A technician checking a boundary wall line and pipe entries at ground level

Snake control in Al Faisaliyah Jeddah

Al Faisaliyah is an older northern Jeddah district with dense apartment blocks and villas wedged between the busy Sari Street commercial spine that King Fahd Road cuts through. Dense commercial kitchens and furnished flats and popular markets supply constant food and damp storage that attracts rats, and ageing water and sewer lines and gaps in old buildings offer snakes safe routes from the commercial street to the residential flats above.

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Targeted, not broadcast

Product goes into cracks and runways, never sprayed across open surfaces.
Told before we start

What we will use, where it goes, and what to cover or move before we arrive.
A follow-up visit

We return after the first treatment, because what survives it does not show on the day.
Homes and businesses

Apartments and villas, and kitchens and stores that need a record of each visit.

Why they keep coming back in Al Faisaliyah

Worn drainage networks and old pipes offer damp pathways for snakes and rodents from the food-waste-filled commercial street below to beneath the old flats and villas. The method is set out in full on our Snake control service.

The first reason

Dense commercial street supplies constant rat food

Sari Street and Quraish and Sultan bin Salman Streets run narrow and packed with restaurants, furnished flats and popular markets, leaving food waste and exposed food to feed rats and roaches constantly, and snakes come at night to hunt them.

The second reason

Old pipes and gaps connect the street to the flats above

Ageing networks and worn pipes and gaps in the foundations of old buildings offer a direct route for snakes from food stores and basement kitchens up into the flats and villas, snakes follow rats through these passages.

The third reason

High population density pumps fresh rats all the time

Dense population and many guests in furnished flats supply constant food waste and scraps that feed rats and roaches, and snakes stay nearby hunting this steady food supply.

Al Faisaliyah on the map

Al Faisaliyah sits about 3 km from Al Rabwah and about 3 km from Al Bawadi.

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Before treatment

What the site tells us before we start

An older Jeddah district with dense apartment blocks and older villas, a busy commercial street lined with restaurants and markets, water and sewer networks that are ageing and worn.

A shed skin

Shed skins lie on damp floor slabs beneath flats and villas and around old sewer pipes at ground level.

A winding trail across fine sand beside a wall

The track in the sand

Snake tracks mark damp soil behind restaurants and stores and around open drain outlets on the commercial street.

Concrete blocks stacked against an exterior wall

Block and rubble piles

Piles of rubble and old materials from ongoing repairs offer safe hiding places for snakes in corners and gaps between old buildings.

A closed metal gate with a visible gap beneath it

The gap under the gate

Gaps under shop and flat doors and worn pipes and wiring offer wide passages for snakes between the street and the flat.

A burrow opening in dry soil beside a garden

Rodent burrows

Rodent burrows spread through soil and voids beneath the commercial street and the stores and beneath the old flats and villas.

A drip irrigation line leaking onto garden soil

A leaking irrigation line

Leaking irrigation from any small planted areas and standing water around the street and seeping water from old pipes keep soil damp.

How we work

1
Inspect and locate

We work the perimeter, the garden and the service rooms with a torch and a mirror, reading the tracks, the skins and the burrows to establish whether it is still on site and where it came in.
2
Safe removal

It comes out on a hook and tongs into a closed container and is released away from buildings where that is possible, with no chasing it around a room.
3
Close the routes, take away the shelter

A strip under the gate, sleeves around pipe entries, tight covers on the floor drains, and the blocks and palm fronds moved off the wall line.
4
Cut the food, then come back

We treat the rodents and the geckos on the perimeter, then return once that activity has settled to check the sealed points and look for any fresh track.

What snake control includes

A recorded site inspection

Perimeter, garden, service rooms and pipe entries, with tracks and skins recorded before anything is applied.
Drains and entries closed

Tight covers on floor drains, sleeves around waste and air conditioning pipe runs, and the weep holes in the boundary wall closed.
Rodent work around the building

Closed bait stations on the rodent runs, because cutting the prey is what makes the site stop suiting them.
Perimeter treatment down the food chain

Insects on lit walls hold the geckos, and geckos feed some species, so we treat the chain from the bottom up.
A perimeter housekeeping list

What to move off the wall line, how low to cut the ground cover, where the lighting sits, and what to do if you see another one.
A scheduled follow-up

A set date to check the sealed points, the rodent stations and any new track in the sand.

What is different about Airport Sub-Municipality

The Airport sub-municipality covers some of the oldest established districts of northern Jeddah, gathered around King Abdulaziz International Airport between Madinah Road, King Fahd Road and Prince Majid Road. The stock is villas, single family houses and apartment blocks built decades ago, many served by ageing water and sewer lines. Commercial streets such as Quraish, Sari and Sultan bin Salman are lined with restaurants, furnished flats and popular markets. Dense commercial kitchens, worn pipework and the gaps in older buildings give cockroaches and rodents steady food and shelter, and the high resident population keeps that pressure constant through the year.

Questions about this district

An old flat in Al Faisaliyah and a snake comes in from the commercial street directly below it?

The commercial street packed with restaurants and waste attracts rats, and old pipes and gaps connect from the street below to the flat above, snakes slip from the commercial stores under ground to the flats.

Are the dense commercial kitchens the main reason snakes show up in this district?

Yes, dense kitchens and waste and exposed food are the prime cause, rats spread from these kitchens under ground and snakes follow them up into neighbouring flats.

Are the older villas between the apartment blocks at lower risk than the flats?

Older villas around the commercial street face the same risk, they may be slightly lower risk as they are detached but shared pipes still connect them to the commercial street and the restaurants.

Do the many furnished flats increase the rat and snake population?

Yes, furnished flats are full of tenants and waste and exposed food, providing ideal conditions for rats, roaches and snakes.

Does the main King Fahd Road protect the area from snakes moving in from other districts?

King Fahd Road as the main road provides limited protection, but snakes move underground through shared pipes and drainage linking adjoining districts.

Can the old worn drainage be repaired or must it be replaced entirely?

Repairing gaps and leaks helps, but replacing a full old network is very expensive; the key priority is sealing the main openings between the commercial street and the flats.

How much does snake control in Al Faisaliyah cost?

It is set after the inspection, because the price follows the type of infestation, the size of the space, how far it has spread and the number of visits it needs. Send a photo and a description on WhatsApp and we will give you an estimate before we reach Al Faisaliyah.