Pest Control Strawberry Hill

Pest Control in Strawberry Hill

Strawberry Hill is a residential area in the TW postcode district of south-west London, sitting between Twickenham and Teddington close to the Thames. The neighbourhood takes its name from Horace Walpole's gothic villa and the streets are lined with a mix of Victorian and Edwardian houses, many substantial in size, alongside some more modern flats and family homes. The older properties are the ones that keep us busiest. Victorian brickwork develops gaps in the pointing over time, original sash windows leave spaces for pests to get through and the suspended timber floors beneath the ground-floor rooms create voids that mice use as routes through the building. We deal with mice in Strawberry Hill throughout the year, with autumn and winter being the peak season.

The proximity to the Thames and the green spaces around Radnor Gardens and Marble Hill Park brings other pest pressures. Rats use the river corridor and the green strips along the railway line as routes through the area and properties close to these features see the most activity. The mature trees and generous gardens that give Strawberry Hill its leafy character also support grey squirrels and squirrel problems in loft spaces are a regular call-out in the streets nearest the parks and river. The university campus brings a younger population to the area and the cafes and food outlets around the station need to manage waste carefully to avoid drawing rodents in. Wasp nests turn up every summer in the roof spaces and wall cavities of the Victorian and Edwardian houses and the size of the gardens means ground-nesting wasps are not unusual either.