Pest Control North Sheen

Pest Control in North Sheen

North Sheen in the TW postcode area covers the part of this neighbourhood that falls closer to the Twickenham side, where residential streets stretch between the railway line and the roads leading towards Richmond. The housing here is a pleasant mix of Edwardian terraces, 1920s and 1930s semis and some purpose-built flats. It is a long-standing area with mature gardens and tree-lined streets and those features create the conditions pests look for. Mice are the most frequent pest we treat here, finding their way into these older properties through gaps in the brickwork, around service pipes and where mortar has crumbled over the decades. Once inside they nest in wall cavities, under floorboards and in loft insulation. We carry out mouse control across this part of the TW area regularly.

Rats are present too, particularly along the railway corridor and near the allotments and green spaces that break up the housing. The railway embankment provides ideal rat habitat with its rough vegetation and undisturbed ground and rats move from there into the gardens and drains of nearby properties. A rat problem in a house near a railway line often has its origins in the embankment and dealing with the entry points around the property is key to stopping them coming back.

Squirrels are common in this leafy part of London, with grey squirrels using overhanging branches to reach rooftops and get into loft spaces through gaps in the soffit or where tiles have shifted. The damage they do to wiring is a genuine fire hazard and squirrel control should not be put off. Wasps build nests in the loft spaces and garden sheds across North Sheen every summer and we handle wasp removal promptly, usually treating the nest on the day of the call.