"Mick Cant" wrote in message
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Hi all,

My problem is Rats!

I live in a sheltered housing complex ran by a Housing Association.

We are not far from a river, and I can see some of the rat holes in the
banks.

I live in a very nice ground floor flat, that had new plastic double
glazed windows fitted around a year ago, what concerns me is that they
pivot from the top and swing outwards at the bottom, and there are shrubs
in borders that are at window cill height below every window.

I and other residents are worried that hungry rats could come indoors via
the open windows; I have known them do this at a nearby kitchen not in our
complex.



If the windows were the type that tilted so they could be opened at the
top instead of the bottom we would feel safer, but they do not so is there
a guard that could be used at the openings or would it be reasonable to
ask them to reduce the height of the shrubs?



I realise rats are a big problem; they are often by the doors if I go out
at and seem braver in that they do not scatter when I appear.



Can anyone give any advice please?


The Environmental Health department of your local council should be your
first call. Many Local councils will deal with them free of charge.

Peter Crosland