Don't switch bedrooms yet
Stick with your normal sleeping arrangement for now, just as near Streatham, where a mix of Victorian terraces and postwar blocks along the high road towards Streatham. 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, so leave the mattress where it is while you work out how far it has gone.
Confirm what you are seeing
Once fed, a bed bug is small, flat and reddish-brown, about the size of an apple pip, and it walks rather than jumping or flying, true near Herne Hill too, where victorian villas and terraces near the railway station and Brockwell Park. Reactions vary so much between people that a bite pattern alone isn't proof, look instead for the insect, shed skins, or dark spotting along a seam - the same pattern holds near Stockwell, where ex-GLC estates and Victorian terraces close to the Underground and bus garage.
High turnover near Brixton and Clapham
Lambeth's high volume of shared houses and fast-turning rented flats, especially around Brixton and Clapham, means bed bugs often arrive with a new tenant rather than breeding locally, so it is worth asking housemates or the letting agent whether anyone new has recently moved in nearby.
Tell the right people
Renters should let a landlord or letting agent know without delay, and anyone managing a block or a shared house needs telling too if more than one room could be affected. Bed bugs turning up has nothing to do with anyone's housekeeping, much as it does near Tulse Hill, where residential streets and estates on the rising ground between Brixton and Herne Hill.
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, true near Streatham too, where a mix of Victorian terraces and postwar blocks along the high road towards Streatham. In most cases the mattress doesn't need replacing at all, whether that's near Clapham, where large period houses and mansion blocks around Clapham Common, or elsewhere in the borough.
Booking bed bug treatment in Lambeth
Bed bug treatment in Lambeth runs £220 for the first room and £120 for each additional room, and because around Streatham, where a mix of Victorian terraces and postwar blocks along the high road towards Streatham, it is worth mentioning which rooms you have checked when you book bed bug treatment, with what a visit involves set out on the Lambeth bed bug treatment page.
