Victorian terraces split into flats
The well-preserved Victorian terraces around Brockley and Ladywell were built as single houses and later split into flats, and mice travel easily under floors that several households now share, regardless of how tidy any one flat is kept.
Signs to look for
Droppings near the kickboards, a gnawed food packet at the back of a cupboard, or scratching inside a party wall late at night are the usual first signs, and it is worth a quiet word with neighbours before assuming the source is only your own flat.
Postwar estates around Catford and Lewisham town centre
On the postwar estates spreading out from Catford's shopping area, mice more often move through shared bin store routes and communal walkways than through party walls, so signs can turn up in several flats along the same block at once.
What to do this week
- Move dry food, pet food and bird seed into sealed containers
- Pull out the cooker or fridge if you safely can, and clear what has built up behind it
- Note where droppings appear, and whether they return after cleaning
- Ask your neighbours, landlord or managing agent whether anyone else has seen signs
- Keep an eye on cables and pipes behind appliances for fresh gnawing
Closing the gaps afterwards
With activity over, those routes need sealing using materials a mouse cannot chew through, much as it does near Deptford, where converted dockland warehouses and new-build flats close to Deptford Creek. In a split terrace, that is often the party wall join; on an estate, it is more often the doors and hatches around a shared bin store.
Booking mouse control in Lewisham
Mouse control anywhere in Lewisham is £190 for a flat and £240 for a house, and because around Catford, where victorian terraces and postwar estates spreading out from the town centre and shopping area, mentioning that when you book mouse control points us towards the likely route in, with the rest of the detail on the Lewisham mouse control page.
