Pest Control Catford

Pest Control in Catford

Catford is a busy south-east London district centred on the Catford Broadway and the River Ravensbourne, which runs through the middle in a partially covered channel. The housing is a dense mix of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, inter-war semis, post-war council estates and some newer apartment blocks near the town centre. That density and the mix of old buildings and food businesses create steady pest pressure. Rats follow the Ravensbourne and the Catford stream, using the waterways and the old drainage for cover and access. The Victorian sewers under much of the area are aging and a damaged drain gives rats a route straight into properties. We carry out rat control across Catford regularly, from the streets behind the Broadway to the residential areas of Bellingham and Downham.

Mice are one of the most common calls. The terraced houses have shared walls and plenty of hidden routes through ceiling voids and gaps around pipes and mice move between properties without anyone noticing until droppings appear. Mouse control in a terrace often needs work across more than one property to be effective. The converted Victorian houses that now contain multiple flats can be the hardest to treat because there are so many pathways between units. The council estates have their own issues, with communal bin areas and service risers creating pathways for both mice and cockroaches.

Bed bugs turn up in the flats and shared houses across the area and the movement of people between rented properties means infestations can spread before anyone realises. Foxes are everywhere in Catford, denning in gardens and carrying fleas that end up in homes. Wasps nest in the eaves and garden sheds every summer and the food businesses along the Broadway attract rats and mice year-round. Catford has the typical pest profile of a densely built inner London district: old buildings and drainage, lots of food waste and housing that pests can move through freely.