Don't switch bedrooms yet
It's tempting to move to a spare room the moment you find something, but a bed bug problem that spreads to a second room because of a bed change is harder to clear than one kept to a single room. Keep loose bedding and clothing where it is while you assess how far things have spread.
Confirming what you're seeing
A bed bug is flattish, reddish-brown once fed, and roughly the size of an apple pip; it walks rather than jumps or flies. Small dark spotting along a mattress seam, or tiny shed skins, are more reliable evidence than a bite pattern alone, since reactions to bites vary enormously between people.
Checking every bed
Work from the mattress edge nearest where you sleep outwards to the frame, the headboard and finally the skirting board and any nearby sockets. Check a spare bed or sofa-bed too, even a rarely-used one, since what you find determines the scope of any treatment.
Blocks of flats around Bexleyheath and Erith
Bed bugs travel on belongings and along pipe runs, so living in a block of flats around Bexleyheath or Erith means a problem can move beyond your own flat before anyone else notices. Letting other residents or the managing agent know early gives the building a better chance of catching it before it spreads further.
Tell the right people
Renters should notify a landlord or agent without delay and check what the tenancy says about pest issues. Bed bugs are not a sign of poor housekeeping, which is worth keeping in mind when you raise it with anyone.
Booking bed bug treatment in Bexley
Bed bug treatment in Bexley runs £220 for the first room and £120 for each additional room, and because around Erith, where riverside streets and industrial land along the Thames, it is worth mentioning which rooms you have checked when you book bed bug treatment, with what a visit involves set out on the Bexley bed bug treatment page.
