Pest Control Northiam

Pest Control in Northiam

Northiam is a pretty village on the A28 between Hastings and Tenterden, set on a ridge above the River Rother in East Sussex. The village has a long history, with a wide street of period houses, a church and the famous Great Dixter house and gardens nearby. The surrounding landscape of farmland, orchards and woodland is what drives most pest activity here. Rats are drawn to the agricultural land and they move along hedgerows and field margins to reach the village. Farm buildings, stables and smallholdings all provide food and shelter and from there the rats travel into domestic gardens and outbuildings. We carry out rat control across Northiam and the surrounding Rother valley villages and the close proximity to farmland means there is always a steady demand.

Mice are another regular problem, especially through the colder months. Many of the houses in Northiam are older buildings with stone, brick and tile-hung walls that have developed plenty of gaps and cracks over the centuries. Mice need barely any space to squeeze through and the period properties here give them no shortage of options. Once inside they nest in wall cavities, under floorboards and in roof spaces and their droppings and gnawing quickly become noticeable. A proper mouse control visit covers the whole building, finding and blocking entry points as well as dealing with the mice already inside.

Wasps nest in the outbuildings, barns and loft spaces around Northiam every summer and the village also has large gardens with fruit trees that attract wasps once the fruit starts to drop. We handle wasp removal across the area. Squirrels are a common pest in this part of East Sussex too, with the mature trees and woodland providing grey squirrels with easy access to rooftops. They get into loft spaces and gnaw through insulation and wiring, so squirrel problems are best dealt with quickly before the damage builds up.