Rat and mouse control in Loosduinen
One technician for Loosduinen and the surrounding area, who knows your situation and comes back for the follow-up. So you know who you are dealing with.
On site within 24 hours, often the same day
- On site within 24 hours, often the same day
- Guarantee on the work carried out
- Free inspection & fixed price
- Working to the IPM method
Why rodents turn up in Loosduinen
What we find in Loosduinen is shaped by its surroundings more than by anything inside the house. Container fields, orchards and storage sheds give cover and food across large areas and right up to the built-up edge. Windfall fruit in autumn and stored crop in winter mean there is something to be had here in every season.
Around Loosduinen we consistently see the same few factors at work, and they are the ones we check first. Alongside that, the open heath plays a part in what we find here. So the inspection in Loosduinen begins outside, where the traces tell us how long it has been going on.
Loosduinen falls under the municipality of Den Haag in Zuid-Holland. We cover it on the same schedule as the surrounding places, including Kijkduin, Segbroek and Escamp, so an extra visit rarely takes long to arrange.
What we check in Loosduinen
Every place has its own weak spots, and in Loosduinen a few come up again and again. With the glasshouses and orchards nearby, we start here:
- greenhouses that stay warm through the winter
- cold stores and packing sheds with stored crop
- orchards and container fields up to the built-up edge
- the open heath and drifting sand at the edge of the settlement
How the process works
- 1
No loose product
Never a rodenticide loose in a crawl space or shed; only inside a locked station.
- 2
No glue boards
They are inhumane and solve nothing, because the cause simply stays in place.
- 3
No expanding foam
A rat gets through it in one night; we use steel mesh, mortar and metal.
- 4
Nothing left behind
No equipment that stays in place without anyone checking it again.
The order in which we work is fixed, and it deliberately differs from what most people expect. Look first, act second. Setting traps before you know where the routes run drives the animals into another room and makes the problem larger rather than smaller.
The openings we find are photographed, sealed with material that cannot be gnawed through, and shown to you. We do not use expanding foam or tape; a rat gets through both in a single night.
Rat, mouse or something else?
Gnaw marks can be read like a text once you know what to look for. Two parallel grooves about four millimetres wide belong to a rat; fine, shallow marks a millimetre across belong to a mouse. Fresh gnawing is light in colour and feels sharp; older gnawing has darkened and has rounded edges.
Go by what you find rather than by what you see. Check the places that are warm, dark and undisturbed: the meter cupboard, the space behind the washing machine, the crawl space hatch, the cavity wall of an older facade and the corner of the shed where bags are stored.
Rat or mouse: the quick comparison
- Opening in use: 2 centimetres points to a rat, 6 millimetres to a mouse
- Dropping: pointed and 1 to 2 centimetres for a rat, rice-sized for a mouse
- Gnawing: coarse and torn for a rat, fine edges for a mouse
- Reaction to new objects: a rat avoids them for days, a mouse investigates at once
Making your home in Loosduinen rodent-proof
New build is not automatically rodent-free, and that surprises many people. A newly delivered house has tight brickwork and well-fitting frames, but the pipe penetrations in the crawl space and the connections at the meter cupboard are regularly left unfinished. In a three-year-old house we sometimes find an opening you can put a hand through.
So treat the first traces as a report rather than a curiosity. Check the building envelope that same week, clear away the food sources and have someone look if you are not sure. The inspection costs nothing and at that stage almost always means the shortest treatment.
With shared walls and floors
- Agree it with the neighbours or the owners' association first
- Have the inspection done in one round for the whole block
- Treat the shared crawl space and shafts together
- Report structural defects to the landlord in writing
What to check when comparing prices
Two homes with exactly the same problem can still get a different price, and that almost always comes down to access. A crawl space with a wide hatch and half a metre of working height is checked in an hour. A crawl space thirty centimetres high, half under water and reachable only through a hatch beneath a fitted cupboard, is not.
We supply a report with photographs of the openings found as standard, and that is exactly what a landlord or housing association needs in order to act. The inspection for it is free; if you want only that report and no treatment, that is possible too.
Renting or owning: who pays
- Structural defects are the landlord's responsibility
- A problem caused by how the home is used is the tenant's
- Our report with photographs supports the case to the landlord
- An inspection report without treatment is also possible
Our rates at a glance
Guide prices. You always get a fixed price in advance based on your situation, with nothing added afterwards.
Inspection & advice
Free
No obligation, quote included
- Thorough inspection
- Honest advice
- Fixed price quotation
Rat and mouse control
from €95
Single treatment
- Targeted treatment
- Safe around pets
- Follow-up advice included
Treatment + proofing
quoted per property
Complete and lasting result
- Rat and mouse control
- Entry routes sealed
- Guarantee on the work
Rats and mice in Loosduinen: common questions
- Yes. We will drive to Loosduinen for a single mouse behind a skirting board. With a small problem the work is done in one or two visits, which is the cheapest outcome for both sides.
- Yes, all of Loosduinen and the rest of the municipality of Den Haag, plus the surrounding villages and districts in Zuid-Holland.
- About six millimetres, so a gap a pencil fits through. A rat needs two centimetres. That is why we search at knee height and below along the entire facade.
- If the nest is in public green space, a park or a ditch, control is the municipality's responsibility. We can still seal your own property and supply a report to support your report to the council.
- They can, mainly through droppings and urine in places where food is stored or prepared. Wear gloves when clearing up, clean wet rather than sweeping, and ventilate the room well.
Our technicians also cover these places
See all the places in the Den Haag, or read more about rat control and keeping mice out.
Want to talk through your situation in Loosduinen?
Booking an inspection is possible without deciding anything about a treatment.
We mainly work for private households. Is your business dealing with rats or mice? Get in touch to hear what is possible.
We are out in Loosduinen and the surrounding area every day.
On site within 24 hours, often the same day in Loosduinen. Call or message us and we will help you quickly.