Turner Pest Control in Jacksonville, FL

Kevin Follett

I want to say their service has become average at best. They use to have the best service and quality products. I’ve been using them since 2012 and when I moved to South Florida in 2018, I was happy when they started to provide service there. I am now back in Jacksonville and I have been using them since July the quality is bad. Weeds are towing rampant and the techs don’t seem to know their stuff like they use to. Not sure what’s going on but I’m looking for a new service provider with better quality. It’s not like Turner is cheap.

R R

If I could leave a 0 star review, I would. I have been a customer of Turner Pest Control for several years (2015 - present) and I have not had any issues. However, I moved to St Augustine from Jacksonville in 2019 and the service seemed great at first (aside from ear wigs and silverfish constantly taking up residence in my home), but about a month and a half ago I started seeing swarms of sugar ants coming into my house from outside. I talked to other pest control professionals and they agreed that this shouldn't be happening, because the exterior is being sprayed regularly. I decided to contact Turner about having a technician come out to my home to do an interior service, thinking that this might help with the problem. Every time I open a ticket through their website, it is marked as "resolved" without any communication with me, the homeowner. The first time, I didn't even know that they had done this until I went to check up on it and saw it was marked "resolved". Then a technician shows up at my house while I'm at work and calls me telling me he's there to do an interior spray. Again, I was not contacted to be informed of this or approve this time slot. The technician gave me his phone number and told me to get with him to circumvent their corporate nonsense and schedule for a time that would be convenient for me and my fiance. So I called him and scheduled a time when my fiance would be home, but I would be at work. This was scheduled for a Monday between 10 and 11 AM. At about 10:45, my fiance calls me and asks if it was still scheduled. My response of course was, "Nobody has shown up yet?". So I call the technician and he tells me that I'm not on his route and that it was given to another technician, but that he would call that technician and have that technician call my fiance to coordinate. I was at work, so I just assumed that this was being handled. My fiance calls me about 11:30 and asks if I can reschedule it, as he had plans that day. I asked, "Did nobody call you?". Of course they didn't. So I told my fiance to just go about his day and do what he needs to do, and if someone shows up late without communicating that to us, then they would just have to eat it. So I sent the original technician, whom I'd been communicating with, a text message to ask about the SNAFU and he tells me that they never scheduled an appointment, but that he was on his way and would be there in 20 mins. At this point, it was like 11:45. I told him not to bother and that I would call a different company, which I did and they are wonderful. Since then, I was charged again for my service and all tickets I open to try to get my account cancelled are marked, "resolved". All I want now is for my account to be cancelled. I would love a refund, but I would settle for just having my account cancelled. Apparently that's too much to ask, so I am in an ongoing battle with them just to get my account cancelled. I cannot say that I would wish this stress upon my enemies, let alone anyone just looking for a decent pest control company. To reiterate, I DO NOT recommend this pest control company to ANYONE!

Mark Wooten

Shawn Cobb in Jacksonville was great. He took the time required to get all the right places throughout the house and explained to us the process as well as proactively scheduled a follow up appointment to ensure all bugs were gone. Strongly recommend!

sarhada shilling

I had a horrible experience with this company. I hired them to provide pest control service for my Mom's house. I signed a contract, paid $120 for the initial service, and scheduled the first service for 8/22 at 11:00AM. I was told someone would meet me at 11:00AM on 8/22 because the initial treatment would be inside and outside of the home. I took a day off of work and drove from Orlando to Jacksonville to meet the technician for the first appointment. 11:15 comes around and no one had showed up yet. I contacted the company to follow up on my appointment. I was informed the appointment was moved to another day due to the technician calling out sick. NO ONE from the company contacted me to inform me of this BEFORE I drove 2 hours to meet them for the appointment. All anyone could offer me on the phone was an apology. There was no attempt to keep me as a customer. It was the worse display of customer service. Not only had I signed a year contract for them to treat my Mom's house, but I had also referred them to 2 family members because I liked the sales person I dealt with. I immediately canceled my contract and demanded a refund of my $120 initial service fee. What a waste of time. I will be hiring another pest control service and will not be dealing with this company again.

Mike Wallace

We've had Turner Pest Control at 2 different houses during the 17 years that we've lived in Jacksonville. We've carried the termite bond, pest control, & yard service with them. Have been satisfied enough with their service to keep them all this time, if that tells you anything. However, the purpose of this review is to give recognition to one of their employees that came out this morning to do the 10-year Termidor HP application. Richard Gagnon was professional, polite, courteous, and really took the time to explain the process and answer all questions. I've never had a bad experience with a Turner employee and have been pleased with anyone that I've ever worked with. However, my positive experience with Richard compelled me to take a few minutes out of my day to write this review. He's an awesome young man and if these are the "next generation" employees of the company, Turner's in great hands!

Professor Truth

I have lived in Jacksonville Florida for a few years now. Upon arrival, literally as our cable was being set up after moving across the country, I saw an advertisement for Turner pest control on the television. I quickly jotted down a note to call them later that day. I have been very happy, with the exception of one incident, with their services over the years up until now. That is the reason I am not giving 1 or 2 stars, because this situation arose only in the last 3-4 months of service. Now it seems they have changed technicians for our area and the quality has really went down hill. I am now even seeing insects I never saw before - it is like no treatment is being done at all. It's like they may as well be spraying water. The other techs we had in the past were efficient and friendly. They would explain things well and were thorough. EXAMPLES OF BAD SERVICE: This new guy knocked down some wasps 'mud piles' not sure what they are called- the dark gray globular things and left all the debris everywhere. He didn't sweep it away into the grass or anything - it was a huge mess right at our front door. I didn't see it until it was too late - it got tracked in the house. Gross. Another issue is that he supposedly sprayed and what not but I mostly saw him just standing around. I didn't watch him the entire time however, to be fair. We called about a spider issue - they came out, still saw them - even after the allotted time frame to give it a minute. Yes, I didn't see as many, but way more than we'd ever seen before. We called about seeing roaches - never saw roaches before and I keep a clean home. No food lying around, trash piled up etc. The insects continue to thrive in our home. Now, there are these strange long black beetle/earwig things taking over. That's the final straw. This guy has been out here 3-4 times, and this is the WORST I have ever seen our bug situation since living here and even when we moved into a house that had been vacant for many months. Before, with their service, I'd see something 1-2 times a week, at best. Never any roaches, either! Ewww! Now it is multiple times in one day that I will see something, and I'm certain I am not even seeing the half of it and I can't take it anymore. It is unfortunate, but since he is the tech assigned to our area I am now searching for a new pest control service. I called over the weekend to have a manager call me. I missed a call - I am assuming it was the manager several days later, but they never tried to call back. I'm done. Will be hiring someone else in the next couple of days. UPDATE 2: We went with another company. Problem that we've been dealing with for over 3-4 months with Turner was literally solved in 48 hrs. with new company. It's been over 3 weeks and I have not seen anything anymore. The new company saw immediately what the problem was, validated my concerns and took in depth measures to make our home safe, but inhospitable to these insects. It is so amazing and refreshing, we don't have to worry about being freaked out in the middle of the night anymore by some 6 legged creature. I am not certain what happened to Turner Pest Control, but they do not appear to be as efficient as they were when I first contracted them for our home. UPDATE: The manager did call me today, Sept. 4, and he was very pleasant and was interested in trouble shooting the matter. I do appreciate that. I try to be fair in reviews, so I wanted to let anyone reading this know that my mailbox was full, I called back but it appears he did not receive that message. Perhaps their new products are not as effective - they are trouble shooting, but I do appreciate the customer service I received regarding this matter. Thank you.

Liz Adams

Our yard has never looked better. Technicians are very professional. After reading some of the negative reviews on Turner, I decided to beef up my review. We have been in our home for 25 years and have used several other pest control companies in Jacksonville before settling on Turner about 7 years ago. Turner is by far the best – regarding results, professional technicians, customer service, etc. Other companies constantly bothered us with phone calls to add additional services. Other companies sent out unqualified unfriendly technicians and used inferior products. Other companies pay no attention to requests and complaints. Turner is very concerned about customer satisfaction. No company is going to be perfect and I try not to judge a company on one bad employee. I am sure employee turnover is a problem for all pest control companies, but Turner does a good job keeping employees properly trained and responding to customer feedback. We have used 4 other pest control companies and are most satisfied with Turner. No company can completely eliminate weeds and bugs in Florida, but Turner does the best (by far) that we have found. Our lawn is beautiful. I will try to post a picture. Finally, keep in mind that normally only dissatisfied customers take to the internet to complain. There are MANY more satisfied Turner customers that unhappy ones. Happy customers don't normally bother to write reviews.

Nicole Prieto

We just moved to Jacksonville and Turner Pest Control was recommended to us by a family member who's used their services for years. So far, so good! During our initial call Cat assisted us. The company is lucky to have such a bright and cheery personality to greet customers and provide knowledge about the company's services. For the first visit Nathan did an outstanding job - he was thorough, answered all of our questions, was extremely personable and very friendly (even to our pups!). Turner will be getting many referrals from our family.

Ann Summerlin

Don made an initial visit on a day that was filled with service people. Don was patient and kind and allowed me chat with, explain, and answer a phone call. Thank you for the thorough explanation of the services provided as well as the follow up email. I appreciate the excellent customer service and professionalism. Ann S. Jacksonville