Hawthorne neighborhoods we cover
- Holly Glen
- Bodger Park
- El Camino Village
- East Hawthorne
- Holly Park
- Eucalyptus Park
- Jim Thorpe Park
- Hawthorne Boulevard
Where rodents get in around Hawthorne
Apartment buildings and carports
Many Hawthorne apartment buildings have open carports, shared laundry rooms and trash enclosures. Those spaces connect the units and give rodents cover, so trouble in one apartment can trace back to a common area or to the unit next door, rather than starting inside.
Freeway walls and slopes
Homes along the 105 and 405 back onto freeway embankments, sound walls and planted slopes. That long strip of cover gives rats a place to live right behind the back fence, and from there it is a short trip to a garage, a shed or a gap under a door.
One-story houses
Many houses in Holly Glen and Bodger Park are one story, with attached or detached garages. Low eaves and attic vents sit within easy reach of fences and trees, and older garage doors often no longer seal tight along the bottom edge.
Industry next to homes
Hawthorne's aerospace and industrial blocks, around the airport and the old plant sites, sit close to residential streets. Loading docks, storage yards and parking lots are where Norway rats burrow, and they move into the nearest yards and garages at ground level.
In apartment buildings, rodents move between units through shared walls, pipe runs and garages, so a problem can start next door.
