£280 for suitable squirrel problems. Before you book, it is worth being certain it is a squirrel — because rats and mice make noises in lofts too, and they cost less to deal with.
Professional squirrel trapping costs £280 for suitable problems, including activity in loft and roof spaces.
Worth establishing first: noise in a loft does not confirm a squirrel. Rats and mice produce noises in roof spaces too, and rodent treatment is £190 for a flat or £240 for a house.
Squirrel trapping sits at £280 rather than the £190/£240 rodent prices for practical reasons: it is a physically larger animal, in a harder-to-reach space, requiring trapping rather than treatment, and it is legally more constrained than rodent work.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Squirrel trapping | £280 |
| Rat treatment – flat / house | £190 / £240 |
| Mouse treatment – flat / house | £190 / £240 |
| Pest proofing (up to one hour) | £180 |
Which is why identifying the animal properly before booking matters — and why we would rather help you do that than take a squirrel booking for a rat problem.
Worth stating plainly, because it affects what anyone can lawfully do.
The grey squirrel is a non-native invasive species in Britain. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is an offence to release a grey squirrel back into the wild or to allow one to escape — which means humane relocation is not lawful. Anyone offering to catch and release your squirrel elsewhere is offering something they should not.
We will not pretend otherwise to make the service more comfortable. If that changes how you feel about proceeding, that is a legitimate response and better arrived at now than afterwards.
Red squirrels are protected and treated entirely differently — they are not present in this part of the country.
See our complete service, published price and treatment information.
View Squirrel Control Harrow Weald →The clues that point toward squirrel rather than rodent:
| Clue | Squirrel | Rat or mouse |
|---|---|---|
| Time of noise | Daytime, especially dawn and dusk | Mostly after dark |
| Volume | Heavy — thumps, rolling, scurrying | Lighter scratching and scampering |
| Character | Sounds like something substantial moving | Quick, light, skittering |
| Location | Roof space, often near eaves | Anywhere — walls, floors, loft |
| Outside | Seen on the roof, fence or entering under a tile | Rarely seen |
| Damage | Chewed timber, torn insulation, damaged cabling | Gnawing, droppings, smaller-scale |
The strongest single indicator is daytime activity. Squirrels are diurnal; rats and mice are largely nocturnal. Heavy thumping at two in the afternoon points strongly at a squirrel.
Read nextDaytime Noises in a Harrow Weald Loft – Squirrel, Rat or Mouse? →This is not a case of an animal quietly living upstairs. Squirrels cause genuine damage:
A squirrel in a loft is worth dealing with promptly rather than tolerating, and the cable risk is the reason.
Professional trapping for a suitable squirrel problem. Ask us about the specifics for your property when you enquire — including how many visits are involved and what happens afterwards — and we will tell you plainly rather than leaving it to be discovered.
A squirrel in a rented property is a repair issue as much as a pest one, given the cable and structural risk. The published £280 means it can be authorised without a quotation stage — but budget for the roofing work to close the entry point as well, or you will be paying for the trapping again.
Not while an animal is inside, and not before you are certain it has gone. A trapped squirrel does serious damage trying to get out, and a sealed loft with a nest of young in it creates a worse problem than the one you started with.
Not reliably. A warm dry roof space is better accommodation than anything outdoors.
Birds in a roof space are usually higher-pitched, more constant, and often accompanied by calls. Squirrels are heavier and more intermittent.
Something else in the roof? Wasp nest treatment in Harrow Weald is a £90 fixed cost with our guaranteed service.
£280 for suitable problems, including loft and roof-space activity.
A larger animal in a harder-to-reach space, requiring trapping rather than treatment, and legally more constrained.
No. Rats and mice make noises in roof spaces too. Daytime activity and heavier volume point toward squirrels.
No. Grey squirrels are a non-native invasive species and it is an offence to release one into the wild in Britain.
Cable gnawing is a recognised fire risk, and they also damage pipes, insulation and timber.
No. Closing the entry point is roofing work — and essential, or the next squirrel uses the same hole.
Not while an animal is inside. A trapped squirrel causes serious damage trying to get out.
Tell us what you are hearing and when. If it sounds like rats rather than squirrels, we will say so — and it costs less.
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