Pest Control Mottingham

Pest Control in Mottingham

Mottingham sits at the meeting point of three London boroughs, with parts falling into Greenwich, Bromley and Lewisham. It is a quiet, largely residential area that grew up around the railway station in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The housing is a comfortable mix of Edwardian terraces near the station, interwar semis along Court Road and Mottingham Road and some larger detached properties towards the Eltham and New Eltham borders. The area has a suburban calm to it, with plenty of gardens, hedges and green space including Mottingham Sports Ground and the playing fields around Fairy Hill. These gardens and green corridors are attractive to wildlife and that includes pests. Foxes, squirrels and rats all move freely through the connected gardens and hedgerows. Our Mottingham rat control service regularly treats properties where rats have burrowed under garden sheds or decking.

Mice are probably the most common call we get from Mottingham. The interwar and Edwardian houses that dominate the area often have small gaps around service entries, airbricks and where extensions have been added to original buildings. Mice only need a gap the width of a pencil to get inside and once in they can nest in wall cavities, under kitchen units and behind appliances. During colder months the number of calls for mouse control in Mottingham increases noticeably as rodents move indoors for warmth. Our technicians will identify the entry points and block them as part of the treatment.

Wasp nests are another seasonal regular across Mottingham. The abundance of sheds, garages, loft spaces and mature garden hedges gives queen wasps plenty of options when they start nest-building in spring. By midsummer these nests can contain thousands of wasps and become dangerous if disturbed. Our Mottingham wasp removal service treats nests in any location and we can usually attend on the same day you call.