Tewksbury's housing stock shapes exactly where rodents get in. Dense triple-decker and multi-family housing dominates in the urban core, alongside single-family suburban homes further out, most with basements. Combined with the area's climate — a four-season New England climate with real winter cold and snow, and hot, humid summers — 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.