Old timber, hidden spacesSubfloors and roof voids — room for termites and rodents both.
The local picture
Character homes, hidden spaces.
Mayfield grew up around the old steelworks, and its streets — Maitland Road, Hanbury, Crebert, Ingall — are lined with the Federation weatherboards, brick cottages and workers' homes that make the suburb what it is. Beautiful housing, and a lot of it a century old.
Those homes come with raised timber subfloors, deep roof voids and wall cavities — plenty of room for rats and mice to nest, and plenty of aged, sometimes-damp timber for termites to work through unseen. Established gardens grown up against the walls only make it easier for them.
It's not a reason to worry — it's a reason to check. On homes this age, a regular termite inspection and a handle on the rodents is simply part of looking after the place.