Brices Creek is the kind of place where you get the quiet of the country without actually being far from anything. This unincorporated community of about 4,000 people sits south of the Trent River, separated from Trent Woods by the water and bordered on the west by the Croatan National Forest. The subdivisions here — Hunters Ridge, Deer Run, Brices Creek Harbour, Long Leaf Pines, Taberna — are mostly newer construction, built in the last 15 to 40 years. But "newer" doesn't mean pest-free. Not by a long shot.
The Croatan National Forest is 160,000 acres of pine flatwoods, swamp, and pocosins. That's beautiful to look at and terrible for pest pressure. The forest is a year-round reservoir for mosquitoes, ticks, wildlife, and the rodents that follow them. Homes along the western edge of Brices Creek — anything backing up to the forest or the creek itself — get hit harder than most neighborhoods in Craven County. Mosquitoes breed in the forest's standing water and migrate into residential yards. Ticks hitch rides on deer that wander into subdivisions. Raccoons, squirrels, and snakes use the forest edge as a highway into attics, crawlspaces, and garages.
Termites are a growing concern in Brices Creek as the older subdivisions age. Homes built in the early 2000s are now past the 20-year mark — which is roughly when builder-applied termite pre-treatments start to lose effectiveness. The sandy, moist soil along the creek drainages is ideal habitat for subterranean termites. We're seeing more termite activity in Brices Creek year over year, and most of it is in homes where the owners assumed their original treatment was still working. It wasn't.
Our quarterly general pest plan covers the 25 most common NC pests, and it works well for the ants, cockroaches, spiders, and stink bugs that Brices Creek homes deal with regularly. For mosquitoes and ticks, we offer a separate barrier spray program on a three-to-four-week cycle during the warm months. For wildlife — raccoons in the attic, snakes in the garage, squirrels gnawing through soffit — we provide humane removal and exclusion to keep them from coming back.
Eastline is based at 1140 Broad Creek Road in New Bern. Brices Creek is a straight shot down Highway 70. We know the subdivisions, we know the soil conditions, and we know exactly where the forest buffer creates the worst pest pressure. That's what 25 years in this market gives you, providing pest control in Trent Woods and Craven County pest control.
