General Pest Control of Clifton NJGeneral Pest Control of Clifton NJMost Clifton pest jobs land between $250 and $700, and $250 is the floor. Our Clifton crew quotes per job — not per hour, not per surprise — after walking the basement, kitchen and exterior of the house, whether it's a Botany Village two-family or a Richfield cape.
| Job type | Typical Clifton range |
|---|---|
| Minimum service charge (any visit) | $250 |
| Ants, spiders, crickets — interior + exterior | $250 – $375 |
| German roaches, single apartment or kitchen | $300 – $500 (2 visits typical) |
| Mice or rats, including entry-point sealing | $350 – $700+ |
| Wasp, hornet or yellowjacket nest removal | $250 – $400 |
| Bed bugs, priced per room | $350 – $800 per room |
| Two-family whole-building treatment | $500 – $900 |
| Termite inspection + localized treatment | $1,000 – $3,000 |
| Quarterly recurring service (after initial) | $100 – $175 per visit |
Ballpark pest control price ranges in Clifton, NJ (one-time service unless noted)
The $250 minimum covers the visit, the inspection, the treatment and the follow-up plan for one pest at one address. That number exists because a truck roll, a licensed applicator's time and the products used cost the same whether the target is one wasp nest over the front steps or ants along a Delawanna kitchen baseboard. Anything advertised below that in Passaic County is normally a teaser rate that resets once the technician is standing in the basement. Price moves up from the minimum based on square footage, how many units share walls, and whether the job needs physical exclusion work rather than a treatment alone.
Mice and German roaches are structural problems in Clifton's older housing stock, so the price reflects labor, not chemicals. A rodent job at $350 to $700 includes finding the entry points — gaps at the sill plate, utility penetrations, dryer vents, garage door corners — and sealing them with copper mesh, hardware cloth or sealant so the next mouse can't follow the same path. Roach work at $300 to $500 typically means gel bait and crack-and-crevice application in the kitchen, then a second visit around day 14 to break the egg cycle. Homeowners who bought store traps and sprays first usually saw numbers drop for a week and then rebound, because the harborage and the entry route were never touched. Found, sealed, and verified quiet is the standard we price to.
A one-time job is a legitimate purchase in Clifton and does not require a subscription. One-time visits run from the $250 minimum up to roughly $700 depending on pest and property. Quarterly service, chosen by homeowners with recurring ant, spider or mouse pressure from a shared wall or an adjacent yard, generally runs $100 to $175 per visit after a higher initial treatment. The honest split: single events like a wasp nest, an occasional mouse or a spring ant trail are usually solved one time. Ongoing pressure in an attached two-family, a restaurant-adjacent block or a building with a long history of roaches is where a recurring interval saves money over repeat emergency calls. Full details on scope and coverage are on our <a href="/pest-control-clifton-nj">pest control in Clifton</a> page.
Bed bug treatment is priced by the number of rooms involved, commonly $350 to $800 per room, because each room needs its own inspection, treatment of the bed frame, box spring, baseboards and furniture seams, plus a follow-up. A one-bedroom apartment is a different job than a three-bedroom house with a finished basement, and no honest quote exists before someone sees the mattress seams. Termite work is quoted on the structure: inspection plus localized treatment commonly falls between $1,000 and $3,000 in North Jersey, driven by linear footage of foundation, crawlspace access and how much of the sill plate is exposed. Both jobs are quoted in writing before work starts.
Ranges on this page are market ballparks for Clifton and neighboring Passaic County towns. The exact number is confirmed at no charge, on-site, before anything is treated — one visit, one price, one technician who tells the homeowner what was found and what will be sealed. On r/pestcontrol, technicians repeatedly warn that a roach treatment in one unit of an attached building fails when the neighboring unit is skipped; that is why quotes on Clifton two-families and three-families are written for the shared basement and both kitchens rather than a single apartment, and why the two-visit, 14-day spacing is built into the price instead of billed as a callback.