Ants in the flat?

[Liquid_Entity]

We seem to be being infested with ants this week. I can't work out where they're coming in from.

It's a rented flat so just wondering who is responsible for extermination. Us, the landlord or the whole building owners/maintenance people.

Any ideas?

 

[Liquid_Entity]

I just read this on a website...

Pest Control in Privately Rented Property
Landlords, including Housing Associations (RSLs) are responsible for dealing with pest problems (including rats, mice, cockroaches, bedbugs, textile moths, pigeons, tropical ant species and garden ants) in or on their property. The Council has no statutory obligation to provide pest control treatments to tenants of private landlords or Housing Associations (RSLs), regardless of whether they receive Council Tax Benefit or Housing Benefits.

So I presume it is my landlord

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Get some Nippon Ant Bait Stations, about £3 a pair at Asda.
Ants will be gone in a week.

 

[Liquid_Entity]

I bought some ant powder from Raid for the interim. Have discovered where they are coming in from now.

I also now know why the damp in the flat is so serious. Close inspection of the outside walls has revealed some serious gaps in the masonry, cracks in the walls and drilled holes with clear and obvious access in to the internal walls.

Covered everything I could see in the any powder to stop them coming back in.

 

[dal]

Just get a ant eater

 

[Liquid_Entity]

Ants were getting in through the cracks and under the skirting boards and the electrical wall socket too.

No wonder this flat has damp n mould issues