Mole hill

AlecEiffel

Hi all.

We have gained a resident mole in our garden. Can anyone advise if it is our responsibility as tenants or the LL's responsibility to deal with it?

Cheers!

Werdnal

The only way to deal with a mole is to kill it! Is that what you want?

dacouch

The best way to get rid of them is to bury them alive

stebiz

Would you get a Landlord to swot a wasp? Honestly sometimes tenants.......................................

AlecEiffel

Werdnal wrote: »

The only way to deal with a mole is to kill it! Is that what you want?

No I don't want to cause it harm at all. If it was my garden i would let it be unless they dug up the whole of the lawn. But it is causing damage to the property which I obviously can't ignore under the conditions of the tenancy agreement and my responsibility as a tenant.

Blackpool_Saver

leave it alone, it will be fine

AlecEiffel

stebiz wrote: »

Would you get a Landlord to swot a wasp? Honestly sometimes tenants.......................................

Thanks for that. I wasn't suggesting it was the landlords job to do it, I was merely asking a question. I actually hate bothering the LL with trivial items but then I suppose you would have had a witty response whichever way.

Werdnal

It will move on - mole mating time at the moment and its setting up a territory and looking for love! We had one a few years ago - lawn looked a mess for a few weeks afterwards, but now you wouldn't know it had been there.

Tell the LL and ask whether they want it dealt with. If you are happy to live with it, and he is not bothered, let nature take its course. If you/he wants it gone, then only option is trap or poison.

You can buy sonic deterrant devices and some people suggest sticking kids windmills in the hills as the vibrations will drive them out, but I have never seen any proof this works.

AlecEiffel

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

leave it alone, it will be fine

Cheers, think I shall just let em be.

stebiz

AlecEiffel wrote: »

Thanks for that. I wasn't suggesting it was the landlords job to do it, I was merely asking a question. I actually hate bothering the LL with trivial items but then I suppose you would have had a witty response whichever way.

In which case maybe you should have said 'out of courtesy should I drop a note to the Landlord'. I'm sorry if it sounded abrupt but as a LL of quite a few properties it can get rather annoying when certain tenants can't even tighten a screw without picking the phone up.

G_M

Not worth 'dealing' with.

But let the LL know just so there's no surprise when the tenancy ends and he sees the damage to the lawn.