Bed Bug Control Cost in Peterborough

That is exactly what we charge in Cambridge and in every other town we cover. Being in the north of the county does not add a travel charge, and the figure is not a "from" price that grows once someone is through the door.

• One room: £220
• Two rooms: £300
• Three rooms: £380
• Four rooms: £460

The bed bug treatment cost guide explains why the first room is priced higher than the rest. This page deals with the question that actually decides a Peterborough bill: how many rooms are involved, and what makes that number go up.

What Counts as a Room

A room, for pricing, is a space where bed bugs are living and which needs treating in its own right. Usually that is a bedroom. It can also be a living room with a sofa someone has been sleeping on, or a box room with a day bed.

Halls, landings and stairs are not counted as rooms. If we treat along a landing skirting because activity has reached it, that does not add £80 to your total.

The count follows the evidence, not the size of the property. A four-bedroom house with bed bugs in one bedroom is a one-room job. A one-bedroom flat can be a two-room job if someone has been sleeping in the lounge since the bites began.

The Thing That Most Often Adds a Room

Plenty of jobs that end up at two or three rooms started as one. The usual reason is completely understandable: somebody is bitten, decides they cannot face that bed, and moves to the spare room or the sofa. The bed bugs, which are drawn to wherever a person sleeps, gradually move too.

If you have not moved yet, please do not. Each move risks another room on the job and another £80 on the price. If you already have, tell us where everyone has slept since the bites started, so those places get checked rather than guessed at.

Rented and Shared Homes

In a shared house each affected bedroom is priced as a room, and kitchens and bathrooms are rarely involved. Per-room pricing makes a multi-room job easy to follow, which helps when a landlord and tenants are working out between them what was treated.

Who arranges and pays for treatment in a let property is a matter for the tenancy, not for us. Our bed bug control page for Peterborough sets out what we provide for landlords and agents. Hotels, guest houses and other businesses are quoted per site rather than per room; our post on bed bug control for hotels covers that side.

What Happens on the Day

The visit starts with an inspection of the bed, the furniture around it and the room perimeter, then any other room where people have been sleeping. That is when the room count is settled. If it differs from what we discussed on the phone, you hear the new total before any treatment begins.

Before treating, we tell you what is being used, where it is going, when each room can be used again and what to do about pets. Follow those instructions. If you have a question about a pet, speak to your vet; about your own health, a pharmacist or GP. Treatment then goes into the places bed bugs shelter, room by room.

Eggs are hard to reach, so a follow-up is often part of a bed bug job, and we tell you whether we expect one when we quote. Every treatment is guaranteed: if the problem comes back within 14 days of treatment, we return and re-treat free of charge.

Before You Ring

A few details let us give you an accurate figure straight away:

• Which rooms you have found bites, spotting or insects in
• Where each person in the house has slept over the past few weeks
• Whether anyone has already sprayed or used a fogger
• Whether it is a house or a flat, and whether neighbours have mentioned anything

If you are not yet sure it is bed bugs, our bed bug identification guide is the place to start. Where you want a definite answer first, a pest inspection and survey is £120 fixed cost. Every other price we charge is on the full price list.