How Bed Bugs Cross From One Room to the Next in Haringey
Bedsits and shared houses in Tottenham
Tottenham has a large stock of Victorian terraces converted into bedsits and shared houses, and bed bugs move through housing like this on shared laundry facilities, furniture left on a landing, or luggage carried past someone else's door. Often more than one room is affected before anyone in the building realises what's going on.
Ladder-street conversions in Harringay
Harringay's ladder streets are split into several flats per house in a similar way, and a party wall or a shared hallway is usually enough for a bed bug problem that started in one flat to turn up in the next within a matter of weeks.
Signs to Look For
- Small reddish-brown insects in mattress seams, bed frames or skirting boards
- Tiny dark spotting on sheets — bed bug droppings
- Itchy bites in a line or cluster, often noticed on waking
- A faint, sweet, musty smell in a heavily infested room
- Pale, shed insect skins around the bed
Acting Before a Second Room Is Affected
Treatment is a smaller job the earlier it's booked — waiting to see if it spreads to a second room usually just means it does.
