New Bedford's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. Historic Cape Cod-style homes and seasonal beach cottages dominate, alongside newer year-round construction. Combined with the area's climate — a climate shaped by Cape Cod Bay and the open Atlantic, with a shorter, milder winter than the mainland interior — rodents seeking shelter from weather extremes make a beeline for any accessible gap.
Exclusion is the core of effective rodent control: finding and sealing every gap a mouse or rat could use to get inside, since traps alone just remove the current population without stopping the next one. We pair exterior sealing with interior trapping or bait stations, then follow up to confirm the problem is resolved.