Treatment is £190 or £240. Proofing is from £180 and quoted separately, because you should be able to see what you are buying and decide.
From £180, quoted once the survey has identified where they are getting in — so the quote describes actual work rather than a guess.
It is separate from treatment on purpose. You see the findings first, and you can have the work done by anyone you like.
A treatment price that quietly includes 'proofing' is either not really doing it, or has priced for the worst case and is hoping for the best one.
| Work | Typical situation |
|---|---|
| Meshing an air brick | Broken or unmeshed vent at low level |
| Sealing a pipe entry | Steel wool and mortar around gas, water or waste |
| Fitting a brush or bar to a door | Gap under an external door |
| Repairing a gulley | Broken or missing grate at the back of the house |
| Drain repair or a non-return valve | A drainage contractor, not us |
| Closing an extension junction | Where new work meets old brickwork |
| Meshing a roofline gap | Where rats are climbing |
£240 for a house, £190 for a flat, proofing from £180. Published before anyone visits.
View Rat Control Rayners Lane →Simple work, yes — mesh and mortar, correctly fixed. Drainage and roofline work, no.
Usually a single visit once the scope is agreed.
Proofed points are proofed. A new defect elsewhere — a drain that fails next year — is a new route and a new job.
One price, no survey needed — wasp nests are £90 fixed in Rayners Lane, guaranteed for 30 days.
From £180, quoted once the survey has identified where they are getting in, so the quote describes actual work rather than a guess.
Because nobody can price it honestly before finding the entry points, and you should see the findings first and decide — including having your own builder do it.
Meshing air bricks, sealing pipe entries with steel wool and mortar, fitting a brush or bar to a door, repairing a gulley, or closing an extension junction.
No. Drain repairs and non-return valves are a drainage contractor's work, and we will say so rather than take it on.
Almost always because the entry point was never closed. If activity returns after clear treatment, defective drainage is the first suspect.
Proofing is building work, which is normally the landlord's. Ask for the written survey and send it on rather than describing it.
Between tenancies. An empty property means no access constraints, and a rat problem discovered in week one of a tenancy is entirely avoidable.
Simple work yes — mesh and mortar, correctly fixed. Drainage and roofline work, no.
From £180, quoted after the survey. Ask for the entry points in writing whoever does the work.
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