Mid-Wilshire neighborhoods we cover
- Miracle Mile
- Museum Row
- Park La Brea
- Oxford Square
- Wilshire Vista
- Brookside
- Fairfax
How rodents get in around the Miracle Mile and beyond
Duplexes with shared spaces
Two-story Spanish-style duplexes put two households under one roof, often with a shared attic or crawlspace. Rodents in one unit can move to the other, and the tile roofs, arched vents and stucco joints of these buildings have their own weak spots.
Old trees by the tar pits
The park around the La Brea Tar Pits and the museums has mature trees and open lawns right next to the houses and apartments of the Miracle Mile. Roof rats live in tall trees and travel along branches and power lines toward the nearest rooflines.
Large apartment communities
In Park La Brea and the apartment buildings along Wilshire and Sixth Street, garages, trash rooms and landscaping run between buildings. Mice and rats move through utility runs and shared walls, so activity can spread beyond the apartment where it was first noticed.
Commercial Wilshire and La Brea
Restaurants, offices and shops along Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue have loading areas and alleys behind them. Food waste there and gaps around service doors are common ways in for rats, which can then reach the homes on the blocks behind.
Age matters here: vent screens, eaves and foundations open up over the decades, and those small gaps are how mice and rats get in.
