PestGuardians offers pest control help in Aurora, serving the real town that voted to erase its own disgraced founder's name. Call to describe the pest problem and check service availability.
Call (844) 924-1337Aurora began in 1891 not as Aurora at all, but as Fletcher, a town platted by developer Donald Fletcher and named for himself. Fletcher sold bonds to residents to pay for a water system the young town badly needed, then lost his own fortune in the 1893 Silver Crash and sold off his remaining shares in the venture, leaving those bond payments behind without the water system ever actually getting built. The town nearly folded over it, and its residents petitioned Denver for annexation rather than face collapse on their own, a request Denver turned down. Rather than keep carrying a founder's name that had become a civic liability, residents voted in 1907 to erase it entirely, choosing Aurora, for the Roman goddess of the dawn, a name with no connection to Fletcher or his failed promises. Fletcher Plaza, in the historic downtown core, is the one place that still carries the original name today. That old downtown, built up in the decades after the 1907 rename, now sits alongside a city that has sprawled east across parts of Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties toward Denver International Airport, so a pest program built around Aurora's older bungalow neighborhoods near Fletcher Plaza does not automatically fit the newer subdivisions going up on the city's eastern edge.
Aurora's own founding story includes a cautionary lesson about promises that go unbacked: the water system bonds sold to residents in the 1890s were never delivered after founder Donald Fletcher's fortune collapsed in the Silver Crash. Pest control today answers to a far more defined structure than Fletcher's town ever did. Colorado regulates pest control through the Department of Agriculture's pesticide licensing program rather than a dedicated structural pest control board. Anyone applying pesticides for compensation must hold a Commercial Applicator license in the specific category matching the work performed, such as Wood Destroying Organism Pest Control, Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control, or Residential and Commercial Pest Control, and must pass a proctored exam for every category in which they plan to work. Licenses are valid for three years and expire on the applicator's birthdate. Nuisance wildlife removal sits outside this system almost entirely: Colorado Parks and Wildlife does not require a permit to remove most nuisance wildlife from a property, since state law leaves that determination to the landowner, though professional operators typically still carry CPW authorization along with liability insurance. That means a Colorado pest control license genuinely covers pesticide based treatment work, while trapping and wildlife exclusion follow a different, lighter regulatory path. Call (844) 924-1337 for pest control help in Aurora, to discuss your property, and to check service availability.
Call PestGuardians to discuss your pest problem and check local service availability.
Yes. Colorado regulates pest control through the Department of Agriculture's pesticide licensing program rather than a dedicated structural pest control board, and technicians must hold a Commercial Applicator license in the specific category matching the work performed. Wildlife removal typically follows a separate, lighter path involving Colorado Parks and Wildlife authorization instead of a pesticide license.
Pricing depends on the property size, the pest involved, and whether the job is a one time treatment or an ongoing service plan, so we can't quote a set number here. Call PestGuardians to discuss pricing for your Aurora property, the pest activity, and the proposed service scope. An assessment may be needed before a quote can be confirmed.
Most residential plans in Aurora address the exterior perimeter along with interior treatment where needed, but what that perimeter work actually involves depends on the property. An older home near the original 1891 townsite often has a basement and mature landscaping to account for, while a newer home built during Aurora's growth east toward Denver International Airport is usually a slab foundation with young trees and a very different set of entry points.
It can. Aurora spans Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties, so give the full address and county when discussing service availability and any property paperwork. Confirm the address and service availability before discussing an appointment.
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