Flats close to the flightpath
The blocks of flats closer to Heathrow, in and around Feltham and Cranford, share service risers, corridors and often a single main entry point per stack, and once a mouse finds a way into one of these it can carry a problem across several units before anyone spots where it actually got in.
The Victorian terraces towards Chiswick
Further from the airport, in the Victorian terraces and later conversions on the Hounslow side of the Chiswick border, mice are more likely to move along a shared party wall between two households than across a whole block, since these houses were split into flats rather than built as flats from the start.
Signs to check for either way
Early signs tend to be droppings in a cutlery drawer, a chewed food packet, or night-time scratching behind a wall, as anyone near Feltham will recognise, where housing and trade units close to the roads and rail lines running towards Heathrow. In a block of flats it's worth asking whether other units have seen the same; in a converted terrace, whether the neighbour through the party wall has.
What to do this week
- Move dry food, pet food and bird seed into sealed containers
- Pull the cooker or fridge out where it's safe to and clear what has built up behind it
- Note where droppings appear, and whether they return after cleaning
- Ask a neighbour, landlord or managing agent whether anyone else has seen signs
- Check cables and pipework behind appliances for fresh gnawing
Closing the gaps afterwards
Once activity has stopped, the entry points need sealing with something a mouse can't chew through. In a block of flats that's often a service riser or a gap around a shared stack pipe; in a converted terrace it's more likely to be the join between flats or the kitchen units.
Booking mouse control in Hounslow
Mouse control anywhere in Hounslow is £190 for a flat and £240 for a house, and because around Brentford, where riverside streets by the Thames and the Grand Union Canal, mentioning that when you book mouse control points us towards the likely route in, with the rest of the detail on the Hounslow mouse control page.
