Bedbug Control Pinner

The Paths Between the Annexe and the House

Think about what travels between the two buildings in a normal week. Washing is the obvious one: bedding and clothes from the annexe often go to the machine in the house and sit in a basket on the way. Then there are grandchildren who nap on the annexe sofa, a relative who comes over every evening, and bags, coats and shopping going back and forth.

None of that is a reason to lock the annexe up. It is a reason to change a few habits until it is treated. For a few weeks, the garden path should carry as little fabric as possible, and whatever does cross it should be bagged or freshly washed.

• Bag annexe laundry before it leaves the annexe and put it straight in a hot wash.
• Keep coats and bags from the annexe off the beds and sofas in the house.
• Ask whoever lives in the annexe to keep sleeping there, not in the house.
• Check the beds in the main house anyway, especially any the annexe resident uses.

Treating Only the Annexe

If the house is clear, a Pinner annexe can usually be treated on its own. That is simpler than treating a bedroom inside the house, because there is no landing or shared wall for bedbugs to follow. An inspection of both buildings, from £120, tells you whether that is the right call before you pay for treatment.

When you ring, tell us how the annexe is built and how it is heated. Timber-framed garden buildings, older conversions of garages and brick extensions all behave a little differently, and that shapes how we plan the job.

Heat or Chemical for an Annexe in Pinner

A small annexe with one bedroom and a living area often suits heat treatment: one visit, eggs included, with the whole space done in a day. Whoever lives there spends that day in the main house, which is easy to arrange when family is a few steps away. Heat costs more than chemical.

Chemical treatment works well when the problem is limited to the bed. It usually takes two, sometimes three, visits, and the annexe resident has to strip the bed and clear the floor each time, which may need a hand if they are older. Treatments start from £220, and we give you the figure on the phone before booking.

When the Annexe Is Let

If the annexe is rented to a tenant rather than used by family, who arranges and pays depends on the tenancy and on how the bedbugs got in. Put things in writing, and get advice if there is a dispute; we are not legal advisers. For households in Pinner where a relative has just moved in, the Stanmore page looks at checking their belongings, and the Harrow page covers changing households.

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