Pest Control in Notting Hill
Same-day callouts across W11 — call before midday and we can usually attend the same afternoon.
- Checkatrade approved
- DBS checked staff
- RSPH Level 2 certified
- Fully insured
- Six-month guarantee
Services
What we treat in Notting Hill
Rats around Portobello Road's market and the communal garden squares, mice in divided stucco terraces and bed bugs in busy rented flats: that is the Notting Hill mix. We work from Pembridge Place and Dawson Place out to Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington and Holland Park, for owners, tenants, landlords and the food businesses along the market.
Rats
Removal plus proofing of the route they use to get in.
Mice
Trapping and entry-point sealing, usually over two visits.
Bed bugs
High-temperature dry steam followed by a residual spray.
Cockroaches
Gel bait and residual programme over planned revisits.
Wasps & hornets
Nests treated at source, usually the same day.
Fleas
Residual treatment that breaks the breeding cycle.
Moths
Clothes and pantry moth larvae treated at the source.
Ants
Gel baiting that takes out the colony, not just the trail.
Running a business in Notting Hill? Commercial pest control starts with a free site survey.
How it works
From your call to a guaranteed result
Call us
Tell us what you've seen and where. We explain the usual treatment and give you a ballpark price on the phone.
Inspection
A technician arrives in an unmarked vehicle, identifies the pest and finds how it's getting in.
Fixed price
You get the method, the number of visits and a fixed price before any work starts.
Treatment & guarantee
We treat and proof where needed. If the treated pest returns inside the guarantee period, we re-treat free.
Local knowledge
Pests and properties in Notting Hill
Notting Hill is a district of large Victorian townhouses, many stucco-fronted around Pembridge Place and Dawson Place, and most now divided into flats. The Ladbroke Estate set communal garden squares behind its terraces, Ladbroke Square among them, described as the largest private garden square in London. Further north, slum clearance in the 1960s and 1970s brought the Westway and Trellick Tower, and North Kensington still has a high share of social housing. Portobello Road runs almost the whole length of the area, and Carnival draws up to 1.5 million people over two days in August. Gardens, market waste, shared voids and dense housing give rats, mice and bed bugs something to work with.
What to expect from every visit
- Discreet unmarked vehicles and plain workwear
- No emergency call-out charges
- Treatments safe around children and pets
- Free inspection survey for homes and businesses
What Kensington and Chelsea Council offers tenants and owners in Notting Hill
Whether the council will treat your Notting Hill home free of charge depends on who your landlord is.
If you are a council tenant, the Royal Borough's tenant service, last updated on 1 June 2026, covers rats and mice inside the building, bed bugs and cockroaches at no cost, and pharaoh ants in some circumstances. Book it on 0800 137 111. In North Kensington, with its high share of social housing, check whether your landlord is the council before paying anyone.
Owners and private tenants pay. Under the council's charges updated 9 July 2026, rats or mice cost £258.80 for a four-visit course in up to five rooms, and bed bugs £428.30 for two visits in up to two rooms.
If you rent privately, speak to your landlord before booking anyone, since the free service is for council tenants only and the landlord may be responsible for the repair that let pests in.
Details are on the Royal Borough's council tenant pest control page. For the paid side and other boroughs, read our London council pest control guide.
Why Notting Hill gets rats, mice and bed bugs
Rats follow food and cover. Portobello Road's stalls, cafés and restaurants produce food waste on every trading day, and the communal gardens behind the terraces offer planted borders, sheds and compost heaps. Carnival weekend brings a crowd of up to 1.5 million and the waste that comes with it. Pest controllers surveyed in autumn 2025 named overflowing bins and takeaway waste among the main reasons rat numbers were up.
Mice live inside the terraces. Once a townhouse has been split into flats, the floor voids and pipe runs are shared, and a mouse can cross the building without ever being seen in the hallway.
Bed bugs travel in luggage, on public transport and with second-hand furniture, and they spread most readily through dense, shared housing. Five tube lines serve the area and many flats sit in divided houses or large blocks, so both conditions are common here.
See our pages on rat control and bed bug treatment.
Getting pest control in Notting Hill
W11 is the core of our Notting Hill cover, taking in Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, Holland Park and the Bayswater edge.
Your first Notting Hill visit is a free inspection survey, after which you get a fixed quote in writing. Appointments in W11 run Monday to Saturday, 8am to 7pm, often on the day you call, and Sunday is for emergency calls only. Whoever comes to your W11 home holds the RSPH Level 2 Award in Pest Management and is DBS checked. Each treatment we carry out in W11 is backed by a six-month written guarantee, subject to the site survey.
If the trouble is in a communal garden or a shared bin store, tell us when you book so we can arrange access with whoever manages it.
Get in touch through our contact page, or read about nearby Kensington and Kilburn.
Coverage
Postcodes we cover in Notting Hill
- W11
Also covering nearby Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, Holland Park and Bayswater.
Local authority: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Notting Hill FAQ
Pest control in Notting Hill: common questions
Will the council treat rats in my Notting Hill garden for free?+
Only if you are a Kensington and Chelsea council tenant, and even then the free service lists rats and mice inside the building; gardens are not mentioned. Owners and private tenants pay the standard council charge of £258.80 for four visits, updated 9 July 2026, or use a private firm.
Who deals with rats in a Notting Hill communal garden?+
Whoever looks after the shared garden, since it is not part of any one flat. We can survey the garden and the houses backing onto it together, place bait in secured boxes where the rats are running, and point out the gaps where they reach basements and lower-ground flats.
Can you work around Portobello Road market trading?+
Yes. For stalls, cafés and shops on or near Portobello Road we can visit before opening or after trading, Monday to Saturday, and the first visit is a free inspection survey. Rats and mice are the usual problems, and we check bin storage and deliveries as well as the premises.
How do I know if it is bed bugs in my flat?+
Look for small dark spots along mattress seams and the bed frame, pale shed skins, and bites that appear overnight, often in a line. Woodlice and booklice are sometimes mistaken for bed bugs, so an inspection is worth having before anyone treats.
Need pest control in Notting Hill today?
Same-day slots across W11. Speak to a technician, not a call centre.