Why Mice Spread Fast Through Ealing's Housing
Multi-let houses in Southall
A single terraced house in Southall split into several individually let rooms keeps its original party walls and floor voids intact, and a mouse using those spaces can be behind more than one tenant's skirting board within weeks. Treating a single room rarely holds on its own here, because the mice are living in the shared fabric of the building rather than any one household's kitchen.
Converted flats in Acton
Acton's Victorian terraces converted into flats route pipework and cabling through boxed-in service voids that run between floors, and those voids are exactly the corridors a mouse uses to move between neighbouring flats without crossing any communal space. Activity can turn up in a flat with no connecting wall to where the mice first got in.
Signs to Look For
- Small, dark droppings the size of a grain of rice, often near food
- Scratching or scuttling in walls, ceilings or under floors at night
- Gnawed food packaging, skirting boards or cables
- A musky smell in cupboards, drawers or under appliances
- Greasy rub marks along frequently used routes
- Nesting material — shredded paper or fabric — tucked in quiet corners
Keeping Mice Out of Shared Ealing Housing
If you're renting a room in a shared house, it's worth flagging to the landlord or letting agent — a mouse problem here rarely stays confined to one room.
