Wasp Nest Removal for Landlords and Rental Properties in Leicester Forest East
When wasps turn up at three of your properties in the same fortnight, a repeatable routine matters more than any single heroic response.
When it rains nests
Warm, settled weather brings out wasps everywhere at once. A landlord with a handful of houses and flats might hear about a nest at one address on Monday, another on Wednesday and a third the following Monday. Each report arrives with its own worried tenant, its own access problem and its own sense of urgency, and it is easy to lose track.
The way through is a routine you can apply to each address in turn. Landlords with rentals in Leicester Forest East and around can use the same structure for every one: gather the facts, book, inform the tenant, record the result. The cost side of the routine is the easy part. A nest costs £95 to treat, a further nest at the same property is £35 extra, there is no call-out charge, and the price is confirmed on the phone before anyone attends.
A one-page checklist per address
A simple sheet, kept on your phone, stops details from being mixed up between properties. For each address, note the following.
- Address, tenant name and best contact number.
- Where the wasps are entering, and whether they can be seen from a safe place.
- Whether anyone in the household is allergic to stings.
- Access: outside only, or does someone need to be home or open a gate?
- Date and time of the report, date of booking, date of visit.
- Whether a second nest has been seen at the same property.
Write one line to the tenant straight away: stay away from the nest, keep children and pets clear, keep windows near it closed and do not block or disturb the entrance. The repetition across properties is deliberate. It means you will not forget something on the third call of the week.
One property, two nests
Sometimes the nests are not at three properties but at one. A large garden with a shed, a hedge and a roof edge may have more than one colony. The pricing here is clear: the first nest is £95 flat, and each additional nest on the same property is £35 extra. Tell us when you book if the tenant has seen wasps in more than one place, as it helps the technician to plan.
A different address is a different job, with its own price and its own visit, so a landlord with three properties affected will make three bookings. That is not a disadvantage. Each tenant gets a visit that is planned for their home, and you have a clean record for each address rather than one muddled invoice.
Booking several in a row
Booking is by telephone on 0116 214 9259 or through the form on the contact page (/contact-us/). We are open seven days a week and same-day service is offered, so you can book as each report comes in, rather than waiting to collect them. State each address clearly and, if you are booking two or more in one call, repeat the nest location for each. The price is confirmed over the phone for every job before the technician attends, and no work is done without your agreement.
The technicians are trained, the work is fully insured, and each visit is planned as one. We cover domestic and commercial properties, so a landlord who also owns a unit above a shop can include it in the same conversation.
Make sure each tenant knows who is coming and roughly when. It is also worth telling them that the technician is attending for the nest only, which keeps expectations realistic.
Looking at the pattern afterwards
After a busy fortnight, spend ten minutes with your notes. Which properties had nests? Were they at similar places, such as roof edges, sheds, garden banks? Did the reports come in the same warm week? Patterns help you plan the next spring.
Ask the technician at booking whether the empty nest can be taken down at each address, and note the answer. For the following year, set a reminder for late April to ask each tenant to watch for wasp activity and to report before approaching anything. If a tenancy agreement addresses pest control, check what it says; we cannot give legal advice on that. A short email to each tenant confirming the work is complete finishes the routine neatly.
Keeping tenants onside across the portfolio
Tenants talk, and a landlord who handles one wasp report well tends to be spoken of kindly. The reverse is also true. If you have several properties, be consistent: the same prompt reply, the same plain advice, the same follow-up message once the work is done.
Resist the temptation to treat the most outspoken tenant first. A nest in a quiet household can be just as large, and a family that says little may be more frightened than the one that rings daily. Book each in the order reported, and tell each tenant when to expect the visit.
A short template message saved on your phone does most of the work. It should thank the tenant, tell them to keep clear of the nest, ask about allergies, and say that a technician has been booked. You can adapt the details in seconds and avoid the late-night rewrite.
Some portfolios include a lock-up, a unit or a flat above a shop. The booking route and the price are the same: £95 per nest, £35 for an additional nest at the same property, no call-out charge. The practical differences lie in access and in who is on site. A business tenant may need the technician to avoid opening hours at the front door, while a shop owner may want a quiet word before staff are told. Ask on the phone, and the arrangements can be agreed before the visit.
Wasps on your property in Leicester Forest East?
Fixed price £95 per nest, no call-out charge, same-day service available.