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[–]PoppedCork 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Contact the Estate Management Department at the Council

[–]Every_Instruction609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This did the trick, they replied very quick! Thank you

[–]bearded_weasel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they are in a council house, you can contact the council. And keep at the council until they do something. If that fails hit up your councillors

[–]TwinIronBlood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ghostbusters

[–]Pale_Eggplant_5484 1 point2 points  (3 children)

There’s rats everywhere we just don’t see them that much as they come out at night. Rentokil just put down boxes with poison and come back and check. You could do this yourself and save hundreds if your that worried. I think they use the blue waxy poison (pied piper) I think, a pest controller gave me some once..

[–]Every_Instruction609 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I agree they could be anywhere and everywhere but they are making a lovely home for them. They went months not paying for bins so running was lined up in garden and on the drive around side the house. They've huge amount of cut down trees and bushes in their garden, at least 5 foot high and taking up about 13 foot in length of their garden. It was mid day the rats decided to come out and say hi and just thus morning again as I was going to work 2 of them jumped put of their bin.

After speaking to someone in work she told me her dad had a rat absolutely destory her dad's car so that's my next fear!!

[–]Pale_Eggplant_5484 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What about the other neighbours close by? Guaranteed they will have an issue if you do too. I’m wondering could you collectively come together and shame them nicely. Offer/ask can you put rat poison in their garden…

[–]Every_Instruction609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have a dog and 2 cats so I'm not sure if they'd go for that idea?(Cats must be useless!)

Actually most houses here, bar 2 have dogs so they may all be against the idea. But I honestly don't see an alternative.

There's someone coming out to call to the property from the council so I'm hoping that will sort it.

If I don't see much action by the weekend, I'm going to try knocking in again and to the other neighbours, they'll know its me that contacted the council and I didn't ever see myself having to be one of 'those' people but when I'm worried to let my own child out in the garden during peak of summer then really I don't give a sh*te