Stay in the same bed for now
Moving to a spare room usually spreads a bed bug problem rather than escaping it. Leave the mattress where it is, avoid carrying loose bedding between rooms, and give yourself a proper chance to see how far it has actually gone before doing anything drastic.
Confirm what you are seeing
A bed bug is small, flat and reddish-brown after feeding, roughly the size of an apple pip, and it walks rather than jumps. Bites alone prove very little, since reactions vary hugely between people, so look instead for the insect itself, shed skins, or dark spotting along a mattress seam.
Short-let and serviced flats around Earl's Court and Notting Hill
The high volume of short-term lets and serviced apartments clustered around Earl's Court and Notting Hill means belongings and luggage move through a building constantly, and a bed bug can arrive with almost any guest. Letting the managing agent know quickly matters more here than in a single owner-occupied house.
Tell the right people
Renters should tell a landlord or letting agent without delay, and anyone managing a block or a run of short lets needs telling too, since more than one unit can be affected without anyone else knowing yet. There's no fault involved in a bed bug problem, they travel in regardless of how a home is kept, true near Notting Hill too, where a mix of tall stucco terraces and mews houses.
Getting ready for treatment
Preparation is mostly laundry, sealed bags and clearing floor space around each affected bed. There is usually no need to throw the mattress away, since treatment deals with it in place.
Booking bed bug treatment in Kensington and Chelsea
Bed bug treatment in Kensington and Chelsea runs £220 for the first room and £120 for each additional room, and because around Notting Hill, where a mix of tall stucco terraces and mews houses, it is worth mentioning which rooms you have checked when you book bed bug treatment, with what a visit involves set out on the Kensington and Chelsea bed bug treatment page.
