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Mouse control in Kensington
Mansion block risers and ducting connect every flat in a Kensington building, so mice are rarely confined to the one flat that actually reports them.
Local detail
Mice in Kensington
A large share of W8 housing is mansion blocks and stucco terraces converted into flats, and both share the same structural problem for mice: risers, ducting and communal service runs that connect every unit in the building. A mouse nesting in one flat's wall void can range through several others using exactly the same routes the building's own plumbing and cabling use.
Lower-ground kitchens and utility rooms — common in both the terraces and the mansion blocks — add a second factor, since they sit closest to the ground and to shared drainage. And a number of Kensington properties are embassies, consulates, schools and other institutional premises, where the same mouse problem exists but the inspection has to work around the building's own access and confidentiality requirements.
Signs to look for
Signs of mice in Kensington
What tends to bring a Kensington mouse call in:
- Droppings or gnawed packaging in a lower-ground kitchen or utility room
- Scratching inside a shared riser or ducting run, audible from more than one flat in a mansion block
- A previous single-flat treatment that cleared activity briefly before it returned
- Activity reported by more than one flat in the same mansion block within a short period
Our approach to mice in Kensington
Because mansion block risers and ducting connect every flat, the inspection considers the building's shared routes alongside your own flat, and on institutional premises it is planned around whatever access and confidentiality arrangements are required — the full detail on how we treat and proof against mice is on our mouse control guide.
Read the full mice guide
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Questions
Mice in Kensington — common questions
If your question is not here, call and ask. It is a quick conversation and it usually saves a visit either way.
07886 109682Not always, but the inspection has to establish how far activity extends through the risers and ducting. If the block is the unit of the problem, treating one flat will be temporary and we will tell you so.
Lower-ground floors sit closest to the ground and to shared drainage, which is usually where a route in first shows up in a Kensington terrace or mansion block.
Yes. Tell us the constraints when you call and we will plan the visit around them, including what needs clearing, covering or keeping out of use, and any access or confidentiality requirements the premises has.