Re: Tenant wants to break lease due to ant problem

Re: Tenant wants to break lease due to ant problem by Kayla (Hmmmm) on July 12, 2016 @18:00

Ok I am not a landlord and my legal framework is minimised on this but it won't be once I've seeked professional advice.

I am currently a tenant in a house that has major ant infestation- I have only lived here 5 weeks and the ant infestation is beyond a joke. I can't even watch the tele without them crawling all over me. I have just moved in and I am expecting a baby. I have had pest control out twice I have bought bum numerous products myself and nothing is getting rid of them. A ant problem is easy to say and easy to think it's just a tiny issue it is not. When ants come into a house/ premises they are on there due to having colonies (nests) either in the walls or in the ground and they multiply by the second - the ants that come out are called working ants and hey try and collect anything they can can even be a tiny crum that has been left, they go where it is warm and where they can smell sugar - sugar can be syrup in a bottle that is tightly shut and they can not get in but they can smell sugar from a bug distance.
Ideally the way to kill the ants is leave a gel in corners of the house and at points of entry the ants will take this gel back eat it and kill them the other ants will eat the dead ants and this is how they will die in the colonies - however I have had pest control out twice and they are coming out tomorrow for the third time I have lived here 5 weeks and I am seeking legal advice out of my tenancy - the agency is not concerned regarding this matter and I should not live in a house covered in ants

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