Pest Control Earlsfield

Pest Control in Earlsfield

Earlsfield sits between Wandsworth and Tooting, a residential area centred on the railway station and the busy Garratt Lane. The housing is mainly Victorian terraces with some Edwardian streets and a few post-war blocks and the area has become increasingly popular with young families and professionals over the past decade. That popularity has brought more restaurants, bars and food shops to Garratt Lane and the surrounding streets, which in turn has increased the food sources available to rats and mice. The River Wandle runs close to the western edge of Earlsfield before joining the Thames at Wandsworth and this river corridor is a major route for rats moving through the area. We deal with rat control in Earlsfield steadily throughout the year, with the Wandle and the railway lines both acting as highways for rats.

The Victorian terraces in Earlsfield share the same features that create mouse problems across South London. Party walls, sub-floor voids, aging sash windows and the gaps that develop around pipework in houses that are well over a hundred years old all let mice in. Many of the houses along Earlsfield Road, Twilley Street and Swaffield Road have been extended with rear additions that create new junctions between old and new construction. These joins are often where mice find their way in, because the seal between the original house and the extension can fail over time. Mouse control in Earlsfield is our most common residential call here.

The King George's Park and the Wandle trail provide green space close to the housing and squirrels from the park trees make their way into loft spaces of the nearest houses. Wasp nests are a summer regular across Earlsfield, with the slate roofs and decorative brickwork of the Victorian terraces providing plenty of sheltered entry points for nesting queens. The area may feel like a quiet suburb, but the density of housing and the river running nearby keep pest control in constant demand.