Confirm what you're seeing
Cockroaches hiding by day means the evidence usually comes first: droppings resembling ground pepper, a musty smell, and shed skins tucked in cupboard corners, true near Earlsfield too, where victorian terraces between Wandsworth and Tooting. Behind the cooker, under the sink, and along cupboard hinges are worth checking, with a torch after dark when activity is at its peak - the same pattern holds near Wandsworth, where victorian terraces around the town centre.
Warm risers in the borough's ex-GLC blocks
Wandsworth's ex-GLC estate blocks route heating and water pipework through shared risers, and a warm, enclosed riser gives cockroaches a route between flats on different floors that's invisible from inside any single unit.
Flats above Tooting's high street shops
Living above one of the shops along Tooting's high street means sharing warmth and drainage with the business below, and where cockroaches seem to be arriving from downstairs, both flat and shop usually need treating together for it to hold.
If you run a food business
Proper pest-control procedures are a food hygiene law requirement for any business, not optional extra, as anyone near Putney will recognise, where riverside mansion blocks and Victorian terraces climbing up from the Thames. Record what you find and when, keep incoming stock clear of the floor, and inspect boxes on arrival - the same pattern holds near Tooting, where terraced streets and estates close to the Broadway and Tooting Bec Common. Tell us the type and rough size of the premises - tell us roughly how big the premises is and what kind it is, since commercial work is priced on a case-by-case basis, just as near Putney, where riverside mansion blocks and Victorian terraces climbing up from the Thames.
What to avoid while you wait
- Spraying at cockroaches you can see, which scatters the rest into walls and next door
- Moving boxes or appliances from an affected kitchen into a clean room
- Leaving pet food or dirty dishes out overnight
- Bringing second-hand appliances in without checking them first
Booking cockroach control in Wandsworth
Cockroach control in Wandsworth is £190 for a flat and £240 for a house (business premises quoted separately); since around Tooting, where terraced streets and estates close to the Broadway and Tooting Bec Common, telling us whether you are in a home or a business, and whether neighbouring premises might be affected, when you book cockroach control saves time, and the Wandsworth cockroach control page has the rest.
