What does a termite bait station look like?
- Envisage Property
- 11 hours ago
- 2 min read
You're walking around an open home and you notice them - small circular boxes set into the ground around the whole perimeter.🪲 They're termite bait stations. And they're not a red flag. Installed properly and inspected routinely, they're what's protecting the property. This one backs onto bushland, which is genuinely high risk - but managed well, it never becomes the owner's problem. So what do you actually do with that information?
What does a termite bait station look like?
👇 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.
Previous attacks, the management system in place, and when the last inspection was done. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘅. This is the part most buyers walk straight past. It's the most common place pest companies leave their records - one panel showing the treatment that was carried out, another listing every date the property has been inspected and the stations checked. Cross-check the two. If the dates are current, the protection is still in place and still under warranty. If they stop three years ago, you've just learned something the listing wasn't going to tell you.
🔍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀. 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. Worth saying plainly: not every property will have a sticker, and a record on a meter box is a first clue - not a substitute for your own building and pest inspection. But it tells you what to ask before you spend a cent on one. Then you can make an informed decision on whether to proceed, or pass.
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