Rats along the Thames path, bed bugs in a student house near the university, or mice in a Surbiton semi? We provide pest control for homes and businesses across the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, from the town centre and Norbiton to Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington. I’ll find out what you’re dealing with and where it’s coming from, then explain the treatment in plain terms. Call me for a price over the phone.
Kingston sits on one of the longest stretches of riverside in outer London, with the Thames running past the town centre, Canbury Gardens and Seething Wells, and the Hogsmill River winding through Kingston, Berrylands and Tolworth before joining it. Riverbanks, boathouses, moorings, old drains and the green corridors alongside the water give rats everything they need. Homes, flats and businesses close to either river tend to see more activity, particularly after heavy rain, when rats are pushed out of low-lying burrows.
Riverside restaurants and bars along the Thames, and the busy bin areas behind them, add a steady food supply. Our rat control service finds where rats are living and how they are getting in, and we advise on changes to bin stores and gardens that stop them being drawn back.
Ground-floor and lower-ground flats in riverside developments are often the first to notice rats, usually through scratching in the walls or droppings near pipework. Rats in these buildings commonly travel along drainage runs and service ducts, so we check the drainage points and communal areas as well as the flat itself.
With Kingston University spread across several campuses, there are a lot of shared houses, HMOs and student lets around Penrhyn Road, Knights Park, Kingston Hill and Norbiton. Shared homes with frequent changes of tenant are exactly where bed bugs spread. They arrive in luggage, second-hand furniture and mattresses at the start of term and move from room to room. Mice are common too, drawn by food left out in shared kitchens and getting in through gaps in older houses.
In shared houses, treating one room on its own rarely solves the problem. We inspect every bedroom and the shared areas, treat everything that’s affected at the same time and give tenants and landlords clear instructions on how to prepare.
Pests often come to light at the start or end of the academic year, when tenants move in and out. An inspection between tenancies, or a new property pest inspection, lets you hand over a property that’s clear and gives you a clear picture if questions come up later.
Away from the town centre, much of the borough is made up of Victorian villas in Surbiton and 1920s and 1930s semis and terraces in New Malden, Tolworth, Berrylands and Chessington. Suspended timber floors, air bricks, shared wall cavities and the gaps left by extensions and kitchen refits give mice plenty of ways in, and most problems start in autumn as they move in from gardens. Our mice control page explains the signs, and rodent proofing seals the routes they use.
The borough’s suburban streets are full of family homes with patios, paths and gardens, and from spring onwards black garden ants nest under the paving next to the house and find their way into kitchens through gaps along the walls. On warm summer days, flying ants can pour out of the same nest. Our ant control service treats the nest itself rather than just the trail.
Homes with cats and dogs can also see fleas, especially in late summer and autumn, and it’s common for new owners or tenants to find fleas hatching from the carpets a few days after moving into a home where pets lived before. Our flea treatment deals with the eggs and larvae in carpets and soft furnishings, while your vet treats the pets.
The north of the borough borders Richmond Park, and Coombe, Kingston Hill and Kingston Vale are full of mature trees and large gardens. Further south, Tolworth Court Farm, the Hogsmill Valley and the green belt around Chessington add more open space. Grey squirrels thrive here and often get into lofts through gaps at the eaves and under roof tiles, usually from overhanging branches. Our squirrel control service removes them and seals the roof so they can’t get back in.
Kingston is one of the biggest shopping centres in outer London, with the Bentall Centre, the Ancient Market, the riverside restaurants and countless cafes, bars and takeaways. Food businesses face mice and rats in storerooms and bin areas, and cockroaches and flies in kitchens, and they must show environmental health officers that pests are being controlled. Our commercial pest control contracts include regular visits, arranged before opening, after closing or at weekends.
The large period houses in Coombe, Kingston Hill and the Surbiton villa streets often have wool carpets, rugs and wardrobes or lofts full of stored clothes, which is where carpet and clothes moths do their damage. The larvae feed along carpet edges, under heavy furniture and in bags of stored woollens. Moths are one of our specialist areas, and our carpet moth treatment page explains how we deal with them.
We cover Kingston town centre, Norbiton, Kingston Hill, Kingston Vale, Coombe, Surbiton, Berrylands, Tolworth, Hook, Chessington, New Malden and Old Malden, across the KT1, KT2, KT3, KT5, KT6 and KT9 postcodes.
We also cover neighbouring Wimbledon, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth. See all the areas we cover.
Rising water floods burrows along the riverbanks and in low-lying ground, so rats move to higher, drier places, which often means nearby gardens, bin stores and buildings.
Yes, and it’s the most effective approach. We inspect every room and the shared areas, treat all affected rooms at the same time and explain to everyone in the house how to prepare.
Yes. We cover the whole borough, including Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth, Berrylands, Hook and Chessington.
Yes. We can visit early in the morning, after service or at weekends, so treatment doesn’t affect your customers or kitchen.
We aim to respond quickly and can arrange evening and weekend visits when needed. Call us and we’ll tell you when we can be with you.
Rentokil-trained and Level 2 certified, so you know you’re in safe hands.
We don’t just show up, treat, and leave. We walk you through exactly what we found, why it happened, and what we’re doing to fix it.
Pests don’t work 9 to 5, and neither do we. We’re available when you need us most.
We are Level 2 certified technicians, fully insured, and members of BPCA, BASIS Prompt and RSPH. You’re in safe, qualified hands.
Hundreds of satisfied clients across South London have trusted us to get the job done right, and we back every job with a satisfaction guarantee.
We’re not a faceless national company. We’re local, we care about our community, and we treat every property as if it were our own.
Call us or fill out the contact form. We’ll assess your situation and give you a straight, honest estimate over the phone.
Our technician visits your property, carries out a thorough on-site inspection, and begins treatment right away.
We carry out a 3-visit treatment programme to make sure the problem is fully resolved, not just temporarily patched.
Job done. Your property is protected, and you’ll know exactly what was done and why every step of the way.
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