It was never just the one you saw.
Bed bug work is professional, multi-visit, and priced per bedroom. Treatment must hit every life stage including eggs, and an established infestation nearly always needs additional treatments at additional cost. DIY effectively never resolves it. Don't burn money trying first.
Is this your stream?
Bites in rows or clusters after sleep, blood spots on sheets, bugs or shed skins in mattress seams and bed frames. That is bed bug territory, and the correct response is a professional multi-visit treatment, not a spray.
Bites that come with a scratching pet are more likely fleas, and flea treatment fails unless the pets are treated first. Check the animal before you book the bedroom.
What it costs in Wellington
The MoneyHub benchmark
MoneyHub's Wellington guide puts bed bugs at $250–$300, with additional treatments extra. Treat it as the per-treatment band, not the total job cost.
Published per-bedroom
Pestproof publishes the only per-bedroom bed bug pricing in this comparison: $450 first bedroom, $350 additional. It is the benchmark to measure other quotes against.
Everyone else
Rentokil, Flick and Combat quote bed bug work after inspection rather than publishing prices. Honest advice: get the inspection and at least one published-price comparison before committing.
Wellington providers, compared
Four operators for bed bug work. Only one publishes per-bedroom pricing; the rest quote after inspection. Hover a row for the detail that matters.
Common mistakes
Expecting one bed bug visit to finish it: treatment must target all life stages including eggs, and established infestations nearly always need multiple visits at further cost. Budget for it.
Burning money on DIY first: DIY effectively never resolves an established infestation. The honest arithmetic is to price professional multi-visit treatment before buying the third spray.
Booking on the headline without stating the extent: say how many rooms show signs when you request the quote. Per-bedroom pricing exists because the job scales with the rooms, not the bugs you have seen.
Not asking what follow-up costs: MoneyHub's guide prices bed bugs at $250–$300 with additional treatments extra. Ask what the quoted price includes before the first visit, not after the second.
Skipping the guarantee questions: ask what the written guarantee covers and whether callbacks are included. Some guarantees elsewhere in pest control explicitly exclude fleas; get the bed bug terms in writing too.
FAQ
How much does bed bug treatment cost in Wellington?
MoneyHub's Wellington guide puts bed bugs at $250–$300, with additional treatments extra. Pestproof publishes per-bedroom pricing: $450 first bedroom, $350 additional. Other operators in this comparison quote after inspection rather than publishing bed bug prices.
Why does it need multiple visits?
Treatment must hit every life stage, including eggs, and eggs hatch on their own schedule. Established infestations nearly always need additional treatments at further cost, which is why the honest budget is a programme, not a single visit.
Can I get rid of bed bugs myself?
DIY effectively never resolves an established infestation. Don't burn money trying first: price the professional multi-visit treatment and compare it against the cost of the sprays you were about to buy.
How do I tell bed bugs apart from fleas?
Bed bugs centre on the bed: bites, blood spots on sheets, bugs in mattress seams and frames. Fleas usually arrive with pets and need the pets treated first. The streams are different and so is the treatment; see the fleas and spiders stream if pets are involved.
What should I ask before booking?
Whether the price includes callbacks and follow-up visits, what the written guarantee covers, whether GST is included, and how additional bedrooms are priced. Pestproof's published $450/$350 structure is the benchmark to measure other quotes against.
Go straight to a professional multi-visit treatment and skip the DIY phase. Pestproof is the published-price benchmark at $450 first bedroom and $350 additional; MoneyHub's band is $250–$300 per treatment with additional treatments extra. Rentokil, Flick and Combat quote after inspection. Budget for more than one visit, and get the guarantee terms in writing.