Pest Control Basingstoke

Pest Control in Basingstoke

Basingstoke has grown from a Hampshire market town into one of the biggest commercial centres in the south of England, with waves of development from the 1960s onward covering the former farmland with housing estates, office parks and retail areas. The old town centre around the church and the top of the high street still has some Georgian and Victorian buildings, but the vast majority of housing is late twentieth century. That newer construction brings its own pest issues. Mice get into cavity walls through gaps around meter boxes, boiler flue openings and where cable and pipe services enter the building. Once inside the cavity, they travel up to the loft without crossing a single room and the first sign of a problem is often scratching at night or droppings in the kitchen. On the larger estates at Chineham, Brighton Hill and South Ham, we deal with mouse control regularly and always include a check of the likely entry points.

Rats are common across the town too, though the pressure varies from area to area. The older streets near the centre have Victorian drainage that is past its best and cracked pipe joints let rats surface from the sewer. On the newer estates, the landscaped green spaces, retention ponds and drainage swales that are part of the modern planning give rats water, cover and nesting sites within the housing area itself. The River Loddon and the Basingstoke Canal both run through the eastern side of the town and create additional corridors that rats follow. Our rat control in Basingstoke covers the entire town and includes drain surveys where the situation demands it.

Wasps are a consistent summer problem in a town this size. Thousands of identical rooflines on the housing estates mean thousands of potential nesting sites and queen wasps colonise loft spaces, wall cavities and garden sheds right across the town. Our wasp removal in Basingstoke runs throughout the season. The commercial and office areas around Basing View and the town centre also generate calls for pigeon control, with birds roosting on flat roofs and in the covered walkways of the shopping areas.