Wasp Nest Removal for Landlords and Rental Properties in Leicester
For agents and landlords looking after several homes at once, a wasp nest is one more job to schedule, so a fixed price and a single visit keep it simple.
When wasps become a managing agent's problem
Anyone who looks after a handful of lettings, or a few hundred, knows how maintenance reports arrive: a tenant message on a Monday, a voicemail on Tuesday, a forwarded photo on Wednesday. A wasp nest is different from most of those jobs because it has a clock on it. A colony that started as a small structure in late April can hold thousands of insects by August, and each week of delay makes the problem larger and the tenant more anxious.
The good news for anyone running a portfolio is that this is one of the more predictable repair jobs. The treatment is a fixed £95 per nest, an additional nest on the same property is £35 extra, and there is no call-out charge. That means you can approve the work from a single line in your maintenance log without waiting for a quotation to come back, and the price is confirmed on the phone before a technician attends.
This article is written for letting agents, block managers and private landlords in Leicester and the surrounding villages who want a straightforward process they can repeat across every property, rather than reinventing it each time a tenant rings in.
A simple triage routine for incoming reports
The first call from a tenant is often vague. They have seen wasps near a window or heard a noise in a wall, and they want to know what you will do. A short set of questions, asked the same way every time, saves a lot of back and forth later.
- Where exactly are the wasps going in and out, and can the tenant see this from a safe distance, such as through a window?
- Is the activity near a door, a path, a bin store or a washing line that people use every day?
- Has anyone in the household been stung, and does anyone have a known allergy to stings?
- Is it a single entrance point, or has the tenant seen wasps in more than one place?
- When is somebody next going to be at the property, and does the technician need to be let in?
Record the answers on the job ticket. The allergy question matters most: if a tenant or a family member is allergic, we need to be told when the booking is made so that it can be taken into account. Tell the tenant plainly that they should keep away from the nest, keep children and pets indoors if the nest is close to the garden, and avoid blocking the entrance or swatting at flying wasps, since an unsettled colony is more likely to sting.
Who pays and who decides: check the paperwork first
Responsibility for pest problems differs from one tenancy to another. Some agreements spell it out, some say very little, and managed properties may have separate terms between landlord and agent. We are not in a position to give legal advice, so the sensible step is to read the tenancy agreement and your management agreement before you tell a tenant who is covering the cost.
What helps in practice is deciding the answer once, in your own internal procedure, and applying it consistently. If your policy is that the landlord arranges treatment for nests in the structure of the building, say so in the tenant welcome pack, so the instruction is already familiar when the first wasp report arrives. Where there is any doubt about a particular case, a short phone call to the landlord is quicker than a dispute afterwards, and the fixed £95 figure makes that conversation easy because there is nothing open-ended to discuss.
Booking, access and what happens on the day
A letting agent can book on behalf of a landlord or a tenant. The number to ring is 0116 214 9259, and the online booking form on the contact page (/contact-us/) works equally well. Give the full address, the tenant’s name and contact number, the place where the wasps are entering, and a note of any allergy. We are open seven days a week and same-day service is offered, so the call can be made as soon as the report comes in. The price is confirmed on the phone, and no work is carried out until the customer has agreed to it.
If the tenant will be home, ask them to be available or to leave access to the outside area clear. If they will be out, arrange access in advance and tell them when the technician is expected. For work on an outside nest, the technician often does not need to come indoors at all, which suits tenants who are at work. Our technicians are trained and the work is fully insured, and the treatment is designed to be completed in the one visit, which is what the price graphic means by 1 visit guaranteed.
Domestic homes and commercial premises are both covered, so an agent who also manages a small parade of units or a serviced office can use the same booking route for all of it.
Closing the job and keeping a record
Once the visit is done, tell the tenant it has happened and what to expect. Wasps that were already out foraging may circle the old entrance for a short time, and tenants are less worried when they have been warned. Ask the technician at booking whether the empty nest can be taken down, since that depends on where it is.
For your own file, note the date of the report, the date of the visit, the location of the nest and the invoice. If a second nest turns up on the same property, the £35 additional rate applies, which is worth noting in the job log so that anyone reviewing the cost later can see why the figure differs. Keeping a short record also helps in spring, when you can look back at which properties had nests last year and have the exterior checked early.
A calm, consistent response is what tenants remember. A fast booking, a clear price and a tidy note in the file turn an alarming message into a routine task.
Wasps on your property in Leicester?
Fixed price £95 per nest, no call-out charge, same-day service available.