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Mice problem in house, who is responsible me or my landlord?

I have mice in this house that I am renting and after telling my landlord about it 2 months ago, he has done nothing about it. I have recently dfiscovered mouse fecies under my couch so God only knows how many there are. I called an exterminator and he only wants to pay half of the cost. I called a carpet cleaner and he does not want to pay for that either. I have 3 young kids and they can get seriously sick and this guy is not taking it seriouly enough. What should I do? I am this close to losing it on him? I am going to put a stoip payment on my next rent payment and substract everything from that.
By the way way he also lives in basement so I am not the only person living in this house….

Sounds like you’re just wanting a fight.

If he’s offering to pay half, deal with it! You’re renting it, you know the extent of the problem.

And if you’re living there, it’s your fault. He doesn’t live there, after all. You do.

You can blame the landlord for plumbing going wrong, for cracks in the ceiling, for lots of things- but you can’t blame him for NATURE. That’s your fault, since you live there. He doesn’t go there and encourage mice- you living there does.

I live in a house. No-one owns it (it’s mortagaged, not rented) but I have had RATS in here and I didn’t have anyone to blame. It’s funny, how people fall back on landlords or councils if their property isn’t owned by them.

He is NOT accountable. He doesn’t live in the house, he doesn’t encourage mice! She does. She may not own the house but she /lives/ there, and what happens when people lives there encourages rats and mice, not who owns it!

There’s lots of things that can be a landlords’ fault.

Rats/mice? Not one of them unless the landlord decides to come in and put food on the floor so they come in!

I think it’s great he’s offering to pay half, considering he doesn’t have to pay at all, as it’s not his fault.

Why Mice Love Your House In the Winter, and Why Your Homeowners Insurance Won’t Help You Do a Thing About It

Can you honestly say you’d rather be sleeping out in a field or curled up in a bush somewhere than snoozing in someone’s attic, kitchen or basement when the temperature starts creeping down to zero? Chances are, you’d rather be warm and dry than wet and cold. Guess what? So would the neighborhood mouse population! That’s why they’re trying to move in to your house. The problem is, they’re going to wreak havoc-and your homeowners insurance isn’t going to do a thing about it.

With the notable exception of the ones that are happy spending their lives curled up in a cage, mice aren’t usually treated like welcome guests when they show up for a visit. There’s usually much screaming and beating of brooms involved! That being the case, mice find somewhere to hide when they come creeping in. That somewhere is usually your walls!

Have you ever seen what mice do to walls when they’re allowed to move in? If you have, you don’t have to ask why your home insurance coverage isn’t exactly waiting with arms wide open to pay for the damage! They love to chew, and nothing is sacred-including your electrical wires, drywall and insulation! That means you could find yourself replacing wires and panels left, right and sideways.

Now, everyone knows that trying to keep mice out when they’re determined to move in is about as easy as trying to make it across the Sahara in three days or less traveling on foot! They slip through holes no bigger than a dime, which means by the time you find how they’re getting in (usually with the help of an exterminator) you’ve already got a family setting up shop. The cost of getting rid of them can be astronomical.

The catch is, according to your home insurance provider they wouldn’t be moving in if you weren’t doing something to make it possible. They consider it to be a maintenance issue; if you inspected your walls regularly, kept your kitchen clean and didn’t leave food lying around, you wouldn’t have this problem.

They’ve obviously never met a mouse.

Regardless, homeowners insurance companies don’t touch rodent infestation, or the damages that go along with it, with a ten foot stick. It’s going to be up to you to keep your home clear of pests and vermin. Cats are a great way to discourage mice from settling in, and if you find you’ve got an infestation going borrowing or adopting a barn cat or two is a great way to chase them back out. Not only will the cats hunt the mice, the smell of their urine is enough to let the little pests know a bigger predator is hanging around.

Traps will work (eventually), although it can take forever and you still may not get them all. Do yourself a favor and steer clear of poison. It works great, but then they crawl into the walls and die and you have to literally dig out their bodies before you house starts to reek. It’s not pretty.

Most importantly, make sure you’re plugging the holes where they’re getting in with steel wool each time you find them (since that’s about the only thing they can’t chew through). Proper home maintenance is the best way to keep your castle rodent free, and if your homeowners insurance isn’t going to help pick up the bill the last thing you want to do is put yourself into a situation where you would need them to.