Pest Control in Ingatestone

Ingatestone is an attractive village on the old Roman road between Brentwood and Chelmsford in Essex. The High Street has a fine collection of Tudor and Georgian buildings and Ingatestone Hall sits in parkland just to the south. The village is mostly residential with a mix of period houses along the High Street and later 1930s and post-war housing on the roads leading off it. The railway station and the A12 nearby give the village good connections but it keeps a quiet and leafy character. The surrounding countryside is open farmland and that has a direct effect on pest activity. Rats come in from the fields and move through the hedgerows and ditches towards the village. Properties on the edges of Ingatestone where gardens back onto farmland see the most rat activity. The older buildings along the High Street also see rats coming up through the ageing drainage. Rat control in Ingatestone is something we deal with throughout the year.

Mice are common in the older buildings in the village. The Tudor and Georgian houses along the High Street have thick walls with gaps and voids where mice live happily. The timber-framed structures are especially difficult to seal completely because the old beams and plasterwork create entry points that are not always obvious. Mouse control in Ingatestone in these older properties takes careful and detailed proofing work. On the newer housing the problems are more straightforward with gaps around service pipes being the usual entry route.

Squirrels are a regular problem in Ingatestone. The mature trees in the gardens and parkland around Ingatestone Hall give grey squirrels easy routes onto rooftops and into lofts. Wasps nest in the eaves and roof spaces of houses across the village every summer and the older buildings with their gaps in the woodwork are a favourite spot. Wasp removal in Ingatestone keeps us busy from June through September. We cover this part of Essex regularly and can usually attend the same day.