Parts of Alhambra we cover
- Bean Tract
- Midwick Tract
- Airport Tract
- Emery Park
- Downtown Alhambra and Main Street
- Valley Boulevard corridor
- Almansor Park area
- Granada Park area
How rodents get into Alhambra houses and buildings
Tile roofs on Spanish-style houses
Many of Alhambra's 1920s houses have clay tile roofs, stucco walls and flat sections behind parapets. The curved ends of barrel tiles leave openings at the eaves, and stucco cracks where it meets wood trim. Roof rats climb fences and trees to get onto these roofs and can slip under tile edges into the attic.
Apartments and condos near Main Street
Downtown's rental apartments and condominium buildings share walls, plumbing chases, garages and trash rooms. A mouse that gets into one unit can move through wall voids and pipe openings to the next. Building owners and managers can book an inspection of the whole property, including common areas and parking.
Restaurant rows on Main and Valley
Main Street's restaurant row and the Valley Boulevard corridor put kitchens, grocery stores and food storage side by side, with shared alleys and dumpsters behind them. Food waste and back doors that open all day draw rodents. Commercial rodent control covers restaurants, markets and the buildings around them.
Homes around Almansor Park
Almansor Park and the golf course next to it give Alhambra a large stretch of turf, trees and water surrounded by homes. Open green space and landscaping hold rodents that can travel along back fences and block walls into nearby yards, garages and crawlspaces.
Newer homes get rodents too, usually through garages, roof vents and the openings where pipes and cables come in.
