Pest Control Castelnau

Pest Control in Castelnau

Castelnau is the narrow strip of land between the Thames and the Hammersmith Road in Barnes, a quiet residential area that feels surprisingly cut off from the rest of London despite being just a few miles from the centre. The streets are lined with large Victorian and Edwardian houses, many with generous gardens that back onto each other and create green corridors through the neighbourhood. The Thames runs along the eastern edge and the London Wetland Centre sits at the southern end where the old reservoirs have been turned into a wildlife reserve. That combination of river and wetland makes Castelnau one of the more active areas for rat control in the SW postcode. Rats use the Thames foreshore and the banks along the reservoir edges to move around and the houses closest to the water see the most activity. We handle rat control in Castelnau on a regular basis and the water connections are almost always part of the picture.

The large Victorian houses along Castelnau Road and the side streets are period properties with cellars, sub-floor voids and the kind of aging brickwork that gives mice multiple ways to get in. Many of these houses have been converted into flats and the conversion work creates new service routes and voids that mice can travel through. Mouse control in Castelnau often involves treating the whole building rather than just one flat, because the interconnected nature of converted properties means mice can recolonise from neighbouring units.

The mature trees in the gardens and along the streets bring grey squirrels right up to rooftop level and the proximity to the Wetland Centre means there is no shortage of wildlife close by. Wasp nests turn up in the eaves and roof spaces of the Victorian houses each summer and the ornate roofline features on these period properties provide plenty of entry points. Castelnau is a desirable and peaceful neighbourhood, but the river setting and the age of the buildings mean pest control is a regular need here.