Who is responsible for pest control in rental properties?

Victoria Whitlock gets ratty when she helps out a fellow landlord with a pest problem
26 February 2016

Animal rights campaigners and anyone vaguely squeamish, look away now because my little anecdote might put you off your nest meal. I was having a coffee with a friend who has recently let a garden flat when her new tenant called to say she'd spotted a rat in the kitchen. As my friend choked on her latte she shouted down the phone: "A rat!" Was it definitely a rat? A live rat? Now, mice I can deal with, but rats, oh nooo… they totally freak me out.

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