Pest Control Croydon

Pest Control in Croydon

Croydon is one of the largest towns in south London, a major commercial and residential centre with a skyline of tower blocks, a busy high street and miles of residential suburbs spreading in every direction. The town centre has undergone massive redevelopment over the years and the mix of office towers, shopping centres, apartment blocks and older Victorian streets creates a complex pest environment. Rats are the biggest issue in central Croydon. The aging drainage system under the older parts of town gives rats access to a network that connects commercial premises, restaurants and residential streets. Food waste from the hundreds of takeaways, restaurants and supermarkets in the town centre feeds the problem and we deal with rat control across the whole of the town centre and the surrounding streets.

The residential suburbs tell a different story. Victorian and Edwardian terraces in areas like South Croydon, Thornton Heath and Norbury have the cavity walls and suspended floors that mice love and mouse problems in these streets are among the most common pest calls we receive in the whole of south London. Shared party walls between terraced houses mean mice can travel from one end of a row to the other and dealing with the problem properly means finding and sealing all the entry points. Bed bugs are a growing issue too, showing up in the many rental flats and houses of multiple occupation across the borough. The high turnover of tenants and the movement of second-hand furniture help bed bugs spread between properties.

Further out, the leafier suburbs around Sanderstead, Purley and South Croydon border the chalk downs and green spaces and these areas see more squirrel and wasp activity. Wasp nests are common right across the borough in summer and we respond to calls from high-rise balconies in the town centre to garden sheds in the outer suburbs. The sheer size and variety of Croydon means there is no single pest profile for the town. What matters is getting the right treatment to the right property quickly and that is what we focus on.