PROPERTY CHECK / DA14 / DA15
Map accessible routes before choosing control.
Start at the newest reliable sign plus work outwards in a deliberate order. Record its position, date, repetition, scale plus relation to food, water, warmth or damage. In Sidcup, the route may then include lofts, extensions plus attached garages; it may also require permission to examine garden sheds plus boundary gaps. Outside, check boundaries, vents, drains, vegetation plus service entries only where they are safely authorised entryible. Previous sprays, traps, repairs plus cleaning can alter the pattern, so they belong in the notes. The site evidence review record must distinguish rooms checked, rooms unavailable plus places needing monitoring.
Identification comes from agreement between several clues, not from one blurred image or a familiar sound. Material type, age, position plus distribution are compared with the premises layout plus reported timeline. Around rear yards plus stock areas behind the High Street, stock movement or cleaning can complicate that reading. The written Sidcup conclusion needs to state the likely pest, confidence level, reasonable alternatives plus any limit caused by insafe accessible space. If verified signs remains incomplete, a monitor or safe specimen may be more useful than immediate chemical work.