Pest Control Bush Hill Park

Pest Control in Bush Hill Park

Bush Hill Park is a residential area in Enfield, developed in the early 1900s when the railway station opened and streets of Edwardian and inter-war houses were laid out around a central park. The housing is a mix of larger Edwardian semis near the park, 1930s terraces and some newer infill development. The tree-lined streets and the green space of Bush Hill Park itself give the area a pleasant suburban feel, but the combination of older buildings, mature gardens and the proximity to the New River path means pest activity is steady throughout the year. Mice are one of the most common calls from this part of Enfield. The Edwardian and inter-war houses have cavity walls, suspended timber floors and shared party walls that mice navigate easily and a gap around a pipe or behind a kitchen unit is all they need. Mouse control here often involves working on more than one house in a terrace to get a lasting result.

Rats are present too. The New River path, which runs close to the area, provides a green corridor that rats use for cover and the older drainage under the Edwardian streets can give them routes into properties from below ground. We carry out rat control across Bush Hill Park and the properties closest to the New River and the park tend to see the most activity. The park itself and the mature gardens across the area support squirrels that get into lofts and wasps nest in the eaves and soffits of the older houses every summer.

Foxes are a familiar sight in the gardens, denning under sheds and decking and the flea problems they carry can transfer to pets and then into the house. Bed bugs turn up occasionally in the flats converted from the larger Edwardian houses and cockroaches can appear in ground-floor kitchens. Bush Hill Park has the typical pest profile of a long-standing north London suburb: old buildings, plenty of green space and a steady stream of rodent and insect issues.