Pest Control Hither Green

Pest Control in Hither Green

Hither Green is a residential area in the SE postcode of south-east London, sitting between Lewisham and Catford. The neighbourhood is built around the railway station and the streets spreading out from it, with Victorian and Edwardian terraces forming the backbone of the housing. These properties are over a century old and the shared walls, connected roof spaces and aging drains that come with terraced construction create ideal conditions for pests. Mice travel through gaps in party walls and along pipe runs between properties and a problem in one house often means the whole row is affected. The original air bricks, service routes and gaps around bay window construction all provide ways in.

The railway line running through Hither Green is a major factor in rat activity. The embankments and the rough ground alongside the tracks provide cover and nesting sites for brown rats and they move from the railway into the back gardens of houses that border the line. The Hither Green sidings area is a particularly large expanse of railway land that supports rat numbers and the residential streets around it see consistent activity. The local shops and takeaways along the main roads add food waste to the picture and any break in the drainage gives rats routes into buildings from the sewers below.

Mountsfield Park provides a green space in the middle of the area and the mature trees there are home to grey squirrels that get into the roof spaces of surrounding houses. Wasp nests turn up in the loft spaces and under the eaves of the Victorian terraces every summer and the older brickwork provides no shortage of crevices for wasps to build in. Fleas are a common issue in homes with pets, with carpeted Victorian houses providing the perfect environment for fleas to breed. Hither Green is a busy, well-connected part of south-east London where the age of the housing and the railway running through it keep pest control work constant.