Pest Control Stonehill

Pest Control in Stonehill

Stonehill is a small residential pocket near Chessington, sitting on the edge of the green belt where suburban streets give way to the open land around Chessington Golf Centre and the fields beyond. The area is mostly made up of post-war houses with reasonable gardens and the transition from built-up streets to open countryside happens quickly. That edge-of-suburb location shapes the pest problems we see. Rats from the surrounding fields and hedgerows regularly move into gardens and find their way towards buildings, especially in autumn when crop fields are cleared and food becomes scarce. We deal with rat control calls from Stonehill through the year, but the autumn and winter months are always the busiest.

Mice are also common, both field mice coming in from the surrounding countryside and house mice that have set up home in the buildings. The post-war houses in Stonehill are solidly built but after seventy-odd years, gaps appear around airbricks, pipe entries and where the roof meets the walls. These are the routes mice use and mouse control work here always includes a careful check of the exterior to find and block the entry points. Without that proofing step, the mice simply come back once the bait or traps are removed.

The proximity to Chessington World of Adventures also has an effect on pest patterns in the wider area. The theme park and zoo generate food waste that draws rats and gulls and some of that activity spreads into the surrounding residential streets. Wasps nest across Stonehill in summer and the open grassland and soft soil around the edges of the area are good spots for ground nests. Squirrels from the trees along the golf course and field boundaries also get into lofts. Stonehill is a quiet area but the countryside on its doorstep means pests are never far away.