Pest UK Northolt 020 8624 0731

To get rid of pests from your home or business premises in Northolt call PEST UK Northolt 020 8624 0731

About Pest UK

Pest UK are a fully insured, independent pest control company and offer a prompt response within 24-hours. Our professionally trained and qualified technicians follow the BPCA Codes of Best Practice. We provide safe, legal and effective pest control services for homes and business premises. We have vast experience in controlling pests in a variety of commercial situations

pubs, restaurants and hotels
school, college and university buildings
farms and stables
offices
factories
housing estates and apartment buildings
shops

Our tailor-made pest control contracts are the simplest way to proof against and deter pests in domestic and commercial premises. As a result you can avoid costly damage to your property and the spread of disease.

The Fairway

Northolt
UB5 4SL

Pest problems we deal with

Mice and rats are prolific breeders year-round. The seek food and shelter in homes, restaurants, shops and offices, getting inside via the tiniest cracks or holes. Drains provide a perfect living environment for rats and they climb up through the pipes to enter a building.

Flies and cockroaches enter homes and business premises during the spring and summer in search of food. They are prolific breeders so an invasion of a couple of these pests soon becomes a huge infestation.

Bed bugs are very difficult to get rid of. People bring them into homes, offices and public places on their clothes or in their luggage. They can also be hidden in furnishings and clothing imported from abroad.

Fleas are brought inside by cats and dogs, and occasionally by humans on their clothes. They live in carpets and only move from the carpet to feed on animals or humans, leaving an itchy bite.

The larvae of clothes moths and carpet moths are massively destructive. A female moth lays up to 50 eggs which become larvae after a few days. They feed on wool and silk carpets, curtains, rugs and clothes. They are a problem year-round as centrally heated homes keep them active during the winter.

Birds such as gulls, pigeons and house martins roost and nest on buildings. They cause damage to roofs, solar panels and air conditioning units. Nesting materials block guttering and chimneys. They produce large amounts of droppings that smell unpleasant and are unsightly, carry diseases and corrode metals, stone and brick.

Solar panel proofing is a long-term solution to prevent pigeons roosting and nesting under the panels, preventing them causing damage that reduces their effectiveness.

Rodent proofing prevents rats, mice, squirrels, glis glis accessing a building. Ultimately it saves costs by stopping repeated call outs to pest control technicians to get rid of infestations.

Squirrels and glis glis find their way into loft spaces and cause lots of noise and damage by tearing up insulation and gnawing timber, pipes and wiring.

Wasps and honey bees often nest in chimneys, roof spaces and other cavities within buildings. Colonies can consist of thousands which are very noisy and if they’re disturbed they will sting.

Ants usually live in nests in the ground. They only invade properties in search of food, but they mostly travel in large numbers. Prevention is the best cure but because they can access a property via a tiny crack it is difficult to find how they’ve gained access.

Foxes are noisy and scream loudly at night, mark their territory with unpleasant scents and droppings, attack pets, dig up gardens and scavenge in bins. They carry disease such as mange which can be picked up by dogs and toxoplasmosis that causes blindness in children.

Ladybirds collect in huge numbers in the autumn to hibernate. They are a nuisance as there are so many of them and they secrete a yellow chemical which can stain walls, furniture and window frames

Rabbits cause damage to lawns and plants. It is a legal obligation that every occupier of land takes responsibility to prevent rabbits from causing damage.

Molehills usually appear in early winter and spring. This is when moles dig temporary shallow tunnels just below the surface of lawns and flowerbeds whilst searching for earthworms. They push up displaced soil in vertical tunnels which form the molehills.

About Northolt

Situated in West London, Northolt is one of seven major towns making up the Borough of Ealing. Mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name Northolt was first used in the 16^th century to distinguish it from Southolt as Southall used to be known.

Until the 20^th century it was primarily an agricultural community. In the Middle Ages, the area comprised woodland, meadow and arable farming with oats, wheat, beans and peas being grown. By 1388 records show there were almost 800 sheep grazing there. During the 18^th century, some land was enclosed for grass to be grown and sold as hay in London. By the mid-1960s very little farming remained and by the 1990s it was extinct.

Construction of the Grand Union Canal, Great Central Railway (now Chiltern line) and the A40 made Northolt more accessible. The railway station opened at Northolt Park in 1926 and was added to the tube line in 1948. This saw rapid growth in industrial development and subsequent growth in population. To accommodate this, Northolt Park was given over to housing. Once famous for pony racing with a racecourse one and a half miles long, during WWII the land was used as an army depot and prisoner of war camp. After the war it was demolished and between 1951-1955 a housing estate was built comprising 3,423 council houses. The original racecourse gates and a section of the track have been retained and it’s known as the Racecourse Estate.

The church is from the 14^th century. One of Northolt’s oldest buildings, a Tudor barn built 1595 was moved and is on display at the Chiltern Open Air Museum. It is thought it was originally constructed for storing hay and fodder. It can now be hired out for events and is also licensed for wedding ceremonies.

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