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Fleas in rented flat

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  • smj43
    smj43 Posts: 385 Forumite
    Thanks for the advise guys. I don't think the landlord would have known about the fleas but he knew about the cat living here before. He is on holiday at the moment so I have no way to contact him. If I buy the spray/bombs to clear the flat, I am within my rights to insist the cost be deducted from next months rent?
  • roses
    roses Posts: 2,330 Forumite
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    Get the council in. I've lived in a flea ridden house before and no amount of spray from the shop worked. The council need to spray the house and it will cost about £100.

    Get the landlord to agree in writing first before making any deductions yourself.
  • bluecelticgirl
    bluecelticgirl Posts: 357 Forumite
    Depending on where you live some councils will do this for free
  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    roses wrote: »
    Get the council in. I've lived in a flea ridden house before and no amount of spray from the shop worked. The council need to spray the house and it will cost about £100.

    Get the landlord to agree in writing first before making any deductions yourself.


    How much??? :eek:

    The links I provided above for the household sprays that I can guarantee will work cost less than £10 ;)
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
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