What Can a £120 Pest Inspection Tell You About a Great Shelford Property?

A £120 pest inspection tells you what pest you have, where in the building it is, how it is getting in and what to do. In a larger home it also tells you something less obvious: which parts of the house could be checked and which could not. That second part is as useful as the first.

Larger houses hide more

Great Shelford has plenty of bigger family houses, many with converted lofts, extensions, integral garages and mature gardens near the river. More building means more voids, more joins between old and new work and more places where nobody has looked in years. A faint noise in a ceiling could be in any of them.

We begin outside and work in. Eaves, extension roofs, flat roof edges, vents and pipe entries come first, then the loft and garage, then the rooms. The aim is to follow the evidence to its source.

What the inspection reports on

• Identification of the pest from droppings, damage, smell or the insect itself
• Location of the activity, and the harbourage behind it
• Access points where the building lets it in
• Contributing factors such as stored feed, bins, overgrown planting or damp
• Recommendations with a price

Where we say we could not reach

An honest report notes the parts it could not inspect. Floored lofts packed with boxes, sealed voids behind extensions and unsafe roof spaces are recorded as not inspected, with the reason. That tells you where any remaining doubt sits, and whether it is worth clearing the space and having another look.

When it is not the right first step

If you already know what you have, for instance you have seen a rat in the garden or found a wasp nest, book the treatment. An inspection is for the cases where you cannot tell, or where you need the position written down. It also records only the day it was done and is not a structural survey.

The pricing is explained in the pest inspection cost guide. You can also read about the Great Shelford inspection service before deciding.

A worked example

Picture a Great Shelford house with a loft conversion and a double garage. The family hears movement overhead in the evening. The inspection might find that the sound comes from the garage roof space, not the converted loft, and that the way in is a damaged vent at the side. Knowing that saves opening up the wrong part of the house and points straight to the repair that matters.

If something is going on in your Great Shelford home, call 01223 902388 or send a WhatsApp message with a few details. We can tell you whether an inspection fits.