Friday, 19 August 2011

Squatters

Our home’s previous human inhabitants were late in moving out – but we’ve discovered some squatters too.  The house was sprayed for carpet moth today (loads munching through all things wool with the porch and hall as the epicentre) by a pest control company. 

But whilst getting odds of carpet out of the loft for disposal, Husband found rat & mouse droppings.  The advantage of finding these whilst the pest expert was present meant that bait could be laid straight away!  This does mean though that:

  • Can’t hoover properly for 4 weeks due to the moth treatment.
  • We must vermin proof the house as much as possible.  This changes the “things to do” list considerably!
To give a bit of perspective, the house does back onto a meadow – and from there to farmland – so rats aren’t really unexpected.

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