Rats can be a serious pest issue for homeowners and business leaders throughout the UK. These determined rodents often gain entry through a range of methods, including chewing through pipes, breaking off fascia boards to get into your roof space and pushing their way through small cracks and crevices in your property’s facade.
Once inside, a rat problem can be deeply distressing, cause a significant health risk and lead to structural damage. Businesses often find their reputation damaged by the presence of rats.
Thankfully, for homes and commercial sites across Newbury, Basingstoke, Reading, Portsmouth, Woking, and throughout the South East, Countrywide offers rat control, CCTV drain surveys to identify rat entry points and loft clearances to deal with rats in your attic space.
While cost isn’t the only factor to consider when exploring professional pest control services to get rid of rats, it is still a key focus for many people.
To help you make an informed decision, Countrywide has put together this guide to professional rat control costs and how they’re calculated.
How Much Does Rat Control Cost?
Every rat control quote is unique, depending on a variety of factors. However, at Countrywide, we offer rat control services from £225 + VAT.
This basic treatment plan consists of up to three visits, with an initial survey, a targeted first visit and two follow-up visits.
Additional pest proofing and services such as drain surveys or loft clearance may increase your rat removal cost.
To learn more, check out our pest control price list and then get in touch for a bespoke quote for your rat treatment.
What Factors Influence The Cost Of Rat Control?
Some of the factors that affect the cost of professional rat control services include:
- Property Size: Larger properties will take longer to inspect, requiring more traps and multiple visits, which will increase the cost of your pest control service compared to a smaller property.
- Type Of Building: Blocks of flats and commercial properties will have more space and require additional work to remove rats from than single-use dwellings.
- Location: Remote locations may require more travel time when compared to homes in larger towns and cities, where there are local pest control specialists nearby.
- Level Of Infestation: For a small rat infestation, you may need fewer site visits to get rid of rats than if you have for severe infestations.
- Other Pests: If rats have caused a flea infestation or allowed other rodents, such as mice and squirrels to gain entry, then we might be required to carry out additional treatment, which will increase the cost.
- Additional Services: If additional services, such as loft clearance, loft insulation replacement or rodent proofing are required, then this will affect the overall rat control cost. Also, if there are more visible entry points, then these will require more work than pest proofing just one small hole.
Why Is Professional Pest Control Important When Dealing With A Rat Infestation?
While it might seem like a simple way to save money, it’s important that you don’t use DIY methods to get rid of rats.
That’s because rats are naturally neophobic, meaning they are scared of new objects, and will avoid them. So, putting down over-the-counter bait stations and traps may make it harder for our pest control specialist, as the rats will now be more scared.
Also, many DIY rat poisons are ineffective against rats, as they’re simply not strong enough, but may harm children, pets, or non-target species.
Working with a professional pest control company like Countrywide the first time around will ensure that you get rid of rats quickly and safely.
Our local pest controllers are RSPH level 2 certified, with access to pest control products that aren’t available to the general public.
Additionally, they have extensive experience removing rats from a range of domestic and commercial sites, so they can tailor their treatment method to your precise situation.
Once the rat infestation is eradicated, our rat exterminators can remove dead rats and dispose of them safely. They can also provide pest proofing, advice and surveys to identify and seal entry points before more rats get inside your space.
As a result, using a local pest control expert like Countrywide for you rat problem will ensure that the pest infestation is fully removed and can’t return.
Get A Bespoke Quote Today
At the end of the day, every rat control treatment plan is unique, with the overall cost depending on the size of your property, the level of infestation and any additional services that we need to provide.
That’s why, while Countrywide does have a rough price list available, we usually provide a quote with the full pest control cost following a discussion with the client or a full survey of the property.
If you’re in need of rat control services for your home or commercial premises in and around Newbury, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and the South East, get in touch on 0800 078 7255 or by emailing Service@countrywide-pestcontrol.com for a free, no-obligation quote.