£190 flat, £240 house, return visits included. If you have just moved in, the first question is how long it has been going on — and the evidence will tell you.
£190 for a flat and £240 for a house, covering the full programme including the return visits rat work needs.
Proofing is quoted separately from £180, once we know where they are getting in. Treatment without proofing is a pause rather than a fix.
| Service | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Rat control — flat | £190 | Full programme, return visits included |
| Rat control — house | £240 | Full programme, internal and external |
| Proofing works | From £180 | Quoted after the entry points are found |
| Survey and assessment | £0 | Not charged separately |
Rayners Lane turns over a lot of tenancies, and a good share of the rat calls we take come within a month of somebody getting their keys. The useful question is not whose fault it is — it is how long it has been running, because that changes who deals with it.
Nobody moves into a house and creates a rat problem in three weeks. The evidence usually shows it was there before the van arrived, and that matters for who pays.
£240 for a house, £190 for a flat, proofing from £180. Published before anyone visits.
View Rat Control Rayners Lane →Usually two to four weeks across the visits, longer where drainage is involved.
For the first visit, yes. Later visits can often be arranged around you.
Usually, particularly where a structural or drainage defect is the route in. Report it in writing and keep the record.
A completely different job with the same published pricing — wasp nests are £90 in Rayners Lane, guaranteed for 30 days.
£190 for a flat and £240 for a house, including the return visits. Proofing is quoted separately from £180.
Fresh droppings are dark, soft and shiny; old ones are grey and crumble. Thick smear marks take weeks to build, and clean pale gnawing is recent.
Because it usually shows the problem predates your tenancy, which affects who deals with it. Photograph everything with the date and report it in writing.
Rats are cautious of anything new and may ignore bait or traps for days. Activity has to be seen to stop rather than assumed to have stopped.
Most often defective drainage, which is invisible from inside. Also broken gullies, gaps at service pipes, failed air bricks, and extension junctions.
No. Amateur products are easily under-dosed, a rat dying in a wall is worse than the original problem, and there is a secondary poisoning risk to pets and wildlife.
No. It is quoted separately from £180 once the entry points are found, so you can decide on it with the facts in front of you.
Usually, particularly where a structural or drainage defect is the route in. Report it in writing and keep the record.
£190 flat, £240 house, return visits included. If you have just moved in, photograph the evidence today.
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