How Much Does Termite Treatment Cost in Sydney? (2026 Guide)

Most pest control sites won't put a price anywhere on the page. I'd rather just tell you.

Here's the honest version up front: I price every job on the property, so the figures below are typical "from" amounts, not fixed quotes. Every house is different, and the only way to give you a real number is to look at yours. But this'll give you a fair idea of what to expect before you call, and it'll tell you whether you're being quoted sensibly by anyone else.

What it typically costs

These are the typicals. The inspection prices are pretty firm because the work's much the same on most homes. The treatment figures move around a lot more, for the reasons below.

What moves the price

The thing that makes termite work hard to quote sight-unseen is that no two jobs are the same. A few things drive the number:

Property size and how many storeys. A bigger house, or a double-storey, takes longer to inspect properly and has more area to treat. That's the difference between the single and double-storey inspection prices.

Access. A tight subfloor I have to crawl, concrete paths and driveways I need to drill through, or heavy landscaping against the walls all add time and work to a treatment.

How far the activity has spread. Catching termites early in one spot is a smaller job than a colony that's already into several parts of the structure. The further it's gone, the more there is to treat.

The type of treatment. A chemical barrier around the whole house is a bigger job than a targeted treatment, and a baiting system is priced differently again.

For a chemical barrier, the perimeter of the house. A barrier is trenched and drilled right around the structure, so the more metres there are to cover, the more product and time it takes. A big house on a big footprint costs more than a small cottage.

That's why I quote after I've inspected, not before. It's the only way the number means anything.

About the ~$5,000 chemical barrier

A full chemical barrier on a home with an active infestation is the big one people worry about, so here it is plainly. It varies a lot with the size of the house and how easy it is to get around it, but as a typical it lands around $5,000. Some are less, some are more. I'll give you the actual figure after I've inspected, in writing, with what's involved. No surprises on the day.

Why the inspection is worth paying for

A termite inspection isn't a quick look around. I bring a thermal imaging camera and a moisture meter on every one, not as a paid extra, and I go through the whole property — subfloor, roof, perimeter. You get the written report on-site, before I leave, so you know exactly what's going on in your house that day.

Plenty of inspections turn up nothing that needs treating. You've spent the inspection fee and found out your home's fine, which is worth knowing. If there is something, you've caught it before it became an expensive structural repair.

Why treatment costs more than a can of spray

A cheap can of surface spray off the shelf might kill the termites you can see, but it does nothing to the colony — and disturbing them like that can make the nest split and spread somewhere else in the house. That's a bigger, dearer problem than the one you started with.

A proper termite treatment uses a non-repellent product the termites carry back to the nest themselves, so the whole colony goes, not just the few on the surface. It comes with a warranty too: a 6-month guarantee on treatments, an 8-year warranty on a chemical barrier, and a 50-year warranty on a pre-construction physical barrier, each one valid as long as you keep up your annual inspections. That's what the money's actually buying — the colony gone, and cover that it stays gone.

And you get a straight quote with the options, no upsell. If a cheaper treatment is the right call for your place, that's what I'll recommend.

Common questions about cost

Do you charge to quote?
For termite work, the quote comes out of a proper inspection, and the inspection is from $240. I won't quote a treatment without seeing the property, because a real number depends on what's there. Once I've inspected, the treatment quote itself is free and in writing.

Why is a pre-purchase inspection priced like a termite inspection?
Because it's the same kind of work. A pre-purchase timber pest inspection is in the same range, from around $240, depending on the size and access of the property. It covers termites, borers and decay fungi, with the report handed to you on-site before you bid.

Is the inspection cost separate from the treatment?
Yes. The inspection (from $240) tells us what's there. If treatment's needed, that's quoted separately based on the findings. The two aren't bundled, so you're never paying for treatment you don't need.

Can you give me a price over the phone?
I can give you the typical figures on this page. I won't quote a treatment over the phone, though, because it depends on the size, the access, and how far the termites have got. Call me on 0405 790 927 and I'll come have a look.

Get a real number for your place

Call me on 0405 790 927. I'll inspect the property, hand you the report on-site, and give you a straight quote with no upsell. I work across all of Sydney.