Hollywood neighborhoods we cover
- Hollywood Hills
- Beachwood Canyon
- Hollywoodland
- Hollywood Dell
- Whitley Heights
- Franklin Village
- Nichols Canyon
- Laurel Canyon
Where rodents get in, from the flats to the canyons
Canyon brush behind the house
In Beachwood Canyon, Nichols Canyon and around Runyon Canyon Park, chaparral grows right up to back fences. Roof rats shelter in the brush and dense plantings, then use branches, vines and utility lines to reach rooflines, decks and attic vents.
Houses built into the slope
Many hillside houses in Whitley Heights and the Hollywood Dell are set into the hill, with retaining walls, decks and open space on the downhill side. Those undersides, and the vents around them, are quiet places where rodents can get under a house.
Stone walls and old stairways
The granite walls of Hollywoodland and older retaining walls across the hills have gaps, ivy and planting that rodents use for cover and travel. A wall that runs right up to a house can lead them along to its foundation and vents.
Apartments beside restaurants
Around Hollywood Boulevard, Sunset and Franklin Village, apartment buildings share blocks and alleys with restaurants, bars and trash areas. Rats move along the alleys and through shared pipe runs, so a building often needs looking at as a whole, not one unit.
In apartment buildings, rodents move between units through shared walls, pipe runs and garages, so a problem can start next door.
