Mice cause problem for Grasmere flat tenants

12:30pm Sunday 29th April 2012 in News

A FAMILY are calling on Golden Gates Housing Trust (GGHT) to move them into a new home after months of misery caused by mice.

Adam Howard and his family have been sharing their flat on Grasmere with mice who have been chewing through his property since last October.

He said: “The flat stinks. I’m spending so much money on cleaning products.”

The property is so bad his four-year-old daughter Kelly is scared to stay in the flat and had been spending time with her grandmother in Bootle.

But she has now died, leaving the terrified toddler with no respite.

They say their home is littered with droppings and nesting mice were uncovered in the dining room and cooker.

Pest control officers have come out and laid down poison to tackle the mice and GGHT have sealed off holes around the external part of the property.

But Adam says the mice are living inside and continue to cause problems.

“They said the mice are living in the outer parts of our flat. But I moved my fridge last weekend and found two dead mice,” he added.

A spokesman for GGHT said: “We have been working to resolve the issue of rodents in this property. Staff visited with the council’s senior environmental warden on March 9 and took immediate steps to close up a number of holes. A further visit was made but we were unable to gain access. The tenant has not re-booked this appointment.

“Given the steps taken to resolve the issue the property has not been declared uninhabitable. Re-housing has also not been refused.”

Comments(11)

moleogod says...
1:42pm Sun 29 Apr 12

"the property has not been declared uninhabitable. Re-housing has also not been refused" so if its NOT been declared uninhabitable they wont be rehoused... and its a rental property so its up the owner to fix/sort it I.E. GGHT before anyone starts any crap again why golden gates should sort it. its in the rental agreement. i have never been with GGHT but its standard on a lease

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stymie says...
3:07pm Sun 29 Apr 12

I know that this is a crazy, weird idea but here goes-------CATS.

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Cleopatra says...
7:11pm Sun 29 Apr 12

Beat me to it stymie! A cat will soon get rid of all the mice in the flat. Any it doesn't kill will vacate the premises when they smell it's presence.

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LJ says...
10:06pm Sun 29 Apr 12

Cleo, you'll have people panic buying lion dung!

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Reader says...
11:55pm Sun 29 Apr 12

I smell a rat ;)

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Cleopatra says...
12:22am Mon 30 Apr 12

LJ wrote:
Cleo, you'll have people panic buying lion dung!
It will help the economy some little.

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Nick Tessla says...
8:42am Mon 30 Apr 12

"A further visit was made but we were unable to gain access. The tenant has not re-booked this appointment. "



Perhaps the tenant should co-operate more, rather than going whinging to the W Guardian.



Cleo - getting cats is replacing one type of vermin with another.

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chunkymunky says...
9:25am Mon 30 Apr 12

Yeah....replace one type of vermin with another! That way your vermin can not just bother you but those around you!!

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biginthesticks says...
10:28am Mon 30 Apr 12

The problem with cats is sometimes they are to lazy to catch them, The problem with poison is they don't eat it, I had every gadget trap out there and they don't bother with them, even if you use peanut butter(which they love).
what you need to do is go round you house look at where pipes/cables come in ect and if you can get the tip of your smallest finger in any hole thats where they are getting in you need to be thorough as they can live between the outer wall and the inner wall of the property and the roof space and seal it, Failing that get yourself a fly zapper and stay up at night and wait for them stun them by hitting them and flush it. This is what I did and it worked.

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old-codger says...
11:47am Mon 30 Apr 12

Cleo recommended lion dung to me months ago, It gets rid of the cats not the mice. GGHA are obliged to by law to sort this property but as per they are so slow dozens turn to hundreds by the time they turn up. Cats are not as bad as mice but they are a flsming pest also.

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Cleopatra says...
3:36pm Mon 30 Apr 12

A couple of mouse traps cost little. For bait use peices of Mars bars. Mice find chocolate irresistable.

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