Mice cause problem for flat tenants (From Warrington Guardian)
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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)
stymie
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3:07pm Sun 29 Apr 12
Cleopatra
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7:11pm Sun 29 Apr 12
LJ
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10:06pm Sun 29 Apr 12
Reader
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11:55pm Sun 29 Apr 12
Cleopatra
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12:22am Mon 30 Apr 12
LJ wrote:It will help the economy some little.
Cleo, you'll have people panic buying lion dung!
Nick Tessla
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8:42am Mon 30 Apr 12
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.
chunkymunky
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9:25am Mon 30 Apr 12
biginthesticks
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10:28am Mon 30 Apr 12
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.
old-codger
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11:47am Mon 30 Apr 12
Cleopatra
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3:36pm Mon 30 Apr 12
moleogod says...
1:42pm Sun 29 Apr 12