Rat Removal & Rodent Control Kendall, FL

Rodent Control and Rat Removal in Kendall, FL

Kendall is mostly 1960s to 1980s homes and townhouse rows, set under big mango and avocado trees and laced with canals like Snapper Creek. Roof rats use those trees to reach the roof, and Norway rats dig along the canal banks. We find where they get in, seal it with metal, trap what is inside and come back to confirm the job is done.

Built	Homes in Kendall	What we usually find	Where rats get in
1950s and 1960s	About 7,300 units, mostly east Kendall near Dadeland, Snapper Creek and US 1	Ranch homes on big lots under old mango and avocado trees, many with added rooms and carports	Roof rats through gable vents, gaps where an addition meets the original roof, and branches over the roof
1970s	About 11,800 units, the biggest building decade	Concrete block homes, early townhouse and villa rows, garden apartments	Worn soffit panels, gaps at the roof to wall joint, AC line and plumbing holes that were never sealed
1980s	About 6,900 units, mostly farther west toward the Turnpike	Townhouses with shared roofs, zero lot line homes, gated communities around lakes	Roof rats and house mice moving along shared attics, garage door corners, dryer vents
1990 and later	About 6,500 units	Infill homes, rebuilt roofs after Hurricane Andrew, large apartment buildings	Tile roof edges, trash rooms, parking garages and utility chases

Built

Homes in Kendall

What we usually find

Where rats get in

1950s and 1960s

About 7,300 units, mostly east Kendall near Dadeland, Snapper Creek and US 1

Ranch homes on big lots under old mango and avocado trees, many with added rooms and carports

Roof rats through gable vents, gaps where an addition meets the original roof, and branches over the roof

1970s

About 11,800 units, the biggest building decade

Concrete block homes, early townhouse and villa rows, garden apartments

Worn soffit panels, gaps at the roof to wall joint, AC line and plumbing holes that were never sealed

1980s

About 6,900 units, mostly farther west toward the Turnpike

Townhouses with shared roofs, zero lot line homes, gated communities around lakes

Roof rats and house mice moving along shared attics, garage door corners, dryer vents

1990 and later

About 6,500 units

Infill homes, rebuilt roofs after Hurricane Andrew, large apartment buildings

Tile roof edges, trash rooms, parking garages and utility chases

One Roof, Six Homes: Rats in Kendall Townhouses

About 5,000 Kendall homes are attached single family units, like townhouses and villas. Many of these rows share one long attic with only a thin firewall, or none, between units. A rat that gets in at the end unit can run the whole row.

That is why sealing one townhouse while the neighbors do nothing often fails. The rats simply come back in through the next unit. When we can, we look at the whole building and work with the HOA or the neighbors so the roofline gets sealed end to end.

Renting? Under Florida law (Section 83.51), landlords of many rentals must provide for extermination of rats and mice unless the lease says otherwise. Tell your landlord in writing.

Canal Backyards and Ground Rats in Kendall

Snapper Creek runs through Kendall on its way to Biscayne Bay, and its canal reaches about 10 miles back toward the Everglades. It was dredged and tied into the flood control system in the 1940s. Homes that back onto canal banks and lakes get a second rodent: the Norway rat, which digs instead of climbs.

Your Fruit Trees Are the Rats’ Ladder and Lunch

Many older Kendall lots still have the mango and avocado trees planted when the homes were new. They are now big, wide and often touching the roof. Roof rats eat avocados and other fruit while it is still on the tree, and they can live in one yard and feed in another.

UF/IFAS lists mangos among the fruits roof rats damage, with large sections eaten away. They also nest in the skirts of old fronds on palm trees. So a single back yard with a mango, an avocado and an unpruned palm can feed and house a colony all summer.

You do not have to cut the trees down. You do have to break the path from the tree to the roof.

Commercial Rodent Control Along Kendall Drive

Kendall Drive (SW 88th Street, State Road 94) is Kendall’s main commercial road. Dadeland Mall, open since 1962, lines the north side of the road near US 1, with the Dadeland North and Dadeland South Metrorail stations beside it. Farther west the road passes Baptist Hospital and the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus at SW 107th Avenue, with shopping plazas, restaurants and medical offices in between.

Food and trash behind those plazas draw rats from the canals and fruit trees nearby. We set up commercial rodent control with scheduled visits and a written log after each one that you can show an inspector.

Most Kendall homes from the 1960s to the 1980s now have aged soffits, open vents and pipe holes that were never sealed. Add a mango or avocado tree touching the roof and roof rats have an easy way in. Traps alone will not stop new rats until those gaps are closed.

They can be. Norway rats live along canal banks and dig burrows under slabs, sheds and docks. Roof rats are more likely to come from trees and palms. We check both on canal lots, because the fix is different for each.

Very often, yes. Roof rats eat avocados and mangos right on the tree, usually at night. Squirrels feed in the day. Pick fruit as it ripens, clean up what falls and trim branches away from the roof.

Quite possibly, since many Kendall townhouse rows share one attic. The best result comes when the whole roofline is sealed. We can inspect your unit and talk with the HOA about the rest of the building.

Because Kendall is unincorporated, call Miami-Dade 311 or 305-468-5900. County code requires grass and weeds under 12 inches and no buildup of junk or trash on residential lots.

It depends on how many entry points need sealing, the size of the attic and whether rats are in the yard too. A townhouse with a few gaps costs far less than a large ranch home with open vents all around. We give you a written price after the inspection, before any work starts.

Inside, we rely on sealing and snap traps placed where kids and pets cannot reach them. Poison inside often means rats die in the walls and cause a bad smell. Any outdoor bait goes in locked, tamper-resistant stations and follows the label.

Yes. Besides Kendall, we serve nearby Sunset, The Crossings, Pinecrest, Palmetto Estates, Kendale Lakes and the rest of Miami-Dade County.