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You do not say whereabouts in the country you are and I don't see any photograph to enable identification. However, the likelihood of your bites being caused by any spider is extremely small, and in any case, despite what the media would have the general public believe, Britain has no dangerous spiders, and the dangers of very few worldwide are massively exaggerated. For authorative information on the toxicity of spiders Worldwide see Ed Nieuwenhuys's link on the demystification of the toxicity of spiders

. You will note that Steatoda spiders of any species are not even mentioned, except as confusion species for Latrodectus black widow spiders, which do not occur in Britain.

For more information on 'false widow' spiders (by which the media actually mean the so-called 'noble false widow' Steatoda nobilis) please see the false widow page on this website, Buglife information and BAS website . Even if the spiders present in your home include Steatoda nobilis, this species has been frequent in the southern coastal counties of England for a very great many years without causing any problems and is nowadays frequent in many areas of southern England. The media frenzy caused by this spider is unwarranted. They are unobtrusive, have no interest in attacking humans and would only bite if they were put into a position where they do so as a defensive reaction. Honey bees and social wasps pose a far greater risk. PLEASE NOTE, WE CANNOT PROVIDE ADVICE ON REMOVAL OF SPIDERS OR ANY FURTHER ADVICE THAN ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THESE LINKS.