We have been in a privately rented house for 2 years and just before Christmas discovered there are rats in the loft. DP looked after we heard scattering and saw the droppings!
Letting agent told us to contact a local pest control company who have been out twice, declaring that the rats were getting in through an old vent in the garage that had become unsealed. Sealed it back up, rats persist as I can hear them every night when I’m in bed. when the pest control chap looked in the loft he actually found old bait trays that they use themselves, so it’s evident the previous tenants had this issue too.
Spoke to the agency to let them know it’s persisted and they’ve come back saying they’re sending round their handyman to see if there’s any holes that need filling.
Surely a handy man isn’t going to cut it when pest control have already had a look around? Something else is going on and needs proper investigation.
We are going to have to bin our belongings in the loft because I sure as hell am not using anything up there for my kids after rats have been all over it for months!
I can’t take it any longer. Every night I dread going to bed because I can hear them in the foundations of the walls and above my head in the loft. It sounds like they’re going to get in to our rooms.