{"id":297778,"date":"2025-07-28T06:17:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297778\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T06:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:17:18","slug":"couple-caught-in-year-long-mice-row-need-to-pay-thousands-to-remove-rodents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297778\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple caught in YEAR-long mice row ‘need to pay thousands’ to remove rodents"},"content":{"rendered":"

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

A couple caught in a row over a mice infestation for over a YEAR say they will have to pay ‘thousands’ to remove the rodents.<\/p>\n

The Whalley Range<\/a> homeowners live next to a house owned by One Manchester, which has been subdivided into flats. Renovations to two of the three flats disturbed a mice\u2019s nest in the wall the two buildings share last summer, according to dad-of-three Sham.<\/p>\n

The infestation was so severe it affected Sham\u2019s son, Adam, in his A-level studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was disturbing for my son trying to get his head down,\u201d said Adam\u2019s mum and Sham\u2019s husband, who asked to stay anonymous. \u201cIt is distressing for him. The mice were eating from next door and working their way under the floorboards. It\u2019s disgusting. How is he supposed to study like that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sham has shared images of mice he caught beneath floorboards in Adam\u2019s bedroom, with \u2018sticky mats\u2019 catching \u2018three mice per week\u2019 at the height of the problem.<\/p>\n

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Sham added: \u201cWe ripped up some of his floorboards on one sticky mat. There were four mice dead, and one had decayed so much there was just bones left. The stench\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple contacted One Manchester last summer to remedy the issue. Despite frequent contact between the housing association and homeowners, surveyor reports, and smaller fixes, neither side can agree how to fix the issue.<\/p>\n

(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

The Local Democracy Reporting Service has seen one report, carried out by Manchester council\u2019s pest control team, in which a surveyor said: \u201cI suspect that due to the wiring and piping within the One Manchester block [mice are] maybe migrating easier to the customers house as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the report does not definitely identify the source of the infestation. One Manchester said it carried out the recommendations, paying for the homeowners\u2019 work too.<\/p>\n

However, the couple say to truly eradicate the pests, they need to find \u2018thousands\u2019.<\/p>\n

(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

\u201cPest control said we need to find every entry point so you need to rip up every floorboard touching the neighbouring property, find the holes, and fill them up with cement,\u201d Sham added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would cost thousands of thousands of pounds to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also appears the rodents are now solely in Sham\u2019s home. A spokesperson for One Manchester said: “While there’s currently no evidence that any infestation originates from one of our homes, we took proactive steps to instruct Manchester City Council to carry out a thorough inspection in the affected home and our adjoining homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis included funding an inspection for the private home and promptly completing all recommendations in the inspection reports. We recognise the impact pest issues can have on residents and the wider community and are committed to working in partnership with our customers, partners, and neighbouring properties to resolve these issues, responding quickly to any concerns within our responsibility.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES(Image: Supplied) A couple caught in a row over a mice infestation for over a YEAR…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,8828,285,16,15,42704],"class_list":{"0":"post-297778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-manchester-council","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-whalley-range"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114929404872852996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}