is applied to every quote the office gives, and is not valid with other offers. Payments are appreciated within 30 days of the service date, and Apex accepts cash, personal checks, money orders, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover, with online payment for existing invoices.

What Happens on a Callback

A callback is not a failure; it is the part of the program that makes it a program. When a maintenance customer in good standing sees a covered pest between visits, the office schedules a return visit at no additional charge. The company's goal is to reach the home within 24 hours of a guarantee call, stated as a goal rather than a promise, and the technician keeps coming back until the problem is solved.

Troublesome pest issues may require a supervisor's input. One of Jeff Alexander's callback stories is an attic ant problem that the ground-level treatment kept missing until a fresh look found a limb touching the gutter and a colony in the leaf-filled gutter itself. That second look is what the plan pays for.

Rain, Weather and Missed Areas

Regular visits happen in the rain. On rainy or saturated days the technician uses a granular product around the base of the home that withstands up to four inches of rain, and liquid goes on protected areas. Technicians are dispatched, and the office schedules Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Why homeowners choose Apex

Why Plan Customers Stay With Apex

Family owned since 1978, with Structural Pest Control Board registration No. 2770 (Branch 2) and three named operators you can look up, Jeffrey P. Alexander (No. 8484), Brent Brandon (No. 12138) and Jared F. Alexander (No. 14137). BBB Accredited since 1984 with an A+ rating. California Pest Management Association member since 1999. About one in three new customers comes from a referral, which is what a plan built on the extra five minutes earns over time.

Apex technician kneeling at an open crawl space vent with a flashlight, a shoe cover on the floor beside him.

Apex technician at the front door of a Sacramento home.

At a glance

The three schedules side by side

	Bi-Monthly Pest Control: The On-Going Maintenance Program	One-Time Pest Treatment
How often	Every other month	A single visit
Each visit	Initial interior and exterior visit Exterior barrier re-treated every other month Spider webs removed every visit	One treatment around the barrier of the home Recommended only after the call or the inspection
Best for	Homes that see the same pest every season Homes near water, along fields, or with outdoor lights on all night Referral credit: $30.00 for each referred neighbor who enrolls	Fleas after a pet is gone, or at a move-out A single wasp nest at an otherwise untroubled home
Callbacks between visits	Callbacks between visits at no additional charge	Not covered by the maintenance guarantee

Real reviews, unedited

What customers noticed

“Have had the service for a little over 2 months and no bugs to speak of. Keep it up!”
Scott FitzgeraldGoogle review

“We have been customers of Apex for over a year and have been very happy. Mikey, our serviceman, is professional and very thorough.”
Carmen LendmanGoogle review

“They showed up right on time and were professional and polite. They answered all my questions and listened to my concerns. We felt they were thorough with their inspection and took their time.”
Becky NgGoogle review

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Licensed, accredited, verifiable

Three named Branch 2 operators, one company registration, and a record you can look up yourself.

Company registration

No. 2770

Branch 2, Structural Pest Control Board, issued 1995, clear status.

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Jeff Alexander

No. 8484

President. Botany and zoology degrees, master's in biology, former industrial hygienist.

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Brent Brandon

No. 12138

Secretary, and a Branch 2 operator licensed since 2011.

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Jared Alexander

No. 14137

Branch 2 operator, and the third generation of the family on the route.

Accreditation

A+

BBB accredited since 1984. CPMA member since 1999. 2026 Best of Times, Best Pest Control.

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California defines Branch 2 as general household pest control excluding fumigation with poisonous or lethal gases. Branch 3 covers wood-destroying organisms. Technicians renew their licenses every three years with required continuing education.

Questions homeowners ask

Good to know before you call

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How often should pest control be done?

Often enough that the barrier never wears off. Exterior treatments break down with sun, irrigation and rain; a bi-monthly visit replenishes them before pests re-establish. At most homes the inside is retreated less than once a year, because a maintained barrier keeps the activity outside and the guarantee covers what gets in.

Apex runs bi-monthly programs only. In Jeff Alexander's words, with the products available to the industry today, the days of once-a-year pest control service are long behind us.

Is a pest control plan worth it?

For a home that gets ants every heat wave and every first rain, spiders every summer, and outdoor roaches in the garage every fall, yes: the plan replaces three or four separate calls with a barrier that is already there, and it adds the callback guarantee. For a home with one isolated problem, no, and the office will say so. Apex has customers who have been on the program for 17 and 23 years, and their reviews are on this site.

Do I need to sign a long-term contract?

Ask the office when you book; contract terms are reviewed with each customer for the specific home rather than published here. What is published is the program itself: an initial visit, regular bi-monthly exterior visits, and callbacks between visits for customers in good standing.

What does good standing mean for the guarantee?

A continuing maintenance customer whose bills are paid, with a problem Apex was contracted to control. Payments are appreciated within 30 days of the service date, with reminder statements every 30 days.

Do you guarantee one-time pest control?

The callback guarantee is for maintenance customers in good standing. A one-time service is recommended only when the office believes it will solve the problem, and if the situation calls for follow-up the office will say so before you book rather than sell a visit that will not hold.

How much does a pest control plan cost?

Estimates are given over the phone from your home's square footage and what you are seeing. The estimate is confirmed at the home, because the interview and the walk-around often turn up more than the caller described. Call (916) 362-9294, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

How long do I need to stay off treated areas?

Until they are dry, following the label-specific guidance the technician gives you for what was applied. Drying time varies with the weather, so there is no single blanket waiting period. Ask the technician before the visit ends.

Will the visit happen if it is raining?

Yes. On rainy or saturated days the technician applies a granular product around the base of the home that withstands up to four inches of rain, and liquid goes on protected areas such as under the eaves and in the garage. The schedule holds, and the barrier does not get a gap because of weather.

How do I pay for the program?

Cash, personal checks, money orders, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover, and online credit-card payment for existing invoices through the Make a payment link on this site. Payments are appreciated within 30 days of the service date, with reminder statements every 30 days.

Can the schedule change once I am on the program?

Talk to the office. The interval is chosen for the pressure at your home, and it can be revisited as the seasons and the conditions around the house change.

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Next step

Start with a phone estimate.

Tell the office your home's square footage and what you have been seeing. The estimate is confirmed at the home, because the interview and the walk-around often turn up more than the caller described.

Call (916) 362-9294

Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.