Stay in the room you're in
For now, keep sleeping in your usual spot - the same pattern holds near Smithfield, where historic market buildings and food premises close to the meat market. Moving to a spare room over a suspected bite often spreads what was a single-room problem, and carrying loose bedding between rooms has the same effect, whether that's near Bank, where the financial core, or elsewhere in the borough.
Confirming what you're seeing
Once fed, a bed bug is small and flattish with a reddish-brown colour, about the size of an apple pip, and it walks rather than jumping, just as near Aldgate, where offices and food premises close to the eastern edge of the City boundary. Since reactions to bites vary so much between people, the pattern alone proves little, check the mattress seams, headboard and nearby skirting for the insect, shed skins or spotting instead, whether that's near Smithfield, where historic market buildings and food premises close to the meat market, or elsewhere in the borough.
The Barbican Estate
Bed bugs travel on luggage, furniture and clothing rather than crossing between flats on their own, but the Barbican's shared walkways and lift lobbies mean an infestation in one flat can arrive in another through moved furniture. Let the estate's management know if you live here and find something.
Tell the right people
Anyone renting should tell their landlord or letting agent without delay and check what the tenancy agreement says about pest issues, as anyone near Barbican will recognise, where the City's main residential estate. Estate management needs telling too if more than one flat could be affected. None of this reflects on how a home is kept.
Getting ready for treatment
Most of the preparation comes down to laundry, sealed bags, and clearing floor space around each bed being treated, as anyone near Smithfield will recognise, where historic market buildings and food premises close to the meat market. Throwing the mattress away usually isn't necessary, treatment is built to handle it in place - the same pattern holds near Temple, where legal chambers and historic buildings set around quiet courtyards and gardens.
Booking bed bug treatment in the City of London
Bed bug treatment in City of London runs £220 for the first room and £120 for each additional room, and because around Smithfield, where historic market buildings and food premises close to the meat market, it is worth mentioning which rooms you have checked when you book bed bug treatment, with what a visit involves set out on the City of London bed bug treatment page.
