Wasp Nest Removal Offerton

Offerton spreads east from Stockport along Marple Road and Lisburne Lane, and most of it was built in a couple of pushes through the 1960s and 70s. The estates that resulted have exactly what a wasp colony wants: wide gardens, a shed or garage on almost every plot, timber decking laid over dry voids, and long runs of shallow eaves that have had sixty years to open at the joints. Add the older cottages and farm-edge properties around Offerton Green and you have the mix that fills our SK2 diary from June onwards.

Sheds, decking and the back garden

Garden buildings produce more Offerton call-outs than houses do. A shed left quiet between April and July is an invitation, and the first anyone knows is a thump of activity when they fetch the mower out. German wasps in particular pick these low, dark, dry spaces, and they are the most defensive species we handle. Decking runs them close as a favourite. The void underneath is sheltered, ventilated and undisturbed, and the nest hangs from the underside of the boards you walk on.

Neither situation is a reason to worry, and neither is a DIY job. Treated through their entry gap, both types of colony are finished within hours, and the £60 covers it exactly as it covers a roof nest.

On the houses themselves

The estate semis and links off Lisburne Lane and Bean Leach Road wear their age in the usual places. Watch for steady traffic at:

• the soffit and fascia line, especially where uPVC capping meets original timber;
• the felt roof of an attached garage or porch;
• air bricks low on the gable, used as a corridor into the cavity.

Around Offerton Green the buildings are older and the entrances rougher: gaps in brick outbuildings, hollows in boundary walls, and occasionally a bank or hedge-bottom ground nest where the lanes turn rural towards the Goyt.

Money, briefly

Sixty pounds treats a wasp or hornet nest anywhere in Offerton, with the visit, the insecticide and any needed return all inside that figure. Bumblebees are different insects with a different answer: usually leave them, since the colony winds down by autumn, and £70 on the occasions removal is truly needed. There is never a call-out charge, and payment follows the work.

Getting us out

Offerton is a ten-minute run from base along Hall Street or Marple Road, so a morning call generally means a same-day visit. Ring 07770 015197, or put your number in the form and we will call you back. If you can, note which corner of the garden or house the wasps favour before you ring; it saves a few minutes of watching flight lines when we arrive.