Rat Control Buckingham

Rat Control in Buckingham

The Great Ouse loops right through the middle of Buckingham, and the old town is built along it.

That gives the town the riverside rat pressure you would expect, on top of a building stock that is genuinely old in places — stone and brick buildings with cellars, voids and drainage that has been altered many times over.

Where those two overlap, in the older property close to the water, is where most of the work is.

Ring 01908 465226 and tell us what you have seen in Buckingham.

Old buildings

Cellars, Voids and Altered Drainage

An old building has been changed repeatedly, and every change is a potential route: a drain capped off and forgotten, a service entry cut through a wall and never sealed, a floor lifted and relaid, a cellar part-filled.

Finding the way in matters more in a building like that and takes longer, because there are more candidates. It is also why we would rather spend the first visit looking properly than putting bait down and hoping.

Student lets

Houses That Empty and Refill

The University of Buckingham gives the town a student-let market, and it runs on its own dates rather than the usual September cycle, because the university offers two-year degrees and a January intake as well.

Student houses are a particular kind of rat job. Shared kitchens and bins generate food; houses stand empty over changeover with nobody to notice anything; and the people living there are frequently not the people who would report it. The problems that get found are therefore often further along than they would be in a family home.

If you manage student property, the changeover gap is the opportunity. The house is genuinely empty, which is the best condition for inspecting and proofing it properly.

Commercial

Pubs, Kitchens and Food Premises

A market town centre is a concentration of food premises sharing walls, yards and bin areas, which is an efficient arrangement for a rat.

For a business the report matters as much as the treatment. We provide written records of what was found, what was done and what still needs doing, which is what an environmental health officer will want to see, and we can arrange ongoing cover where a premises needs it rather than one-off visits.

What we ask

Booking a Visit in Buckingham

Roughly how old the building is, and whether there is a cellar. That decides most of what we need to know before we arrive.

You will be told what we found, what we did and what still needs closing. Where the way in is somebody else’s to fix - a drain, a neighbour, a managing agent - we will say so rather than patch it.