Pest Control Blackheath

Pest Control in Blackheath

Blackheath is one of south-east London's most distinctive neighbourhoods, with the open expanse of the heath at its centre and handsome Georgian and Victorian terraces lining the streets around the village. The properties here include some of the grandest period homes in London, with deep basements, multiple floors and original features that estate agents love but pest controllers know well. Mice are the number one pest issue in Blackheath. The Georgian terraces around the heath have sub-floor voids, party walls with gaps in the brickwork and service routes that were designed long before anyone worried about pest-proofing. In the larger houses that have been divided into flats, mice travel between units through shared walls, floor voids and the gaps around pipe runs. Our mouse control in Blackheath takes a building-wide approach, mapping the routes the mice are using and blocking them systematically.

Rats are drawn to the area by the Victorian drainage, which after more than a century of use is showing cracks, displaced joints and root intrusion throughout. The mature plane trees and oaks that line the streets have done much of the damage, their roots pushing through pipe joints over the decades. Rats use the sewer network to travel and surface through broken connections into basements and gardens. The restaurants and shops in Blackheath Village add food waste to the equation. We handle rat control across Blackheath with drain camera surveys as a standard part of the investigation.

The heath and Greenwich Park support grey squirrels in large numbers and the big trees in the gardens along the edges of the heath give squirrels easy access to rooftops. Once through a soffit or fascia board, they nest in the spacious loft voids of the larger houses and cause damage to wiring and timber. Wasps nest in the roof spaces and behind the decorative stonework of the period buildings each summer. Our wasp removal service covers Blackheath throughout the season.