Flat or House: the Question That Sets the Price
Domestic cockroach control is £190 for a flat and £240 for a house, and the only thing separating the two is what you occupy, not how large it is or which borough it sits in. A flat in a purpose-built block, a flat carved out of an old terrace, a lower-ground flat and a flat over a parade of shops are all flats. A whole house is a house whether it is a narrow two-up two-down or a suburban semi with an extension.
Maisonettes and split-level homes occasionally sit awkwardly between the two. Describe the layout when you ring — how many floors you have, whether there is anyone above or below you, and whether the front door is your own or shared — and we will tell you which price applies before anything is booked.
When the Building Is the Problem, Not the Flat
In a block or above a business, cockroaches follow the warm, enclosed routes a building already has: risers and ducts carrying pipes between floors, cable runs, boiler cupboards and the bin area at ground level. That is why a kitchen can be spotless and still have them, and why one home treated on its own can be recolonised from next door. Cockroaches spreading between flats explains the routes in detail.
Where More Than One Home Is Affected
Each home is booked and priced separately at the flat price, and the sensible move is to have the affected flats dealt with close together rather than months apart. Report it to the freeholder, housing officer or managing agent, who is the only person able to arrange access to communal areas and the bin store. We cannot treat a neighbour's flat on your booking, and we cannot make a landlord act — but a written report from you usually moves things along faster than a conversation on the stairs.
Restaurants, Shops and Other Food Premises
Commercial premises are quoted per site, with no published price, because the size of the kitchen, the storage, the hours the place runs and the building above or beside it all change the job. Businesses handling food have a legal duty to keep pests out of areas where food is prepared, stored or sold, and environmental health officers can take enforcement action where they are not. Ring to describe the premises — what you sell, how the kitchen and stores are laid out, whether there are flats overhead — and you will get a figure for that site.
What to Tell Us When You Book
- Flat or house, which floor you are on, and whether a business sits below you
- The size and colour of what you have seen, and roughly how many
- Which rooms, and whether it was in daylight or after dark
- Whether you have used a shop-bought spray or fogger, and where
- Whether neighbours or the business downstairs have reported them too
Size and colour matter more than people expect, because the two species behave differently: the German and Oriental comparison shows which is which, and the signs guide covers the droppings, egg cases and smear marks that confirm it. A clear photo taken on a phone is genuinely useful. For everything you can do before we arrive, the London cockroach advice guide is the practical one.
Around the Visit, and What the Price Does Not Cover
Clearing the cupboard under the sink and pulling out what you safely can from beside the cooker gives access to the places that matter. We will tell you what else to do, and what to leave alone, before the visit. Afterwards, sightings can carry on for a while as disturbed insects come into the open and eggs hatch, so the thing to watch is whether numbers fall rather than whether they stop overnight; this guide explains what is normal and this one why the timescale varies with the building.
The price does not cover building work, sealing large voids, plumbing repairs or cleaning a communal bin store. Those belong to a builder, a plumber or the managing agent, and we will say so plainly if that is what your building needs.
Cockroach Control Across the 33 Boroughs
We cover every London borough at the same domestic prices. Brent is the borough set out page by page: Cockroach Control Brent shows how a borough page reads, and Pest Control Brent lists the rest. If what you are seeing runs in a line rather than scattering, it may be ants; if you are also hearing scratching at night, mouse control is the page you want.
