Octavia Sylvain
Owner, third generation
Grew up on the route and now runs the office and the inspection calendar. She explains every contract before it is signed.
About us
Three generations on the same route
A New Orleans family that has inspected houses for termites for as long as the family can remember. The paper has changed. The habit of writing it down hasn't.
- Start
Step 1: The first generation
A truck, a ladder and a notebook. Every house was written down by hand: what was found, what was done, when to come back.
- Growth
Step 2: The second generation
Eldridge Sylvain added wood-destroying insect inspections for buyers and sellers, so a house could be read in writing before a sale.
- Today
Step 3: The third generation
Octavia Sylvain runs the company today, with a crew of 22 in the field and the office. The notebook became a sketch and a report, sent after each inspection.
The people
Who you will talk to, and who comes to the house
Eldridge Sylvain
Senior inspector
Octavia's father. He still walks the foundations of the oldest houses himself and drafts the sketch for each report.
Donnell Garner
Lead inspector
Leads the pre-swarm inspections and writes most of the reports for buyers and sellers.
Detra Culpepper
Office manager
Answers the phone and the text line, books inspections, and sends each renewal with a one-page summary of the contract.
Licenses and insurance
What we hold, and where to check it
The sample number below is a placeholder. The owner enters the real license and its lookup page.
Licenses
Structural pest control
LA Lic. 000000 · Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
State license to treat for termites and other structural pests
Insurance
General liability
Covers damage caused by our work
The firm
Family owned
Meet us at the house
Book an inspection and one of us will walk it with you.