Where Should You Check for Bed Bugs Before Calling a Pest Controller in Ely?

Check the bed, then the wall behind it. In terraced and shared buildings, the second part is easy to skip, but it is the part that often decides whether the problem stays in one home or not. Bed bugs are mainly spread by people, yet in connected properties they can also travel between adjoining homes.

Ely has plenty of Victorian and older terraces, along with flats in converted buildings. Thick shared walls help with noise but still have cable runs, pipework and floorboard gaps that bugs can use. That is a fact about construction, not a reflection on any household.

The Bed: Your Starting Point

Take the bedding off and use a torch along the mattress seams, the piping and the label. Then look at the headboard joints and the slats. You are searching for dark spots like ink dots, pale shed skins, tiny eggs and flat reddish-brown insects roughly the size of an apple pip.

The Wall and Floor Beside It

• The skirting board along the shared wall, especially any lifted section
• Sockets and switches on the party wall, looking only, not unscrewing live fittings
• Where pipes or cables pass through the wall or floor
• The floorboards and carpet edge nearest the bed
• Wallpaper edges and picture rails above the headboard

Furniture That Is Easy to Forget

• An upholstered chair or bedroom sofa
• Bedside drawers and their runners
• Curtains and pelmets on the shared side

If Your Neighbour Might Be Affected

If you find signs in an Ely terrace or block, it is fair to tell your neighbours or the managing agent calmly and early. It is not an accusation. Treating one home while an adjoining one stays untreated can leave a route for bugs to return, so the more coordination, the better.

Before You Ring

Jot down the room, the exact spot and what you saw. Do not use over-the-counter sprays, which can drive the insects deeper into the walls. A pest inspection and survey is a fixed £120, and it tells you which rooms are involved.

If it is bed bugs, our Ely bed bug service is £220 for the first room plus £80 per extra room, confirmed before we begin. The cost guide has the breakdown. We guarantee the treatment, and will return free of charge if it fails within 14 days.

Timing and Practicalities

Terraced rooms in Ely are often smaller than people expect, which makes it tempting to push the bed away from the wall in one go. Do it slowly, with a torch ready, and look at the floor behind as you move it. Bugs can drop into gaps if the bed is dragged about. Then push it back and carry on checking, rather than leaving it pulled out.

Call or WhatsApp 01223 902388 and tell us what you have seen.