Topic: Plagued by termites – FLAT CHAT

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12/12/2017 at 4:33 pm #11494 Reply | Quote
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Hi we have some questions about pests in a rental, specifically termites.

Now our issue isn’t termites in the walls of the house (there is definitely these) our issue is that we have had SWARMS of flying termites escaping the nest and completely filling our 1 bathroom & also in our master bedroom.

Our property agent and land lord have been next to useless about the whole situation and while we have had pest control come and install some “bait boxes” they take up to 6 weeks to actually kill off a nest.

So basically our issue is in the meantime we are being told that we have to continue living here and if/when these swarms occur we have to clean up the mess and just deal with it.

We have 2 kids (4 years and 13 weeks old) and we are at our wits end because this not only affects us (cleaning endless amounts of bugs) it also affects them because these swarms only occur after dusk so we have sometimes had to keep them up while vacuuming up mess.

So my question is do we have the right to kick up a fuss over this?

Our house is completely unliveable on the evenings this happens and we are too embarrassed to even have any outside visitors!

Any advice would be appreciated thank you
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