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Rat control in Chiswick
Chiswick has more green space and larger gardens than most of west London, which is exactly what supports the rat activity we get called out to in W4.
Local detail
Rats in Chiswick
Most residential rat work in Chiswick starts outside the building rather than inside it. Mature gardens with established shrubs, compost heaps, sheds, log stores and bird feeding give rats everything they want at ground level, and from there the route indoors in an older Chiswick house is usually at roof level — a lifted tile, a worn soffit, or the gap where an extension roof meets the original wall — rather than anything at ground floor.
Chiswick High Road adds a second, separate source of pressure. The long run of restaurants, cafes and food shops concentrates waste and draws rats, and that pressure reaches into the residential streets immediately behind it, most directly into the flats above the shops themselves.
Signs to look for
Signs of rats in Chiswick
The evidence we are usually shown in W4:
- Burrow holes near a compost heap, shed base or under a bird feeder
- Scratching or gnawing heard in a loft or roof void rather than at ground level
- Gnaw marks or smear marks around a lifted tile, soffit or extension roof junction
- Droppings appearing in a flat above a High Road restaurant or food shop
Our approach to rats in Chiswick
Because entry in older Chiswick houses is usually at roof level, the inspection checks soffits, tile lines and extension junctions alongside the garden itself — sheds, decking, compost and boundary planting — before treatment is placed; the full detail on how we treat and proof against rats is on our rat control guide.
Read the full rats guide
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Questions
Rats in Chiswick — 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 109682Both are common in Chiswick and sound similar to most people. Squirrels are generally noisier and active in daylight; rats are more nocturnal. The inspection settles it, and it matters because the treatment and the proofing differ.
It can. Spilled seed under a feeder is a reliable food source for rats, and birdseed stored in a shed is another. We will tell you plainly if that is what is sustaining the activity.
Yes. A commercial kitchen needs a different inspection — drains, beneath and behind fixed equipment, waste storage and proofing — and that is what an environmental health inspector will look at too.