NEW HOUSES, OLD PROBLEM
Can a three-year-old Haslet yard really have fleas?
Yes, and it surprises people. Haslet is almost entirely new construction, and the assumption is that fresh sod on graded clay is too clean for fleas. The open lawn mostly is: builder-laid Bermuda and St. Augustine in full sun gets too hot and dry for larvae to survive. Fleas in Haslet live in the exceptions.
Those exceptions are the shaded strip on the north side of the house, the soil under a new deck, the mulch beds the irrigation keeps damp, and the fence line where a neighbor's dog and yours meet through the pickets. A dog that naps under the patio cover in July is lying on the nursery.
The program treats the entire lawn and a band around the foundation every 21 days through the season. It does not treat the pet, and the pet is half of it; without the vet's prevention we are emptying a bucket while it is still being filled.
HASLET PRICING BY LOT
What a visit costs on a typical new-build lot
Most new Haslet subdivisions plat lots between 7,001 and 12,000 square feet, which is $59.95 a visit. The larger homesites and the lots backing undeveloped land often reach the 12,001 to 17,000 band at $69.95, and the older acreage on the edges of 76052 runs higher, up to $129.95 a visit or an individual quote past 47,000 square feet.
You commit to nothing beyond the next visit. There is no contract and no cancellation fee, and the between-visit warranty means a flare-up before the scheduled date gets retreated at no charge.
7,001 to 12,000 sq ft
$59.95 a visit
The standard new-subdivision lot
12,001 to 17,000 sq ft
$69.95 a visit
Larger homesites and lots backing open land
17,001 to 22,000 sq ft
$79.95 a visit
Estate-size lots in the newer additions
Over 47,000 sq ft
Quoted
Acreage on the edges of 76052
Every number on this page comes from our published price list. Haslet homes get the same table as everyone else; the instant quote reads your square footage and lot size and hands you your own line.
READ THIS FIRST
What flea and tick treatment does not solve in Haslet
Ticks from the undeveloped land behind a Haslet fence are a boundary problem, not a lawn problem. We treat your side of the fence hard, but the pasture or brush behind it belongs to someone else, and ticks keep climbing the grass there. A dog that goes through a gap in the fence brings them home.
If your complaint is fire ants or chinch bugs in the builder turf, this is the wrong program. Both of those are handled on the year-round plans, and fire ant treatment is included there. We would rather point you to the right plan than sell you a seasonal one for the wrong pest.
A flea problem that has moved into the house needs the house treated too. We do include one interior treatment if it is needed, but the lasting fix indoors is vacuuming, hot laundry and the vet's product, and we will say that rather than let you expect the lawn visit to do it.
THIS PROGRAM VS YEAR-ROUND
Which plan a new Haslet homeowner actually needs
Two different problems, two different products. Fire ants in graded soil and chinch bugs in young St. Augustine are the standing Haslet complaints, and they are covered by Home Defender or Complete Home & Lawn Defense, which run all year and are priced by house size. Neither of those plans is built around fleas.
The Mosquito, Flea & Tick program is seasonal, priced by lot size and visits every 21 days because the flea cycle is that short. Most Haslet households with a dog and a shaded patio end up wanting both, but if you have no pets and no bites, the year-round plan alone is the honest recommendation.
VISIT ONE IN HASLET
The first treatment on a new-construction lot
Locating the few shaded spots
On a new Haslet lot the flea habitat is small and specific: under the deck, the north wall, damp mulch and the fence line. We find it in a few minutes and put the most product there.
Full lawn and foundation band
The sunny turf still gets covered so nothing survives in the odd damp patch, and the perimeter band stops fleas and ticks tracking along the slab to the door. Dry time in summer is roughly two hours before pets go back out.
Checking the back fence
If the lot backs undeveloped land we walk that edge, note how tall the grass is on your side and tell you where to mow shorter. Cutting that strip is the free part of tick control and it matters more than any product.
