San Joaquin Pest Control of Visalia

In landscaping my backyard recently, it was discovered that I had gopher porblems. I called up San Joaquin Pest Control and talked to Jim, who is very courteous and knowledgeable. He went out to the house right away to give an estimate and exterminate the gophers if it was possible to completely eradicate them in one treatment.
Although he could have just put down some bait and charged me $ 85, he was honest with me and told me that there were a lot of gophers in the back and he could not guarantee that one treatment would effectively kill them all, especially since the landscaper would be hydro-​seeding soon, which would dilute and wash away any bait that Jim would put down. Plus, he gave me good advice that now is not a good time to hydro-​seed because the weather was getting too hot, and that I should wait until fall, when it was cooler weather and the gopher problem had been fixed. The landscaper later agreed with this.
What impressed me most was that instead of trying to get my business and my money at all cost, he gave me sound advice that was in my best interest, not his, and advised me that I might be better off finding other longer-​term, more cost-​effective ways of exterminating the gophers.
It is not easy finding an honest business with integrity, especially during these difficult economic times, but it seems that this is one of those rare honest businesses.
Although I haven’t actually used their service to exterminate the gophers, based on my interactions with Jim, I would feel comfortable recommending and hiring him for extermination jobs in the future.