Bed bugs in a Clapham flat share, cockroaches behind a Brixton restaurant, or mice in a Kennington mansion block? We provide pest control for homes and businesses across the borough of Lambeth, from Waterloo and Vauxhall down to Brixton, Herne Hill and West Norwood. I’ll find out what you’re dealing with and where it’s coming from, walk you through it and treat it properly. Call me for a price over the phone.
Clapham and Brixton are two of the most popular places in London for young professionals to rent, and a lot of homes here are shared flats and houses where tenants come and go regularly. That turnover is exactly how bed bugs spread. They travel in suitcases after holidays, in second-hand furniture and mattresses, and on the belongings of people moving in, and once they arrive in one room they soon move to the next.
The first signs are usually itchy bites in lines or clusters, small dark spots on mattress seams and a bed frame that’s hiding more than you’d expect. In a shared home, we inspect every bedroom and the living areas, treat each affected room with steam and professional insecticide over three visits, and explain what everyone in the house needs to do to prepare. Our bed bug treatment page covers the process in detail.
If you’re about to move into a flat that’s been let before, it’s worth checking the bed, sofa and skirting boards before you unpack. A new property pest inspection can confirm a property is clear before your furniture goes in.
Brixton Village, Market Row, Electric Avenue and the streets around them are packed with food stalls, restaurants, bars and takeaways, many of them in old market buildings and under the railway arches. Warm kitchens, deliveries arriving all day and food waste at closing time create the perfect conditions for German cockroaches indoors and rats outside.
Food businesses must be able to show environmental health officers that pests are under control. Our commercial pest control contracts include regular visits and treatment timed around trading hours, and our cockroach control page explains how we deal with cockroaches in commercial kitchens. In the arches, where several units share walls and voids, we also look at where pests are moving between businesses.
Rats in busy market areas usually come out once the crowds have gone. Bin stores, waste left out for collection and food dropped around stalls give them a reliable meal every night, and they burrow into soft ground, drains and gaps under arches nearby. Treating the rats without sorting out the waste only buys time, so we look at how and where rubbish is stored and advise on changes that make the area less attractive to them.
Kennington, Stockwell, Oval and Vauxhall have a mix of Georgian and Victorian terraces, converted houses and older mansion blocks and estates. In buildings like these, mice move between flats through the voids under floors, behind skirting boards and around heating pipes, lifts and service risers. It’s common for a mouse problem to be reported by one resident while it’s actually living in a shared area or the flat below.
We treat the affected flats, check the shared spaces and show you the gaps the mice are using. Closing those gaps with rodent proofing is what stops them returning. For more on the signs to look for, see our mice control page.
The north of the borough is home to Waterloo station, the South Bank’s theatres, galleries and restaurants, and a large number of offices and new towers around Waterloo and Vauxhall. Mice are the most common problem in offices, travelling through ceiling voids, raised floors and cable routes and feeding on food left at desks and in kitchens. Venues with busy kitchens and bars also face cockroaches and flies. Regular inspections catch problems early, before customers or staff notice anything.
Further south, Herne Hill, Tulse Hill and West Norwood have large Victorian and Edwardian houses, mature gardens and plenty of green space, including Brockwell Park and West Norwood Cemetery. Grey squirrels often get into lofts here through gaps at the eaves, usually by jumping from overhanging trees, and garden rats are drawn to compost heaps, sheds and bird feeders. Our squirrel control and rat control pages explain how we deal with both.
With so many rented homes in the borough, much of our work is with landlords, letting agents and managing agents. Pests often come to light between tenancies or when a new tenant reports bites, droppings or noises. We explain what caused the problem so it’s clear who should deal with it, treat affected homes together where the problem is shared, and give tenants clear instructions to help the treatment work.
We cover Waterloo, the South Bank, Vauxhall, Kennington, Oval, Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton, Herne Hill, Tulse Hill and West Norwood, across the SE1, SE11, SE24, SE27, SW2, SW4, SW8 and SW9 postcodes. Streatham, also in the borough, has its own page: see pest control in Streatham.
We also cover neighbouring Southwark, Wandsworth and Croydon. See all the areas we cover.
Yes, and it’s usually the best approach. Bed bugs move between rooms, so we inspect every bedroom and treat all affected areas at the same time.
It depends on when and how the bed bugs arrived, and on your tenancy agreement. If they were there before you moved in or are coming from another flat, the landlord is usually expected to deal with it. Tell your landlord or agent as soon as you notice signs.
Yes. We treat restaurants, bars, workshops and shops in railway arches, and we look at shared walls and voids between units, where pests often travel.
Yes. We treat the affected flats, check shared areas such as risers, basements and bin stores, and advise the managing agent on sealing the gaps mice are using.
Yes. We cover Clapham on the Lambeth side, including Clapham Common, Clapham North and Clapham High Street, and the Battersea and Clapham Junction side as part of our Wandsworth area.
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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