Pest Control South West London

Pest Control in South West London

South West London stretches from the Thames at Chelsea, Battersea and Putney down through Wandsworth, Tooting and Balham to Wimbledon, Mitcham and beyond. The area covers some of the most expensive streets in the country alongside busy high streets, post-war estates and everything in between. The Thames and the River Wandle provide water corridors that rats follow through the built-up area and the density of food businesses across places like Clapham, Brixton, Tooting and Putney creates a constant food supply. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces that make up the majority of the housing have old drains, shared walls and back alleys that give rats routes between properties.

The terraced streets from Battersea to Balham and from Wandsworth to Wimbledon are classic mouse territory. The old brickwork, worn sash windows, gaps around pipes and the floor voids beneath the ground floors all let mice in and give them pathways through the buildings. The converted houses split into multiple flats are especially challenging because mice move through the shared structure. The newer developments along the Thames at Battersea and Nine Elms are better built, but the surrounding older streets mean rodents are always in the area.

Wasps nest in the roof spaces and wall cavities of houses all across south-west London each summer and the parks from Battersea to Wimbledon Common provide excellent foraging. Bed bugs are a growing concern in the rental properties, hotels and short-term lets that are so common across the area, spreading through shared buildings. Pigeons roost on the commercial buildings and on the older mansion blocks and foxes are a nightly presence in virtually every street.