Pest control

Contact Response Services for professional advice from the experts.

Rats and wasps found indoors are dealt with on the same day, and most requests are dealt with within 24 hours.

All Pest Control Officers have a level 2 certificate issued by the Royal Society of Health/British Pest Control Association.

Pest Control does not get rid of foxes (but see below for information about fox problems).

Bookings

Contact Response Services on 0161 770 2244 (Option 1).

Payment

You must pay for pest control treatments before they begin.

Payment will be taken when you make a booking (by credit or debit card).

If you cannot pay over the phone, you can pay cash or cheque (cheques should be made payable to 'Oldham Council').

Cost

Domestic owner-occupied premises

Bed bugs:

• £84 inc. VAT (3 bedroom property)
• Up to 2 additional rooms £30 inc. VAT
• One off treatment
• Additional respray within 21 days will be charged at £26.40

Beetles, e.g Larder, Biscuit:

• £72 inc. VAT
• One treatment only
• To treat loft space is additional £30 inc. VAT

Cockroaches:

• £42 inc. VAT
• Includes maximum of 3 visits over 4 week period

Fleas:

• £84 inc. VAT (3 bedroom property)
• Up to 2 additional rooms £30 inc. VAT
• One treatment only
• Re-spray within 21 days of initial treatment £30 inc. VAT

Mice:

• Treatments are for inside homes only, no gardens.
• £42 inc. VAT
• Includes maximum of 2 visits over 4 week period

Moles:

• £108 inc. VAT
• Includes maximum of three visits over four week period

Rats:

• £42 inc. VAT
• Includes maximum of 2 visits over 4 week period

Silverfish:

• £72 inc. VAT
• One treatment only
• To treat loft space is additional £30 inc. VAT

Squirrels:

• £106 inc VAT
• Includes maximum of 3 visits over 4 week period 
• Additional re-visits £30 inc. VAT

Wasps/Bees:

• £54 inc. VAT
• Treatment is for one nest
• Additional nests on same visit £12 each
• Re-treatment of nest within 21 days of first treatment £30 inc. VAT
• Normally nests can be treated using telescopic poles, if ladders are required, there will be an additional cost of £15.

Contact Pest Control for quotes about other pest treatments.

Advice and investigations

It is £24 inc. VAT if an officer visits to give advice or make an investigation but no treatment is applied.

If a treatment can be done at the same time as the investigation or advice visit, you may pay difference between the call-out charge and the cost of treatment (e.g call-out charge = £24, flea treatment = £72, you pay = £48).

Commercial premises.

All pest control treatments and contracts are provided on an individual basis.

Please call 0161 770 1666 for an appointment and quotation.

Private landlords and letting agents

Contact pest control on 0161 770 2244 for a quotation.

Please note that there is a £25 administration fee to have an invoice sent to a landlord or letting agent.

Foxes

In the UK it is illegal to poison, gas, asphyxiate, maim, stab, impale, drown or club foxes. Most forms of snaring are prohibited as well. But there are ways of deterring foxes from entering your property.

The best time of year to deter foxes is during the late summer and autumn.

You can try the following:

• Remove potential food sources
• Keep rubbish in your wheeled bin, and don’t leave bagged rubbish outside
• Tidy up an overgrown garden, and remove piles of grass clippings
• Consider removing earthworms from your garden (some products may be available from DIY or garden centres)
• Fill gaps under garden sheds – foxes like to shelter under sheds, and can squeeze under a 10cm gap
• Only leave bird food in bird food dispensers
• Repair any damaged air bricks (but don’t block them up – your house needs ventilation)

If none of that works you could use a chemical animal deterrent (such as Renardine and Scoot) available from garden centres.

Or try a cat scent neutraliser such as Cat Off, which reduces the territorial marker smells from urine and faeces.