Pest Control Acton

Pest Control in Acton

Acton is one of those west London neighbourhoods that has a bit of everything crammed in together. Victorian terraces line the streets around Acton High Street, there are 1930s semis further out toward East Acton and big purpose-built flats dotted around the area. The sheer density of housing means pest problems spread easily from one property to the next and rats are the single biggest issue we deal with here. The back gardens of the older terraces often share broken fences and overgrown boundaries where brown rats move freely between properties. Drains under these Victorian streets are old and often damaged, giving rats an underground network that connects kitchens and bathrooms to the sewer system. Our rat control in Acton always starts with a proper inspection to find where the activity is coming from.

Mice are nearly as common, especially in the flatted conversions that make up a large chunk of housing around the centre. When a single Victorian house gets divided into three or four flats, the service routes for gas, water and electricity create gaps between floors and walls that mice use to travel the full height of the building. One flat might be spotless while the mice are actually nesting two floors up. Sorting that out properly needs a building-wide approach and our mouse control service works with landlords and tenants to get it done.

Acton also sits close enough to the A40 and the industrial areas around Park Royal that food waste and commercial bin stores draw pests from a wide radius. Foxes and pigeons are a daily sight around the shops on Churchfield Road and the High Street. For businesses and homes affected by roosting pigeons, we fit deterrents including netting and spike systems through our pigeon control service. Wasp nests crop up each summer in lofts and under eaves across the area, often noticed only when the nest is already well developed.