Don't switch bedrooms yet
Stick with your normal sleeping arrangement for now, as anyone near Angel will recognise, where the busy junction and shopping streets. A bed bug problem that spreads to a second room because you changed beds is harder to treat than one kept to a single room. Don't move the mattress, and avoid ferrying loose bedding between rooms until you know the extent of the problem, whether that's near Highbury, where grand Victorian terraces around Highbury Fields and the streets close to the stadium, or elsewhere in the borough.
Confirm what you are seeing
A fed bed bug is small and flattish with a reddish-brown colour, roughly apple-pip sized, and moves by walking rather than jumping or flying, as anyone near Archway will recognise, where terraced streets and estates on the borough's northern edge. Because reactions vary so much from person to person, a bite pattern alone isn't proof, better to look for the insect, shed skins, or spotting along a seam, just as near Holloway, where dense terraced housing and larger ex-GLC estates along the Holloway Road corridor.
High turnover flats near Angel and Upper Street
The flats and short-let accommodation close to Angel's junction and shopping streets change occupants more often than most parts of the borough, and every change of tenant or guest is another chance for bed bugs to arrive with someone's luggage. Letting a landlord or letting agent know quickly matters more here than in a long-let house.
Tell the right people
Tenants should notify their landlord or letting agent straight away and check what their tenancy agreement says about pest problems, true near Canonbury too, where georgian squares and terraces close to the Regent's Canal. If more than one flat might be involved, whoever manages the block should be told as well, much as it does near Finsbury Park, where housing around the park itself. A bed bug infestation says nothing about cleanliness; it isn't caused by anything anyone did, much as it does near Holloway, where dense terraced housing and larger ex-GLC estates along the Holloway Road corridor.
Getting ready for treatment
Preparation ahead of a visit mostly comes down to laundry, bagging up anything that can't be washed, and clearing floor space around whichever bed is being treated, much as it does near Canonbury, where georgian squares and terraces close to the Regent's Canal. Throwing the mattress out is usually unnecessary, as anyone near Islington will recognise, where the heart of the borough.
Booking bed bug treatment in Islington
Bed bug treatment in Islington runs £220 for the first room and £120 for each additional room, and because around Highbury, where grand Victorian terraces around Highbury Fields and the streets close to the stadium, it is worth mentioning which rooms you have checked when you book bed bug treatment, with what a visit involves set out on the Islington bed bug treatment page.
